serious help with cpu's needed!

[vallaha]

hi

im new to cpu's and ive been looking on amazon to buy one but i dont understand the jargon. there are two cpu's roughly the same price but which is better and why? cheers

Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad Processor - 2.40 GHz, 8MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB, Socket LGA775,



Intel E7300 Core 2 Duo Processor - 2.66 GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB, Socket LGA775, 45 nm,

 

[realscot]

First of all, buy from OCUK!! And edit out the other name

 

[gizmoy2k]

hi

but which is better

Theres onlyone way to find out....... FIGHT !!!!!

Sorry couldnt resist

Sorry i dont know but i hear the Q6600 is a good clocker and over choice i would pick the quad

 

[RaV]

hi

Im new to cpu's and ive been looking on amazon to buy one but i dont understand the jargon. there are two cpu's roughly the same price but which is better and why? cheers

The Q6600 is a Quad core, so it is made up of 4 cores/cpus

The E7300 is a Dual core, so its only got 2.

Their speeds are similar, you might notice a difference. but it depends what you will be using your PC for? Because theres still not a lot of program that will use all 4 Cores of the Q6600. And the E7300 is based on a newer 45 nm sized chip, so it runs cooler and uses less energy.

And sorry if any of that sounds patronizing