E6600 Core2Duo worth upgrading?

[ShaolinDreams]

I use the E6600 @ 3.6 for when I game over long periods and then under volt it to 1.3 or so and it still runs at 3.2 for fast office type stuff..

So keep it

 

[linktoinsanity]

E6600 is fast enough even at stock at the moment. If your planning to upgrade in a year anyway then try overclocking the CPU that you have already in your current motherboard would be a better idea then spending money on an extra board. Upgrading the memory may help improve performance a reasonable amount, depending on how much you have at the moment and what OS you are running.

 

[bfar]

Legendary cpu. Had it at 3.2, traded for an e6850 (running 3.6) for €40. Made very little difference. If you're gaming, then look at graphics cards.

 

[nelsby]

E6600 here @3.2. Runs everything fine. I'm waiting until the end of this year/beginning of next when I'll probably do the lot.

As a chip it's been a legend

 

[ashmanuk67]

WOW I was looking at upgrading my CPU but maybe i wont, Would a e8500 help a crossfire set up or not???

 

[lunarwolf]

Would a e8500 help a crossfire set up or not???

don't think it will make any diff. if ure66 is OC @ 3 or 3.3ghz

i have hybrid xfire (if you can call it that) and changing CPU didnt do anything

 

[Speedy Pete]

don't think it will make any diff. if ure66 is OC @ 3 or 3.3ghz

i have hybrid xfire (if you can call it that) and changing CPU didnt do anything

your 8600 is still at 3.3ghtz, knock it up an extra ghtz and im sure a few extra fps will find there way in.

 

[lunarwolf]

your 8600 is still at 3.3ghtz, knock it up an extra ghtz and im sure a few extra fps will find there way in.

i couldn't even see any visible gain between 3ghz and 3.3ghz on e6600 when playing (maybe there was but when playing and not benchmarking you don't notice - ingame exp is more impotant to me than benchmark figures). think he is better off upgrading gfx for more fps

 

[Clum]

i couldn't even see any visible gain between 3ghz and 3.3ghz on e6600 when playing (maybe there was but when playing and not benchmarking you don't notice - ingame exp is more impotant to me than benchmark figures). think he is better off upgrading gfx for more fps

Depends on the game really. i play a lot of flight sim and every Mhz makes a difference there. most games will be gpu limited though i suppose.

 

[lunarwolf]

Depends on the game really. i play a lot of flight sim and every Mhz makes a difference there. most games will be gpu limited though i suppose.

i don't play that flight sim, but have heard it's a hog and is probably the best game for a quad

 

[Clum]

i don't play that flight sim, but have heard it's a hog and is probably the best game for a quad

yup, its crazy that 5 years down the road it's only just properly running now on todays hardware! Doesn't utilize multiple cores though so the best thing is a dual with the highest clock you can get.

 

[lunarwolf]

Doesn't utilize multiple cores though so the best thing is a dual with the highest clock you can get.

is that the latest flight sim game, coz people with it were saying that quad actually made quite a difference. maybe some people just telling fibs

 

[Clum]

No i'm still running fs2004 as the hardware to run fsx isn't around yet. Not sure if that uses multiple cores though, seems to be conflicting reports.