Still using trusty Q6600

[WilberDaForce]

Hi,

In what is a bit of a disaster for Overclockers in terms of trying to sell new kit, and possibly tempting fate, my Intel Q6600 Core2 Quad processor is still going strong. I can't even work out how long I have had it now - 7 or 8 years maybe? I have upgraded the graphics card twice since then, added a SSD for the system, upped the RAM but my PC just still works really well on Windows 7 Pro. I don't play as many games as I used to but it seems to play Rome 2 Total War decently and really anything I have tried on Steam.

So is anyone else still using this or other old but dependable and adequate kit???

 

[WilberDaForce]

Hi Overclockers peeps,

Just to report still using my q6600! In mid 2017.

Seems to run the odd newer game I buy off steam.

Runs the current version of office fine. Still use Handbrake to speedily rip DVDs (not commercial ones!)

Still running Windows 7 - I could have updated to 10 but hey - if it ain't broke...

I think Windows 7 support runs out in 2020 - so that's when I'm planning an upgrade.

I upgrade tech when necessary - just got the latest ipad as my ipad air 1 was running a bit slow when it came to loading big PDFs - but if the tech still works for what you want it for I am happy to leave it be!

Anyone else still using this workhorse of a CPU?

Will

 

[WilberDaForce]

Update: My Q6600 still going strong! Well - my PC crashes a bit - planning to upgrade when Windows 7 is no longer supported

 

[WilberDaForce]

Okay everyone...

Important news...

I've gone mad and got a new PC.

I am still writing this on my trusty Q6600 PC which runs Windows 7 perfectly fine.

But the system as a whole is a bit eccentric and the screen does not come on when i re-start so i could never upgrade windows. And Windows 7 is great anyway.

But... partly as a treat to myself.. and because Windows 7 will soon not be supported... after a decade or so I've got a new PC from OC.

My new processor - which I hope will last like a Q6600 is a...... AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight Core/Sixteen Thread 4.35GHz Processor

I went a bit mad on the GC and ordered a Sapphire RADEON RX VEGA 64 NITRO+ 8GB.

So I am hoping this will last me for another decade?

But what about the Q6600 PC??! Is it for the scrapyard? Is it being put out to pasture? Will it be pressed into family usage?


To be continued...