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have i been stupid or did i make the right choice? seems to good to be true.

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Hi All.

Can someone put my mind at ease please.

i bought all the bits two days ago for a new pc as i have not upgraded in years and thought id treat myself.

I originally added this to my basket.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

im not much into overcloacking and for 166 quid is was about the price range i wanted to spend.

but as i was browsing through i saw this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-155-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

20 quid cheaper and as im buying a heat sink for the CPU I didn't really need the retail version.

even though its 20 quid cheaper is it better? being as i have built PC's all my life i should no the answer but i just need my mind put at rest. Is the only difference the fact the 2.4 is retail and cost that little extra and the 2.6 is OEM so cheaper?
 
Well, the Q6700 is a slightly better processor simply for the fact that it has a 10x multiplier compared to the Q6600's 9x.

This gives better stock performance as it is clocked higher initially, and the extra multiplier might also help you to achieve better overclocks.

The price difference might in part be down to the OEM vs. Retail distinction, but these things also depend on the purchasing deals companies like OcUK manage to get for various parts, so that could play a part too. Other people will doubtless be able to answer that with more certainty, but the main point is that at these prices the Q6700 is clearly the better deal.
 
it seems OCUK price products largely due to popularity (note how spinpoint f1s have went up) and the q6600 is a legendary processor in its own right. because of this people seem to forget that the q6700 is actually slightly better.
 
The reason the Q6600 you bought is more expensive is because it's a slightly newer more energy efficient version (runs cooler and probably on less voltage).

Retail CPU's also have longer warranty too (3yrs retail versus 1yr oem).

If it's the extra megahertz you're after just clock your Q6600 a little.
 
mmj_uk said:
The reason the Q6600 you bought is more expensive is because it's a slightly newer more energy efficient version (runs cooler and probably on less voltage)
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I may have missed something here, but I thought both the Q6600 and the Q6700 were 95W CPUs? I think I'm also right in saying (but I'm not 100% on this) that Q6700s tend to have a lower VID than the newer 6600s as well. Is there something I'm failing to take into account here?
 
The reason that the Q6700s is that OCUK got a good deal on them. It's not a huge deal that you missed it, the only difference is the multiplier. Things like VIDs etc are luck of the draw. They are both 95W chips (G0 stepping)
 
Some of the newer Q6600s don't like to clock past 3.2-2.4ghz anyway. My processor has a VID of 1.3, but can run 3ghz at 1.275vcore in BIOS, but won't be stable above 3.2ghz ish.

The Q6700 is a better chip mate. I am not sure how well the clock though. There's only oneway to know. Ramp up your fsb. :D:D
 
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