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Q6600 still good chip

i've had my q6600 for about a year now. handles everything I throw at it and runs fine.

i've had it at stock since i got it as for some reason I can't get it to overclock! I think it's more to do with the motherboard (Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 Intel P45) as even at stock the thing struggles to boot about 75% of the time, goes into a stupid reboot cycle until it sorts itself out and won't hold an overclocker more than 1 or 2 reboots.

I'm thinking of replacing the MB and then overclocking it a little.
 
elpedro said:
Q6600 & 8800 they are like fish'n'chips in the computing world, most popular price/performance CPU/GPU combo for a while.
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These are indeed the dogs danglies

Especially with nvidia unlocking more performance with the newer driver releases
 
I think the GTX250 (216) has to go down as the best price vs performance GPU though even today, I mean 1920x1200 4xFSAA in almost all games is handled at 60fps minimum.
 
Back on CPU track...

Q6600 all the way. Had mine at 400x8 since day one virtually a year ago. Don't see any point in upgrading whatsoever.
 
Great lil chip the Q6600, especially the early G0s.

I don't see myself upgrading my platform until Sandy bridge is out, and hopefully octa cores. Curious to see what AMD will have out at that time too with their bulldozer arch.

The only thing that is really tempting me is the Intel 160 SSD! Expensive though. Any idea if they are going to be reduced in price soon-ish? (6 month window?)
 
Trunks9486 said:
Great lil chip the Q6600, especially the early G0s.

I don't see myself upgrading my platform until Sandy bridge is out, and hopefully octa cores. Curious to see what AMD will have out at that time too with their bulldozer arch.

The only thing that is really tempting me is the Intel 160 SSD! Expensive though. Any idea if they are going to be reduced in price soon-ish? (6 month window?)
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+1 I don't see anything coming until Sandy Bridge and Bulldozer that will worth the upgrade. Getting an SSD is a tempting idea though. Windows and Photoshop must fly on one.
 
Why would Photoshop fly on an SSD?

CS4 uses GPU acceleration for filters and processing now, it loads from an SATA drive in less than 5 seconds flat and opens images as fast as your CPU can handle!
 
I import RAW files from my DSLR in 4GB batches and it's all limited to the CPU once it's on the HDD.
 
I have a Q6600 vid 1.2625.


I never overclock as I prefer a stable, cool quiet machine. With this in mind would I notice a significant performance improvement moving to a Q9550, comparing stock clocks?

I mainly use my PC for

The odd game - CoD, CS, HL2 etc
The odd bit of video encoding/conversions (family videos that kind of stuff)
Browsing.


Or would I be better of upgrading my graphics card to a 5850, which is both cooler and faster than my G92 8800 512?


System spec:

Q6600
EP45-UD3R MB
4 gig DD2 6400 corsair RAM
8800 G92 512 BFG O/C
620HX PSU
Antec300
Samsung T1 F1 HDD
Seagate 7200.11 500gig
DVD rewriter - samsung
other usb odds and sods
 
You can have quiet and stable overclocked as well, just manually control the fanspeeds and have a good HSF.

My PC is as quiet as my laptop.
 
You don't :p

You could ask the shop/seller for the VID and if it's a low VID chip then it may OC well. Just make sure it's a G0 not a B3 and you'll be fine for 3GHz minimum.
 
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