Hi guys, this is my first post on Overclockers and I'm after a little help if you can 
I was just wondering if anyone could recommend me one of these chips? I've got an Asus P5W64 WS Professional mobo:
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1341&l1=3&l2=11&l3=248
I'm torn between these 2 processors. Basically I encode a lot of Mpeg to XviD and at the moment I have a Pentium D 935 but am looking to upgrade. I've got a friend who has a Q6600 and he really rates it. But I had a quick look at toms hardware and it seems that the benchmark difference between the Q6600 and the E6850 is pretty small. Apparently my board will take the 1333MHz fsb of the E6850 ("It also can support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-Core CPU. With new Intel® Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB")- and the speed of the chip is 3.0ghz but it is only dual core. Whereas the Q6600 is slower, has 1066MHz fsb but is quad core. So which would be better? The pricing of these two processors is very similar so I can't even use that as leverage. One other point, at the moment I have Ballistix ram- 800MHz PC2-6400.
Thanks guys,
James
I was just wondering if anyone could recommend me one of these chips? I've got an Asus P5W64 WS Professional mobo:
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1341&l1=3&l2=11&l3=248
I'm torn between these 2 processors. Basically I encode a lot of Mpeg to XviD and at the moment I have a Pentium D 935 but am looking to upgrade. I've got a friend who has a Q6600 and he really rates it. But I had a quick look at toms hardware and it seems that the benchmark difference between the Q6600 and the E6850 is pretty small. Apparently my board will take the 1333MHz fsb of the E6850 ("It also can support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-Core CPU. With new Intel® Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB")- and the speed of the chip is 3.0ghz but it is only dual core. Whereas the Q6600 is slower, has 1066MHz fsb but is quad core. So which would be better? The pricing of these two processors is very similar so I can't even use that as leverage. One other point, at the moment I have Ballistix ram- 800MHz PC2-6400.
Thanks guys,
James