Help!! Will i notice the difference......

[mc6701]

Hi All,

I have a quick question........

I am thinking of getting a new CPU but not sure if i will notice the difference?!?!

My current set up is as follows

Asus P5KC Mobo
Intel core 2 duo E6400 which is OC to 3.25Ghz (8*406)
4gig of Geil Ram PC2-6400 (400Mhz)
Gigabyte 8800GT
All in an Antec 900 with a Arctic Freezer pro 7

So I was looking to get a Q6600 Or a E8400 or E8500 to put into my system. I will be overclocking it but will i actual notice a difference???

I mainly play FPS like COD 4/Crysis on it but do a bit of video editing/dvd encoding but not at the same time.

So any advise would be appriated.

 

[Smorgasbord]

Hi All,

I have a quick question........

I am thinking of getting a new CPU but not sure if i will notice the difference?!?!

My current set up is as follows

Asus P5KC Mobo
Intel core 2 duo E6400 which is OC to 3.25Ghz (8*406)
4gig of Geil Ram PC2-6400 (400Mhz)
Gigabyte 8800GT
All in an Antec 900 with a Arctic Freezer pro 7

So I was looking to get a Q6600 Or a E8400 or E8500 to put into my system. I will be overclocking it but will i actual notice a difference???

I mainly play FPS like COD 4/Crysis on it but do a bit of video editing/dvd encoding but not at the same time.

So any advise would be appriated.

Personally, probably wouldn't go from an E6400 at such an overclock to a Wolfdale, unless you want absolute performance, then you could get it and overclock to 4GHz. You could get the Q6600 and try and overclock to about 3.4GHz+ if possible. Then you would have the two extra cores and running slightly faster with more cache

 

[Ben M]

you will notice only a little difference. i wouldn't say it's worth it.

 

[thefishdude]

i would say no difference will be hard to spot with out benchmarks.

 

[milkinc13]

no point in quads for gaming atm as 2 core will be doign nothing, if the current CPU does what you want then y change it, i'd only change if it was hampering performance, but if it's not then leave it

 

[Greebo]

no point in quads for gaming atm as 2 core will be doign nothing, if the current CPU does what you want then y change it, i'd only change if it was hampering performance, but if it's not then leave it

Unless you want to encode a dvd while playing crysis like I do

But seriously, a quad core would not be a worthwhile upgrade for the op unless he had use of the cores.

A better upgrade would be an e8400. Even clock for clock they are 10% quicker so if he ran one at 4Ghz his cpu would be about 30% quicker than current which would have an effect in games as well.

 

[mc6701]

Thanks for your feedback all............

Think i might just keep my e6400 for the mo, but if i see a E8400 for a good price get one.

From the feedback i have had and a bit of reading on the forum i think a quid core will be a bit of a waste..........whats the point in having 2 cores idle and by the time i need something with 4 core i bet there will be something with 8 cores on the market

Again thanks..........anyone got any advise on overclocking ram???

(will post my question in the ram forum)