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Q6600 - How does it compare to the i range?
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Heh that is a bit O_o - however back in the realworld you would need to clock a Q6600 to about 3.7GHz to match a stock i5 2500K on average. Clock for clock the i5 is somewhere in the region of 13% faster on average and has a much higher base clock out the box.
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Q6600 is still a very good chip but I moved from a Q6600, to a sandy bridge 2600k in 2011 and the difference is very noticeable.
The Q6600 feels more like an old steam engine, as opposed to a porsche 911 for the 2600k.
I am also still happy with my 2600k and won't upgrade for a long time.
The Q6600 feels more like an old steam engine, as opposed to a porsche 911 for the 2600k.
I am also still happy with my 2600k and won't upgrade for a long time.
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Don't be comparing processors....
It's the memory bandwidth of the new platforms that gives a significant boost. From S775->S1155 you are looking at a minimum of 2.5x more bandwidth and even up to 4x with extreme RAM setups
Had it not been for that I would still be happily running my q9550.
It's the memory bandwidth of the new platforms that gives a significant boost. From S775->S1155 you are looking at a minimum of 2.5x more bandwidth and even up to 4x with extreme RAM setups
Had it not been for that I would still be happily running my q9550.
I think I mentioned it before possibly in reply to a previous post you made - using my Q9550 with some ridiculous spec'd OCZ Blade ULV and high FSB I definitely was getting more mileage out of it compared to most people - IIRC was running it at 8x500 in the end to get 4GHz w/ 3:4 RAM strap or something along those lines.
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What mobo did you use to achieve 500Mhz FSB ?
The maximum I can get out my GA EP45-UD3LR is 450Mhz for my Q9650. Any higher and the system crashes regardless of how much vcore or mch voltage I increase.
The heatsink fans also start to spin full speed as they are attached to PWM header and make too much noise lol
I was using an EVGA 750i F.T.W board - it was hardware volt modded to get above 3.825GHz tho. Can NOT reccomend the board due to too many small but potentially show stopping bugs with it - part of tho not the main reason I retired it for a laptop until Maxwell GPUs are out when I'll do a complete rebuild on a new chipset.