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Q6600 or E6850
- Thread starter Voltage
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I've got the same dilema myself. Do I go for an e6850 or a Q6600. This is what I've come up with:
e6850:
Dual Core, 3.0ghz, 1333fsb, very fast, plenty of apps use dual core and games bennefit from the high processor speed, priced at around £170.
Q6600:
Quad core, 2.44Ghz, 1066fsb, requires PC8500C5 memory which is a bit more expensive, still very fast, not many apps use quad core yet, but games like Crysis and UT3 will bennefit from it, also retails about £170.
And my answer is......I don't know. There is the factor that the e6850 is the high speed dogs nuts, where as the quad core is a step back on speed but carries four high performance CPU's. The quad core is more likely to be future proofed for when apps and games do use quad CPU's and therefore is more in for the long run.
Bottom line, go for Dual Core for the now and quad core for the long term.
e6850:
Dual Core, 3.0ghz, 1333fsb, very fast, plenty of apps use dual core and games bennefit from the high processor speed, priced at around £170.
Q6600:
Quad core, 2.44Ghz, 1066fsb, requires PC8500C5 memory which is a bit more expensive, still very fast, not many apps use quad core yet, but games like Crysis and UT3 will bennefit from it, also retails about £170.
And my answer is......I don't know. There is the factor that the e6850 is the high speed dogs nuts, where as the quad core is a step back on speed but carries four high performance CPU's. The quad core is more likely to be future proofed for when apps and games do use quad CPU's and therefore is more in for the long run.
Bottom line, go for Dual Core for the now and quad core for the long term.
If you want to futureproof the sytem i believe the Q6600 would be the choice.
Anyway from what i understand the E6850 is overrrated & the E6750 would be a better value proposition as they apparently clock to levels similar to what the E6850 will overclock to.
Anyway from what i understand the E6850 is overrrated & the E6750 would be a better value proposition as they apparently clock to levels similar to what the E6850 will overclock to.
What do you want to use your computer for? I'm getting the Q6600 in the PC that should be arriving today because I know Visual Studio is capable of taking advantage of it and fast compilation speeds are worth it.
No reason to get a E6850 now.
The E6850 is faster than the Q6600 in games but by only a few FPS extra. Its like comparing 150FPS to 200FPS, the difference isnt even worth comaparing.
If you do any kind of multasking, encoding, like doing a couple more things on your system at once then the Q6600 is the way to go.
The Q6600 is the way to go regardless.
Theirs just no comparison anymore from these two chips. If it was like, the E6850 would get an extra 30-40FPS then it would be different but its not like that.
The E6850 is faster than the Q6600 in games but by only a few FPS extra. Its like comparing 150FPS to 200FPS, the difference isnt even worth comaparing.
If you do any kind of multasking, encoding, like doing a couple more things on your system at once then the Q6600 is the way to go.
The Q6600 is the way to go regardless.
Theirs just no comparison anymore from these two chips. If it was like, the E6850 would get an extra 30-40FPS then it would be different but its not like that.
Where do you get the idea that it requires PC8500C5 memory from?
Completely wrong.
At stock the Quads FSB is 266 so it only requires Memory running at 533MHZ to run it.
Where did you get 8500 (1066MHZ) rated memory from?
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While I don't regret buying my E6850, I would definitely get the Q6600 if I were buying now.
I sent my mate the following spec and he told me:
"you would also need to change your memory for PC8500...
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC8500C5 1066MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB22GB8500C5DC) for £99.99!!!!"
I'm no big builder of systems so took what he told me as right. I take it its not. Below is the spec I sent him to comment on and he recommended going for the e6850 rather than nthe Quad.
Antec Ninehundred Gaming Case
Zalman CNPS 9700 LED Socket 754, 940, 775, 939 & AM2 CPU Cooler
Antec Truepower NEO 650W
Optiarc NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
3 x Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Intel Quad Core 2 Duo Q6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1066FSB)
Gues I'll stick with my original and blow my wod on Quad!
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Your mate needs to STFUTBQFH!
Quad, the new G0 steppings are a clockers dream anyway, with reports of 3.4ghz+ on air without much voltage increase at all.
pc8500 ram with a quad? I'd like to see you get 533mhz fsb with a quad top justify that ram... pc4200 (533mhz, or 266mhz real) will be perfect if you aren't clocking, pc6400 to be safe (800mhz , or 400mhz real)
pc8500 ram with a quad? I'd like to see you get 533mhz fsb with a quad top justify that ram... pc4200 (533mhz, or 266mhz real) will be perfect if you aren't clocking, pc6400 to be safe (800mhz , or 400mhz real)