Socket 775 quad core help

buzzlightweight · 28 Nov 2011 at 15:45

Hiya, I'm looking for a quad core socket 775 CPU, what recommendations can you guys make.

Many thanks for your help

SeraphX · 28 Nov 2011 at 15:47

Q6600

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buzzlightweight · 28 Nov 2011 at 18:06

Q6600 it is then thank you

Sean_UK · 28 Nov 2011 at 18:27

As above Q6600, or perhaps Q9550 if you can source one cheap.

decto · 28 Nov 2011 at 18:43

It depends on what your motherboard will support. The Q6600 is a safe bet and are quite cheap. Some boards don't support the later quad cores.

Also many of them are 1333FSB with the Q6600 is 1066FSB so it's easier to overclock on a lot of boards.

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Marine-RX179 · 28 Nov 2011 at 18:45

£50 2nd hand Q6600 G0 is the only realistic option to be honest, unless you are VERY lucky to find a Q9550 for cheap...but most are still being sold at £120+, and if having you pay that kind of money for that CPU, you'd better off just builtda new budget i3 2100 rig instead.

1uke · 28 Nov 2011 at 18:53

I love my Q9550 EO which easily overclocks to 4ghz and did have it at 4.2ghz but I'm not to good at overclocking so couldn't get it perfectly stable.

buzzlightweight · 28 Nov 2011 at 19:40

this will not be overclocked at all, it will be running at stock speeds. my friend is only interested in 4 cores, 64bit, higher freq to help him speed up his system and photoshop.

ty for all your replys i will source him a q6600

SlugForAButt · 28 Nov 2011 at 21:57

Uh Oh!
If you're running at stock speeds I'd steer well clear of the Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz.

All depends whether there is money to spend and whether the mobo will take a decent q9xxx.

buzzlightweight · 28 Nov 2011 at 22:02

SlugForAButt said:
Uh Oh!
If you're running at stock speeds I'd steer well clear of the Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz.

All depends whether there is money to spend and whether the mobo will take a decent q9xxx.

its ok we have decided rather than spend out on old tech to go for

SlugForAButt · 29 Nov 2011 at 14:07

Good choice.

Marine-RX179 · 29 Nov 2011 at 14:22

buzzlightweight said:
its ok we have decided rather than spend out on old tech to go for

Depending on the graphic card...the Corsair CX430 V2 would be good enough for graphic card that require an additional PCI-E 6pin power...for graphic card that require two PCI-E 6pin power or more, you should get a decent 500W+ PSU instead.

Kelt · 30 Nov 2011 at 00:22

Wouldn't be buying a dual core chip myself these days. But different strokes etc.

SlugForAButt · 30 Nov 2011 at 01:47

But TBH can't think of one single scenario I'd rather have a stock Q6600 over a stock i3-21xx.
Not different strokes, just sensible as he can bang a quad in at a later date if he feels the need.

EDIT: I'm with Marine on the PSU. Get a beefier one.
For £18 more, I'd get something like this.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-201-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1103

buzzlightweight · 30 Nov 2011 at 13:45

gpu is only a ATI Radeon HD 5450 SILENT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card so i think the orignal psu in the basket will do

joem1983 · 30 Nov 2011 at 15:06

Can you afford another £30 for the motherboard? I'd suggest the gigabyte z68 ud3 which is £85. a lot more futureproof.

Marine-RX179 · 30 Nov 2011 at 15:21

Kelt said:
Wouldn't be buying a dual core chip myself these days. But different strokes etc.

And it would be better to to get quad-cores with lower IPC, slower in games, consume more power and run much hotter such as Phenom II X4 or FX4100?

Seriously, anyone that recommend a Phenom II X4 of FX4100 over a i3 2100 for gaming deserve a smack on the face

buzzlightweight · 30 Nov 2011 at 16:14

this rig is not for gaming....... at all! its purely photshop, films and surfing.

as for future proof, by the time my frind has the cash to buy his own components to build a pc he will start from stratch and to the spec he wants.

the basket shown will do until CS8 (4 years, CS6 is on its way) at least

Marine-RX179 · 30 Nov 2011 at 17:02

buzzlightweight said:
this rig is not for gaming....... at all! its purely photshop, films and surfing.

as for future proof, by the time my frind has the cash to buy his own components to build a pc he will start from stratch and to the spec he wants.

the basket shown will do until CS8 (4 years, CS6 is on its way) at least

The i3 2100 is still better than the two quad-cores I mentioned. They can't touch the i3 2100 unless heavily overclocked, which would consume EVEN MORE power and generate more heat, as well as needing a 3rd party CPU cooler- which's gonna cost another £25~£40 extra.

buzzlightweight · 30 Nov 2011 at 17:11

very true, which is what i wanted to stay away from. my mate is far from an overclocker! stock volts and clocks for him!