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Should I upgrade E6420 to Q6600 or other?

sidefxv1

sidefxv1

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Hi folks, just wondering what your opinions are on uprgading my E6420 to something like a Q6600. It's done me really well and is still running like a champ, but would I notice much difference moving to a quad or something? Any recommendations? I know there's no guarantees, but is it likely to be as easy to get to 3.2Ghz as the E6420?
 
Yeah a Q6600 will do 3.2ghz with little effort.

But if you're happy with the E6420 then keep it.
 
You reckon I'd notice much difference going from E6420 -> Quad core? Mainly use the computer for gaming, but also a fair bit of development (Visual Studio 2005) and a little image editing, etc. Plus all the usual stuff.
 
No definitely not wait for penryn then pick up the q6600 quad for £100 ish new £70 2nd hand it's already at £160-£190.
 
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yea i will be rubbing my mits when it hits £100 just like my E6300 was and run em both at 3gig ah the joys of overclocking eh :)
 
Good-o, will do then.

EDIT: B T W though, you think it would be worth it when penryn is released and the prices of the Q6600 do drop?
 
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If the Q6600 goes to 70squids 2nd user the lesser dual cores (below C2d 6600 spec) will be free yippee, can't wait ;)
 
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No point in you getting one i only got one as i was starting with a new build, great cpu they are though.
 
Jleo said:
If the Q6600 goes to 70squids 2nd user the lesser dual cores (below C2d 6600 spec) will be free yippee, can't wait ;)
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Ok maybe £70 2nd hand is optimistic but i can definitely see the new price at around £120 in january if the q9450 penryn is going to be around £160.
The q6600 95w is already available for £160 new so is it that hard to believe that by jan it will be £100 or there abouts? 6600's are already only fetching £70-£80 second hand.
I'd be lucky to get £60 for my 6420, i have seen 95w q6600's go for £140 so when penryn comes the new quads will be around £150-£180 i think so stands to reason the current q6600 will drop in price massively.Wasn't that long ago a few months an E6600 would cost you £130 second hand.
It all depends on the price of the q9450 penryn they say $316 but what it will be here is anyones guess the old non 95w q6600's are losing resale value all the time so i expect the same to happen with the 95 w editions when they are superseded.
 
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Yes the cpu market is in for a severe shake up, If the new cpu's are launched at such competitive prices which would lead me to believe the suggested prices at the moment are quite optimistic.
 
I wouldn't really bother, personally. Wait for 6 months and see how things are then.
 
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