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Had a Q6600 processor for a while now and looking for the next step up - any suggestions for procesors prefereably under £400!
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Dont think 9550 from 6600 is that great a step up... Save up some cash and step to an I7 core... Much more worthwhile
No point in paying a premium for yesterdays technology.
Do the Q9550 generally overclock well, or is it down to specific batch or code?
Yeah , not bad at all. I think many got far more ghz from the Q6600 though ( Eg - stock 2.4ghz OC'ed to 3.8ghz and beyond ). I have mine mostly @ 3.4ghz and at times when transcoding i can raise it to 3.8ghz no problem using Arctic freezer pro. I personally struggle to reach 4ghz stable though. But i have the original C1 stepping. The new ones should be E0 and clock better.