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P4 Extreme vs e6500

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E6500 is the choice - it runs a lot cooler (less fan noise) and draws much less power (cheaper bills).

The extreme will run hot, eat lots of power, but might be slightly faster given its clock speed. The trade offs are not worth it given it's for your parents.

A Q6600 would also be good.

Just make sure you check the motherboard for compatibility first. Some boards don't support the newer 45nm chips, or even core2's.
 
A pentium D (the 955 is a pentium D) is 2 generations of core architecture behind the e6500.

100% the e6500 wolfdale is much faster.

You need to make sure your mobo will support 45nm cpu's though, it is unlikely!
 
Cheers guys, well I would expect the P4 to go for a lot less than £60.

I just wondered, I'm not looking for a q6600, I'd rather get them to get a whole new PC with an i3 than do that, I just wondered how the old extreme editions were vs just your average modern processor.
 
Would help if you posted the model number of the motherboard, could check what would be the best value for money upgrade then as it'll depend on what the mobo can support.
 
Sukh said:
Q6600 at 3.6 is about a i5 750 at stock from what I have seen
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Hmm, yes perhaps, but you would surely need water cooling for that? I have a Q6600 in my computer and its at 3.2ghz and I'm not sure I could get much more out of it (air cooling).
 
All depends on your CPU/stepping/batch.

I am at 3.6ghx on air with 1.3 volts with more to spare.
 
Sukh said:
All depends on your CPU/stepping/batch.

I am at 3.6ghx on air with 1.3 volts with more to spare.
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Ah I could probably do it raising voltage a bit more, I'm on 1.275 - In fact, I'm gonna try and get it to 3.6ghz right now :p

I was always worried 1.3v was pushing it a bit to much, apparently not.
 
Lol, I know people at 1.4-1.5, as long as your cooling is up to the task you should be good to go :)


What is your VID?
 
Sukh said:
Q6600 at 3.6 is about a i5 750 at stock from what I have seen
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It's unfair to compare an chip oc'd to near its max to a stock chip that has huge OC potential.

If both were overclocked to the max, the 750 would be a lot better than the q6600.
 
Thanks for your comments, he was asking about the relative merits of staying with 775 via an upgrade to his CPU and so the comparisons of a Q6600 OC'ed are relevant as compared to a complete upgrade which would involve a new main board and memory set.

I also very clearly stated that one was OC'ed and one was stock so I'm not making it look like zomg Q6600 is as fast as an i5.
 
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