Was buying a E6850 over the Q6600 the right choice?

[GmanUK]

I recently bought an E6850 thinking that buying the Quad Core wasn't really needed and the cores were not used at the moment so why bother.....but after a couple of weeks playing with overclocks and the like I am starting to wonder if not buying the Quad was the best idea....

Any one got any thoughts on this one?

 

[GmanUK]

So is it best to ditch the E6850 and get the Q6600?

 

[GmanUK]

If the E6850 does what you want it to then keep it and wait to see what Penryn brings us at the start of next year.

Fair point...think that will be the way to go...unless you think Crysis will behave better with the Quad Core?

 

[GmanUK]

Hmmm...now that could push me down the route of a quad then!! Might have to spend a bit more thought on this one!! Wouldn't be much of a hastle getting rid of this E6850 so might go for it

 

[GmanUK]

At the end of the day you have a fast chip, and no one can take that away from you, but why spend all that money on it when there was a physically better chip (Q6600) available for the same money?

Not having a go, just interested.



First time I read that I was thinking "When did Loadsamoney get a new CPU?"...




I think that is fact.

Oh....I think I have opened a can of worms!!

My opinion - I had 2 reasons for buying the dual E6850:

Firstly because I had the understanding that at the moment and in the near future most software would not utilise four cores, only developer and encoding software would benefit which I do neither.

The second reason was down to heat dissipation. I again understood that the present Quad core CPU's ran at a higher temperature which could cause issues without adding any benefit.

So that’s my reasons.....BUT now I understand a bit more....and...well...those two reasons look like they are falling on their face!! Quad core software and gaming seems to be just around the corner and a lot of people are reporting that their Quad CPU's are running the same kind of temperature’s as their previous duals.

I have yet to make a decision, but it seems that at the moment there is very little in it between my E6850 and the Q6600 BUT that might all change in the coming weeks......and to be honest I'm not the kind of guy who likes waiting and like to make my decisions pre-emptive!!

 

[GmanUK]

Nothing wrong with the e6850.

ive got one, it flies.

for the money id buy a q6600 now instead of e6850, though the g0 q6600 wasent out when i got my 6850.

im not going to change it since there would be so little gain in performance.


stick with it, be happy, im happy with mine!

Thanks for all the replies....its been interesting reading everyones opinions!!

One thing though....I have hit a brick wall on overclocking this E6850 at 3.5Ghz and thought it might be easier to OC the Quad.....