from an e5200 to a quad?

[nft_99]

Have a gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R and 4gb geil black dragon was thinking about getting a quad either the q8200 or the q6700 , worth the jump? my board supports the q8200 will the memory be ok?

At the moment my pc does some encoding, ripping, internet not gaming at all i sold my 8800gt recently and not sure what to get but that can wait a while longer!

 

[siumatfung]

q6700 shud get to at least 3.33ghz:d but u will need 3rd party cooling ie titan fenir
gfx wise if no gaming at all a 4350

 

[hawker1986]

I would agree with siumatfung, leave the Q8200, its not a great chip, esp if you want to OC, the multi is far too low to make it useful. And if your not gaming a basic GPU is fine.

Hawker

 

[nft_99]

my graphics card for now is a 4350

the q8200 uses less power than the q6700 would i actually notice the difference ?

 

[pastymuncher]

If i remember right the Q8200 has something like half the cache of the Q6700. I would go for the Q6700 based on that alone. I imagine the cache would come in handy for encoding.

 

[steve258]

Q6700+1, or better still Q6600 G0 second hand or new if you can still find one, overclocks better and twice the L2 cache.

 

[Smorgasbord]

Q6700+1, or better still Q6600 G0 second hand or new if you can still find one, overclocks better and twice the L2 cache.

I know the Q6600 currently isn't available on ocuk, but why is it priced more than the Q6700 everywhere?

Does the Q6600 overclock better or something?

 

[Ch3m1c4L]

afaik its priced higher as it got a rep for overclocking higher, which meant that everyone and there mum bought one as it was the best bang for buck chip. I think its still just overpriced because of that, but i was under the impression (confirmed on this forum) that the 6700 was a better chip....which it should be, but it was originally more expensive.

Unless theyve changed something with the G0 stepping tha ti missed.

 

[OzZie]

The q6700 on ocuk is a G0 varient, so will clock as good (if not better) than the Q6600. The reason they are cheaper at the moment is because OcUK got a decent deal on a large batch of them.

 

[nft_99]

Looks like its the q6700 for me then, thanks

 

[ps3ud0]

Would you say the Q9550 is better chip for the extra £40 it costs? Thinking about moving to a C2Q from a E5200 and very tempted by a Q9550 - just dno if its worth the money.

Will want it to last a year or two though...

ps3ud0

 

[nft_99]

got my q6700 in now and am happy with it, temps about 30 idle upto 46 converting video and got to 51 when ran prime95

 

[mkfk1]

You wouldnt noticed much difference in most games and home applications.

And there will soon be another prize drop when the i5 comes out in 3 months.

I wouldnt upgrade unless a 775 quad reach below £100.