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Upgrading CPU - Q6600 or Q8200?

kenchie

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I'm thinking about upgrading my E6750 Core 2 Duo for either a Q6600 or a Q8200. Would I see enough of an improvement in general computing performance to make this worthwhile? And if so, which processor would offer better performance? NB I'm not really a gamer, usage is mainly heavy graphics editing etc.

Thanks!
 
q6600 is still more worthwhile - even the recent bad overclockers are more versatile than the q8200

tbh if you are graphics editing a q6600 at around 3GHz [an easy overclock] should be grand
 
Assuming you have quad core utilizing programs, either will work better than your old CPU. As far as which quad to choose I'd generally go for the one with the higher stock clockspeed, as you said you are not really a gamer and therefore I will assume you will not be overclocking.
 
icedragon999 said:
Q6600, no question. Mine is great and OC's nicely. The 8x multiplier on the E8200 lets it down.
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Then he buys the e8400...these are getting cheaper all the time and you can overclock with ease to 4.0ghz. I replaced a q6600 with an e8400 and never looked back.

Just looked...as I type, on this site the e8200 and the e8400 are the same price and cheaper than the Q6600.
 
most have a VID of circa 1.3 volts now, whereas the older ones were a lot lower, mine is 1.225. VID (in case you dont know) is how much voltage it needs to do stock speeds.

So person x can do 2,4ghz on 1.32 but i could overvolt mine from 1.25 to that and do 3.4ghz - however most q6600 can do 3.0ghz on or near stock volts.

On top, lower vid chips tend to run hotter and i can agree.

Gotta love overclocking :D
 
It depends, you are not an overclocker or games, CAD tends to favor higher clock speeds which the Q8200 has, the up on the Q8200 is 2.5GHz clock, 1333MHz FSB, improved prefetch, lower power consuption, lower heatout put which means less air flow and a quiter computing envirment. The only reason i would pick up a Q6600 is, it's cheaper, overclocks better due to the higher multiplier and lower FSB & has more cahe so in cache sensitive applications (Games etc) it will be noticed.
 
PaulyD said:
On top, lower vid chips tend to run hotter and i can agree.
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So if I'm getting this right - the lower VID chips are good 'cos there's lots of scope to increase the voltage to get good OC speeds...

But, they're bad 'cos they run hotter in the first place!

Is this to do with the newer ones being only 95w?

And on that point - how do I check that my Q6600 (which arrived yesterday) is 95w - I can't see any mention of it on the packaging... :confused:

Thanks
 
GM2 said:
So if I'm getting this right - the lower VID chips are good 'cos there's lots of scope to increase the voltage to get good OC speeds...

But, they're bad 'cos they run hotter in the first place!

Is this to do with the newer ones being only 95w?

And on that point - how do I check that my Q6600 (which arrived yesterday) is 95w - I can't see any mention of it on the packaging... :confused:

Thanks
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Look for SLACR in the label. Also run Core Temp which will display the revision, and the VID of the chip.
 
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