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So who is getting Quad 6600 then at this new price?
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easyrider said:
That's my point, Q6600 is only quad core, not octa. It costs about 2.5x as much and yet in real world conditions is less than twice as fast in most cases. In single threaded apps I guess it will be marginally quicker than E6600 due to the increased cache (4meg per core instead of 2) but nothing worth spending hundreds of pounds on.
Bear in mind that for general desktop usage the move from single to dual core is likely much more pronounced than that from dual to quad. Yes it may be attractive for distributed computing and such like but I think at the current pricing levels, quad-core is more suited to niche markets rather than mainstream enthusiasts (unlike the E6600).
Overclockers.co.uk are selling the Quad this week only for £366.59 inc VATeasyrider said:
That's a chunk of moneyeasyrider said:
To some people thats a weeks salary (maybe two weeks). For a similar amount (well £25 extra) you can buy a processor, motherboard, memory and graphics card . .
That's a lot of hardware for the money
in not very much time you'll have to upgrade tho, the issue, IMO is longevity, which is why this new price for a quad core is going to cause me to part with a lot of money,
i last upgraded my pc over 2 years ago (and have been lurking on these forums ever since...) and now i reckon it's getting pretty close to a good time to upgrade, once amd/ati bring out there new processors and graphics cards it will be perfect. the tech will be at the right level, (quad cores around for ages, not needing much faster, DX10 graphics cards compatible for the forseeable future)
i'm just annoyed i was impaitient when i brought my last upgrade, if i'd of waited about 2 months i could have had one of the first dual core amds instead of a single core, which is now the bain of my life (i do a lot of video editing, encoding, and rendering for uni work.)
i last upgraded my pc over 2 years ago (and have been lurking on these forums ever since...) and now i reckon it's getting pretty close to a good time to upgrade, once amd/ati bring out there new processors and graphics cards it will be perfect. the tech will be at the right level, (quad cores around for ages, not needing much faster, DX10 graphics cards compatible for the forseeable future)
i'm just annoyed i was impaitient when i brought my last upgrade, if i'd of waited about 2 months i could have had one of the first dual core amds instead of a single core, which is now the bain of my life (i do a lot of video editing, encoding, and rendering for uni work.)
Wow if long encoding times are the bain of your life you have a damn fine life!MrP77 said:
If you are doing a film-making course (or similar) and really do a heap of editing and encoding then a multi-core is gonna be a lot more useful for your circumstances, however how on earth are you (a student) gonna pay for this premium kit?
Have you considered buying a 'used' socket 939 processor to pop into your existing system (X2 3800 used costs £50-£75) or as you can see above you could almost pay for a whole new 'system core' for a similar price.
i did, unitil i emailed abit, and discovered that the AX8 (which i have) will NEVER support x2, thats why they brought out the AX8 v2... gits... so i decided, that i'd spend some savings that i've got on a well thought out insane upgrade that will last me a considerable period of time, until it becomes (in about 3+ years time) to go to 'octo' core
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A Quad-Core is something a bit new, a bit shiney, a bit expensive! 
Just think of your student debts and working in some ****** job during your summers holidays, in fact you could probably pay for the best part of a fun summer holiday by not slurging on a quad-core, sun, surf, woman . . . sound good?
Its always hard trying to work out what to do hardware wise, you read this, you read that and before you know it you are thinking "I . . . . .want . . . .one . . . .braaaiinnns" like some computer zombie lol
You sound like a young lad getting on with life, I give you this little fortune cookie that you may find helpful, that is to understand the difference between 'I want' and 'I need'
Good luck and enjoy, see ya on the beach!
Just think of your student debts and working in some ****** job during your summers holidays, in fact you could probably pay for the best part of a fun summer holiday by not slurging on a quad-core, sun, surf, woman . . . sound good?
Its always hard trying to work out what to do hardware wise, you read this, you read that and before you know it you are thinking "I . . . . .want . . . .one . . . .braaaiinnns" like some computer zombie lol
You sound like a young lad getting on with life, I give you this little fortune cookie that you may find helpful, that is to understand the difference between 'I want' and 'I need'
Good luck and enjoy, see ya on the beach!
i think i shall wait till amd properly respond to core 2 duo (instead of just supercharging there old processors) also, over the summer i'll probably be like last year holed up in some editing suite somewhere wondering why summer has to be so hot when i'm working like on the hottest day of the year i was in possibly the hottest room in the country... this year tho i should be getting paid to do it...
like on the hottest day of the year i was in possibly the hottest room in the country... this year tho i should be getting paid to do it...
