Upgrading from e6600 to ?

[HomZ]

Hi guys ive managed to offload my e6600 for £50 so ive got some money to buy a new chip now, i was thinking of getting a 8400 ? do people still buy these, are they a bit old now ?

Ill need to buy one tommorow as i cant really be without this pc so what would you reccomend, im thinking either the 8400 or the q6600 ?

Although ill gladly take all recomendations on board, will have about £150 to play with

Mainly my machine is used for gaming

Cheers

 

[redballoon]

Will you be overclocking the CPU? I'd only go for a Q6600 if you're going to clock it otherwise for gaming a E8500 might be the better choice.

I moved from a E6600 (with the highest vid) to a used Q6600 G0 for almost no cost a few months back and I'm very happy with it. Depends what kind of budget you're on and what graphics card you've got though - maybe the £150 could be better spent towards a GPU upgrade if your PC is mainly used for gaming.

edit- missed the fact that you've sold the e6600 already. Go for the dual core over the Q6600 (the newer batches aren't supposed to oc as well so a used one is out as you need it asap).

 

[jak731]

e8500 for gaming, the little extra for the higher multiplier is worth it.

 

[HomZ]

At the moment i have a 8800 gs alpha dog ed, i was thinking of getting the 8400, i wouldnt have to put much towards getting one of those,

I would most likely overclock it yes, i hear most 8400's do high 3's 4ghz mark so 3.6 would be my target, is the extra cost for the 8500 worth it do you think ?

 

[jak731]

if you MB can use the .5 multiplier, then yes as it will mean you will not need as high a FSB to reach the same clock speeds.

 

[Kelt]

Hi guys ive managed to offload my e6600 for £50 so ive got some money to buy a new chip now, i was thinking of getting a 8400 ? do people still buy these, are they a bit old now ?

Ill need to buy one tommorow as i cant really be without this pc so what would you reccomend, im thinking either the 8400 or the q6600 ?

Although ill gladly take all recomendations on board, will have about £150 to play with

Mainly my machine is used for gaming

Cheers

Get a quad-core. Most of the later games I've tried are using all of the cores, Grid, BIA-HH, Mercs2, to name a couple.

 

[The Running Man]

i went from e6600 ' 3.15ghz to a q6600 @ 3.2 ghz, im happy so basically id recommend any quad as quick, or quicker than that.

 

[psychas]

i7? not really worth it if u have clocked it high if u sold it already get e8400 q9450

 

[Kristoph]

Off topic Homz, but just noticed I didn't leave you any trust a couple months back.

All done now, sorry about that.