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Should I upgrade to a Q6600?

Jango

Jango

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I currently have a E6550 Core 2 Duo and want something better to play games at not too much of a high price (I can get a Q6600 from eBay for under £100). It is the best processor I can get easily without having to change my motherboard, but I might get a better heatsink (for around £40) so I can overclock it mabye to 3GHz if possible.

Would it just be a case of taking my current processor out, and putting the Q6600 in?

Would I still be able to use my current Intel stock heatsink for it (before I get a new heatsink)?

Would it be able to play games that come out in the near future easily? (eg: COD Modern Warfare 3, Crysis 2 etc.)
 
well the cpu is still good and maybe a good upgrade, since i am not too sure about your motherboard is that the only chip your motherboard can support since i have a feeling it is running a 650i chipset.
 
A Q6600 from members market at around £70 wouldn't be a bad investment at all. If I remember rightly my mate had a p5n-e sli mobo with his q6600 and whilst it wasn't the greatest overclocker he still managed 3ghz.
 
You do realise that it will only give you approximately a 2fps average increase in games?

You're far better off spending that on a new graphics card!

If any of you want sources, read CustomPC's January issue :p
 
Cookeh said:
You do realise that it will only give you approximately a 2fps average increase in games?

You're far better off spending that on a new graphics card!

If any of you want sources, read CustomPC's January issue :p
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+1 0n this

Gaming wise this is your best value for money option. Collect your Xmas pennies together and get a 460 (a AMD/ATI fanboy recommending a NVidia... God help me...lol) (Ignore the GTX280... I don't know how that sneaked into that case...lol)

At least this investment can be carried over to a new or upgraded rig at a later date

:)
 
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Ok, thanks for the advice guys. :)

But I'm thinking more in the future really. In 2-3 years time, surely my processor at the moment will not be good enough to play games. I would've thought a Core 2 Quad at 3.2GHz would be much better for games by then. My processor (before I overclocked it from 2.33GHz) didn't even meet the miniumum requirement for COD Black Ops.

I probably won't buy a new graphics card yet though, as I only just upgraded mine a year ago from an 8500GT.
 
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