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When will OcUK be getting the Penryn chipsets and anybody got any ideas of what speeds they would be coming as... i.e. the version same as the Q6600 for instance in terms of price? Is it better to buy them on launch or wait for better stepping models?

The later you buy your CPU the better? Waso Dude seem to buy his quite late and has got a better stepping...
 
would the Q6700 not be better as it has a multiplier of 10x??
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If your motherboard sucks so bad it needs the multi for a half-decent clock use the £150 you save with the Q6600 to get a better one :D
 
I get a decent clock on this mobo at the moment. 3.15ghz from 2.40ghz on standard volts.
Really what ive been hearing is. the Q6600 sounds better than the 6700.
so would i be right in saying id be better with the 6600 ?

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Yes, yes and yes! There is no reason to get the Q6700, the price hike is not worth it at all.

The problem with the motherboard in your sig is that the 975X chipset doesn't much like quads and puts out comparatively poor clocks (to P35/X38). Amusingly (or not) in your case the multiplier would actually help but far better would be to spend the money saved (between Q6600 and Q6700) on a decent board, getting a Q6700 just to keep the old dog running would be poor value indeed....

That said 3 Ghz should still be within reach (with a Q6600).
 
was that on default volts InkZ ??

I really couldnt be f*cK**d installing 2 operating systems allover again with a new board. too much stuff installed on both OSs. from what i gathered from Tetras. I would really need a new mobo to get to 3ghz with a 6600. but with a 6700 ill get there no probs.
will my system not run ok with a 6700? id be happy with a 3GHZ clock. no more. either way. id still be doing better than what i have..
3.15 ghz = 2 cores (E6600)
3.00 ghz = 4 cores (Q6700)

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975X can get up to 300 FSB + Quad without too much trouble, but higher than 350 is a challenge. Inbetween 300 - 350 usually doable. You shouldn't have a prob getting 3 Ghz out of a Q6600 but I wouldn't guarantee higher than that. The P5W DH has a lot of BIOS updates though so I'd check out Xtremesystems and other overclocker forums to see if there have been any advances in 975X + Quad overclocking.
 
Lol dude, don't take this the wrong way but you really should forget about the Q6700. It costs literally double the Q6600 and for that money saved you can get a top-end motherboard with vastly superior features and overclocking (AND an external hard drive big enough to stash all your stuff while you reinstall the OS). You would be absolutely mad to buy one just for the multiplier, if you really want to throw money at your rig and are desperate for the best possible overclock out of your board (that tbh is well past it now) then I'd get a second-hand QX6700 (unlocked multi) for similar money, assuming the board has BIOS updates to support it.

975X did well just to support Core 2 Duo, Quads are pushing it further than it was ever intended but if you really notice the difference between 3 Ghz and 3.4 or 3.6 I would be very surprised. Only a serious rendering machine or something along those lines is going to see any noticable benefit outside of benchmarking.
 
No better than a Q6600 with a Asus P5E Intel X38 board.

Ignore the Q6700. Seriously.
 
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