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Ok, I've decided Q6600 G0 here we come!

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After deliberating for a good few weeks now between Phenom 9600+ Black Edition and the Q6600 G0.... and then the E8400 Wolfdale.... I've settled for the Quad.

Tbh I think anything will be a nice speed boost over my current X2 3800+ CPU.

But I was thinking that I can pickup the Quad for £151.99 inc. Free Delivery! Bargain. Then when the new 45nm versions arrive, depending on how the PC is running and prices I may keep the Q6600 or Upgrade again. But I just think the ability to have 4 cores is going to payoff in the long run over a mentally clocked dual-core, even though it'll be well nice to have a 4Ghz CPU. :)

Do other people agree? Just after some closure really. lol. So basically X2 3800+ -> Q6600? Yes or No?

(I've picked a P35 DFI mobo to go with it for some serious tweaking potential and read on here that the P35 is the better choice over the hotter X38 chipset. I don't need Crossfire or anything special as I only have x1 card. I also have 2Gb G.Skill HZ DDR2 Memory from another PC which uses the Micron Chips. Should clock nicely!)
 
x2 3800+ -> Q6600? Nice choice - nothing wrong with that.

Though,
x2 3800+ -> E8400 for most would be the better choice. Anyone who doesn't run distributed computing clients, encoding/decoding and/or 3d rendering won't see the benefit of all 4 cores. Now, you'll notice I've a Q6600, and so yes - I do run WCG. It also clocks higher than the Xeon 3060 it replaced so that was why I chose it. I am tempted by the E8400 though...the temptation of the 9x multi, without the FSB limitation of the Quad, along with the 10% clock-for-clock improvement all add up to a sweet deal.

As for the G.Skill HZ's...as you say, they should clock nicely. If they're the right revision (green pcb under the heatspreaders i think), you should hit DDR-1200 with ease.

Enjoy the Quad. Coming from the x2 3800 you'll really appreciate the difference.
 
Yep go for it. If you can clock it to around 3.2Ghz you'll be fine, un less you encode and such. I get no appreciable differeance between 3.2Ghz and 4.1Ghz in games.
 
Richie P said:
x2 3800+ -> Q6600? Nice choice - nothing wrong with that.

Though,
x2 3800+ -> E8400 for most would be the better choice. Anyone who doesn't run distributed computing clients, encoding/decoding and/or 3d rendering won't see the benefit of all 4 cores. Now, you'll notice I've a Q6600, and so yes - I do run WCG. It also clocks higher than the Xeon 3060 it replaced so that was why I chose it. I am tempted by the E8400 though...the temptation of the 9x multi, without the FSB limitation of the Quad, along with the 10% clock-for-clock improvement all add up to a sweet deal.

As for the G.Skill HZ's...as you say, they should clock nicely. If they're the right revision (green pcb under the heatspreaders i think), you should hit DDR-1200 with ease.

Enjoy the Quad. Coming from the x2 3800 you'll really appreciate the difference.
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Cheers for the helpful reply. :)

I do dable a bit with video encoding, but do a canny bit of audio work as well. Nothing major, just messing about and stuff. Sometimes hook my guitar up to the PC and that. So I guess the Quad would come in handy for that?

Yeah the HZ's are green PCB and from Week20 from 2007 which I believe are the Micron chips, as it was roughly half-way through 2006 when they switched to the Micron's. :) So here's hoping anyway!

Cheers again! :)


Typhoon said:
Yep go for it. If you can clock it to around 3.2Ghz you'll be fine, un less you encode and such. I get no appreciable differeance between 3.2Ghz and 4.1Ghz in games.
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Thanks, tbh I'd happy with anything around 3.0Ghz. I think I'm going to be pushing my little Zalman Reserator pretty hard with a Quad to cool. But we'll see how it goes, if it comes to the crunch I'll just have to upgrade that as well. lol. :D
 
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Remember a lot of these E8400 results are pretty much suicide runs which will never be run 24/7 at these speeds - unless you invest in top notch cooling. Your quadcore with a sub £30 cooler shoud be hitting 3.2ghz easy and anything above that is a bonus, the real test will be when the 45nm quads hit the market, I think a few sites have these up for pre-order ...
 
Reality|Bites said:
weescott has his E8500 @ 4.8Ghz on stock cooling prime stable :)
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I haven't seen a screen shot so I think your statement is BS.:)

He also used a Stock cooler from a QX9650.

Not the cooler that comes with a 8500.

So please stop misinforming people with inaccurate post's.

This is the cooler he used...

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Easy AFAIK the cooler that comes with the 8500 is the same as the one that comes with the QX9650 :).

I may be wrong though.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
Easy AFAIK the cooler that comes with the 8500 is the same as the one that comes with the QX9650 :).

I may be wrong though.
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No it doesn't.

Here is the cooler intended to reliably cool dual core 45 nm processor Core 2 duo E8500 (3.16 GHz) with 6 mb cache in second level and 1333 MHz bus.

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Aluminum radiator has low altitude, and it do not contains copper .

intel%2045nm%20processor%20cooler%2005.jpg


This cooler is almost two times lower than the box cooler used on 65 nm processors Core 2 duo.
 
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easyrider said:
No it doesn't.

Here is the cooler intended to reliably cool dual core 45 nm processor Core 2 duo E8500 (3.16 GHz) with 6 mb cache in second level and 1333 MHz bus.

intel%2045nm%20processor%20cooler%2003.jpg


Aluminum radiator has low altitude, and it do not contains copper .

intel%2045nm%20processor%20cooler%2005.jpg


This cooler is almost two times lower than the box cooler used on 65 nm processors Core 2 duo.
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Ahhh fair game.
 
Also coming from a 3800x2 to a g0 here, confirmed 3.6 stable on air and ill be on water :)

Hopefully it'll do my render times and compiling times a world of good :D
 
To the OP.

I've just performed the same upgrade as you.... My X2 3800 was overclocked to 2600Mhz however and I have clocked my Q6600 up to 3600Mhz

Big difference... I do a little video editing and will be using the machine for HD content in the future so going Quad made some sense.... To be honest I just like the idea of having 4 cores even though I know that for most applications a heavily clocked dual-core might make more sense.

Anyway am really happy with my the upgrade and think it was a great move... Even though my X2 was hardly struggling with anything.

If you plan to get 45nm processor in the future then the Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3 would be a good choice (unless you want SLI)... It's pretty cheap, has good overclocking and will work with DDR3 in the future.

Best of luck!
 
Nope, intel are just saving money on cooling.
If they can use a smaller hsf to sufficiently cool these new 8400's they will.

Your freezer pro will be significantly better!
 
I went from an Opteron 165 @ 2.8 Ghz to a Q6600 @ 3.5Ghz at xmas, its been a great upgrade for me, very noticeable increase in performance in all areas, you'll be very happy with the chip :)
 
Hesky82 said:
Nope, intel are just saving money on cooling.
If they can use a smaller hsf to sufficiently cool these new 8400's they will.

Your freezer pro will be significantly better!
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thanks m8, i actually delete my question as 2 Min's of research provided the answer.

cheers brew
 
Hi guys

Just wondering, these 4nm quads that everyone keeps going on about?
Are they the yorkfield ones, like the Q9450?

If these are coming out soon, would it not be better to wait for these, as i'm guessing they will overclock really well? So you might be able to get them up to around the same as the Wolfdales?
 
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