I am usually one of 'those' that like to upgrade to the latest and greatest but I fail to see enough of a beneift of quad over dual core in the applications I use. Sure it would be nice to have a faster render but at what cost? It isn't just a matter of upgrading the cpu anymore, if you want quad it usually means a motherboard upgrade too if you like overclocking as most boards are struggling to get the quad to overclock well. So the cost of upgrade is still going to be circa £500 minus the small amount you will get for your now 'dated' 2nd hand C2D setup which have been hit hard with the recent price drops.
I don't want to bash quad core but for me at least, until 4 cores are utilised more then it is a bit of a waste when the money spent could benefit my system elsewhere.
I don't want to bash quad core but for me at least, until 4 cores are utilised more then it is a bit of a waste when the money spent could benefit my system elsewhere.
Here is my 2p's worth - firstly I believe most people who use a pc regularly can get a decent amount out of a dual core processor now - no disrespect to MS but these processors to me just make windows a lot easier to use especially with things like virus scanners, software firewalls, windows updates graphics card aplets all running in the background not to mention IE windows , msn , media players none of these "unusual" even for the basic users amongst freiends and family (and remember everyone without people like us around all those pcs arent exactly set up well or streamlined so even more resource hogging stuff going on)
Quad core is a lot harder to talk yourself into at this time - maybe by the end of the year it will be actually required for those of us who dont encode video, do graphics design or use our pc to cure cancer etc , while I would be the first to say I would like a quad I have never really been tempted and even for a reasonable price like this I still wont bite.
I believe I was one of the first on here to get a Opty 170 delivered from OCUK, (I cant remember how much I paid for it however) but seeing as it went into two rigs and did sterling serive before it died due to its owner being too rushed to do things properly (only happened about 2 months ago) I would still be happily using it today - for what it was at the time and how much usage I got out of it I was more than happy with the investment - but can also agree that maybe someone who got less use may be disappointed
Quad core is a lot harder to talk yourself into at this time - maybe by the end of the year it will be actually required for those of us who dont encode video, do graphics design or use our pc to cure cancer etc , while I would be the first to say I would like a quad I have never really been tempted and even for a reasonable price like this I still wont bite.
I believe I was one of the first on here to get a Opty 170 delivered from OCUK, (I cant remember how much I paid for it however) but seeing as it went into two rigs and did sterling serive before it died due to its owner being too rushed to do things properly (only happened about 2 months ago) I would still be happily using it today - for what it was at the time and how much usage I got out of it I was more than happy with the investment - but can also agree that maybe someone who got less use may be disappointed
w3bbo said:
Fair enough then don't get one.I'm not saying everyone should.I'm saying for the CPU power you have £350 is not a lot of money for the central part of the PC.
I for one would use the power along with many others.
Although my P4 2.0 ghz M gets used 95% of the time on my laptop.And have never had the urge to upgrade to a C2D laptop as it does everything I need when mobile.
A quad in my main rig will be welcome again after my QX6700 flash in the pan.
most mobos now have the issue of quad clocking sorted.Like the EVGA 680i rev 2 mobos.
Where?
You already have a top end rig..What else could you upgrade to?
easyrider said:
Exactly my reasons for not upgrading my main rig to a quad - except mine is hardly mobile
easyrider said:
Very few motherboards are capable of clocking the quads to dual core levels - mine inc (rev.1) - hence my statement of upgrading the mobo aswell as the cpu, which would be the case in my case so to speak. Not everyone is in the same boat but a lot of folk are.
easyrider said:
Memory - 4gb
bigger monitor
SLI/GPU upgrade (dependant on r600)
My money is better spent there than on a quad I would hardly make use of. Don't get me wrong now, if my c2d suddenly died then I would buy a quad as it has more futureproofing(if there is such a thing) but upgrading from a 3.9ghz dual core to a quad when I have little use of it seems pointless in my case.
You on the other hand apparently do a lot of encoding etc so I have no doubts you would benefit and I would deem it a worthwhile upgrade for you, especially so now you have a phase unit to keep it cool aswell.
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