E8400 OR Q6600 for friends build?

[synixx]

as the title says. i'm not building it, it's from a local shop and the Q6600 is only £2 more. i'm sure he will not overclock. so which ones better?

 

[-iceblade^]

e84 for games
quad if a mix of games and encoding
quad if encoding.

 

[jambus]

If it's strictly for gaming purposes, E8400. If he's into browsing, multi-tasking, photoshop, video editing, anything like that, go for the quad.

 

[Devil_Spawn]

with a reasonable gfx card, q6600

mine is at stock 2.4ghz with an 8800gt, and ive played through crysis, ut3, gears of war, team fortress 2, company of heroes... loads of stuff

 

[Trunks9486]

The Quad is the better choice IMO.

 

[JamesM]

Quad is more futureproof and can be overclocked if needed

I'd go with the Quad personaly

 

[pingwing]

E8400, just as its a bit newer and is really good for games

 

[BAMBI]

E8400 is clearly faster for gaming.

 

[psychas]

quad and overclock to 3.2ghz it does that on any cooler get bit decent cooler then go even higher

 

[Skidder]

as the title says. i'm not building it, it's from a local shop and the Q6600 is only £2 more. i'm sure he will not overclock. so which ones better?

Tell him to get the Q6600 and then overclock it when he's not looking - such a waste not to oc it!

 

[synixx]

Tell him to get the Q6600 and then overclock it when he's not looking - such a waste not to oc it!

good idea, quad it is.

 

[Mud]

If you want an easy life take the E8400...they run so damn cool it won't matter when it's neglected and the heatsink fills with fluff, then you won't have to be unpaid tech support

Depends on how good a friend the friend is as to whether to take the increased effort over the quad I suppose! (Not that there's much extra effort there, just requires better cooling).

 

[helmutcheese]

If buying a Quad today, get one of newer 45nm ones, the Q600o is old now.

It will run cooler and give less troubles with Mobo's esp if OC'ing.

£146 v £176ish (if OEM or Retail) for Cooler/Better CPU IMO, even the OC Q6000's they claim will OC to 3.3GHZ cost more at £193.