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What CPU should I get? Budget £170

q9300 would be better for video and image editing, but the e8400 would be a good deal better for games at stock clocks (2.5ghz versus 3.0ghz)
 
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easyrider said:
If he photoshop, video and 3D work more tha gaming then he should go quad.
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I agree, but theres been no mention of priorities, and there may be an argument to go for a dual over a quad at stock clocks over a variety of tasks. If the systems predominantly going to be used for image and video editing then a quad would be better suited, wheras for gaming and general use the higher clockspeeds of the same priced dualie would garner better performance, and lower power consumption for general web browsing etc.
 
Ok So I think I have enough opinions from people to go with the Quad core. As someone mentioned, nope there won't really be any priorities over 3D work, gaming or video work, I just need to know that if I want to do any of the 3 I can do it with the speed and power that I need.

Will the Tuniq be an ok heatsink for the CPU and more importantly will it fit into this setup ok? I know that the Scythe just about fits with the 8800gtx on the same mobo and case (brother has that setup) but it really is a very tight squeeze.

(ignore the CPU now, this is an oldish screenshot)
 
Easyrider speaks the truth. 8800GTX is probably best. Only other option is a 8800 GT and then upgrade to the latest NV or ATI card when they release them in a few months (apparently different versions).

Oh yeah, and as for the actual staying on thread topic, I would say that my Q6600 is possibly one of my best purchases in a while. WIndows feels a "little" faster, but almost all major multitasking now feels as smooth as butter.

Overclocking it is so easy too - I now am in the process of trying to decide on a new motherboard to overclock it to around 3.8GHZ or so. /ponders on water cooling.

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Am on 3.1GHZ now - and as people will tell you, that is barely making the G0 Q6600 break s small sweat :P
 
was considering a cpu upgrade myself, got a 780i mobo coming soon, so i considered an e8400 dual core, then noticed how cheap oc are with the q6600, so opted for 1 of them instead, my reckoning being when more programs take advantage of multicore the q6600 is at a good price, and current versions seem to clock pretty well, so for me it seems like a cheap future proof option.
 
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