good for £100?

2-step · 18 Mar 2011 at 17:59

Hey guys, just been offered the following for £100 is it worth it?

intel Q6600 2.4GHZ

8gb ram

and a ASUS motherboard of some kind

worth it?

thanks

cmndr_andi · 18 Mar 2011 at 18:07

Yea, I would jump on that - so long as it all works.

Also, check if the Q6600 is B3 or G0 stepping (can be checked using CPU-Z). If it is a G0 - then these usually sell second-hand for £70-80.

The RAM, assuming it is DDR2 800/1066MHz - then this is worth ~£50 on its own.

As for the motherboard, I would suggest checking what make and model number it is - depending what board it is will determine how much overclocking you can do and what features it supports.

Also, the Q6600 is still a pretty nice CPU and keeps up with modern applications and games (so long as it is paired with a good graphics card), especially if you overclock it from 2.4GHz to 3GHZ (rather simple with a decent motherboard and a G0 chip).

solaris.designs · 18 Mar 2011 at 18:14

Do for it mate, that's a great deal!

Buchanan0204 · 18 Mar 2011 at 18:17

Any more on offer

Brilliant deal.

j.col · 18 Mar 2011 at 19:55

YES!!!
excellent deal.
q6600 £50-£75
if its stock ram, than as cmndr_andi said 50ish, but if its good branded overclocking ram,
then 4gb is £30-45 so if you have 8gb than that can be worth upto £90 by itself. (depending on brand and speed)
also if the mobo is a p35 or p45, then you are laughing

kmufc77 · 18 Mar 2011 at 19:58

cjgardens · 18 Mar 2011 at 20:06

Snap his fingers off that's a great deal. There ram is nearly worth that

2-step · 19 Mar 2011 at 01:31

Sorry people forgot i posted this! been rushed off my feet, well he is planning on upgrading soon and as were mates he will sort me out,

i know it all works as i sorted out some issues he had with it, he bought it custom pre built thing and they slapped it together he kept on getting blue screens, turned out they plugged the cpu fan into the chassis fan header on the board, no matter how many times it went back to the shop they could never solve it!

not sure when this will happen but i will find out the stepping of the chip and the motherboard and keep you guys updated,
perfect time really as i was about to go SB but this is cheaper! and faster then what i got now!

thanks guys!

joxang · 19 Mar 2011 at 01:39

I sold my old G0 Q6600 for £90 half a year ago lol...

smiley1987 · 19 Mar 2011 at 02:11

I'd definitely take it for that sort of money , you can't go wrong .

TerryH · 19 Mar 2011 at 02:32

Yes.. wow that's easily £200 worth on any planet.

olivier renault · 19 Mar 2011 at 02:56

hmmm I foraged a Q6600, 8800GT, 8GB Dell (no HD). It's actually a quite tidy case...