E8200 - Worth it?

[allllec]

Just doing some provionsal specking up.

Finally managed to tell myself I DO NOT NEED A QUAD But with these new 45nm's out Im now not sure if its worth getting one.

Dont want to spend too much money so I'd go for E8200. So, well is it worth it?

Would naturally overclock it to buggery

So thoughts - Worth it? Or should I save my money and get a E2200 and clock the panties off it?

Generally usage - Occasionaly heavy tasks (encoding, heavy multitasking) and of course I'll be bashing it with plenty of games.

ta

alec

 

[mysticsniper]

From what I have been reading from many other threads, the general consensus is that Encoding = Quad CPU

So how about a nice q6600

 

[allllec]

I was just making the point I want something with enough grunt to do some light encoding - No more than an hour or two a week.

Infact - Forget I said it!

Lets just pretend I plan to play games

ta

alec

 

[OLDPHART]

Personally I’d go for the E8200 2.66GHz should reach 3.2 GHz no sweat, better for gaming and some light encoding.

 

[-iceblade^]

the quad .

seriously, though, the E8200 ought to serve you well, although i must say, my encoding performance is nothing to laugh at ...

 

[Foehammer2003]

E8200 for games definately, and these chips apparently clock very well so i'd say it was a safe bet.

 

[allllec]

Cool! Well I'll probably go for one in that case, thanks guys

 

[Trunks9486]

The quad is better, and it overclocks well too, maybe not up to 4GHz but 3.2-3.4GHz is pretty easy to achieve for 24/7 operation.

System feels snappier with the quad too!

 

[Hesky82]

I would say Im a similar pc user to you and I noticed no real difference between a fast quad and an even faster dual, being able to break under the 10 second mark in super pi was about the only crowning moment for the dual. For all intents and purposes the quad is perfect and will only come into its own when apps make full use of all its cores. Unless you can get the E8200 for significantly less or your board is simply pants at overclocking a quad I would go for a cheap q6600.

 

[allllec]

Hmm, Just sounds a little overkill thats all!

Well we will see, depends might be able to source me a E6300/975x/4gb/X1900XT rig for a stupidly small amount of money.

Thanks for the advice.

cheers

alec