When will older AMD/ Intel processors become unusable???

T345 · 14 May 2012 at 19:53

For Example:
The 1090t will be unusable > ????
and the Q6600 will be unusable > ????

*???? = Years

I would like to know this as I am thinking of purchasing a Q6600 or 1090t instead of an i3 2120.
Would this be a good move???

jamesfreddie · 14 May 2012 at 19:54

What do you mean by unusable?

T345 · 14 May 2012 at 19:56

Sorry a bit unclear. Like not fast enough for gaming and video work.
Also sorry for posting in the wrong section :/

jamesfreddie · 14 May 2012 at 20:00

Warecast said:
Sorry a bit unclear. Like not fast enough for gaming and video work.
Also sorry for posting in the wrong section :/

Well my Q9450 is about 4 years old and its still usable.

I still can't max it out even non overclocked.

I would upgrade it if i felt the need to but it still does everything i need it to.

Including running BF3, Sony Vegas (Editing 720p vids)

T345 · 14 May 2012 at 20:02

So should I get the i3 or save around £40 and get the Q6600???
Thanks
Bakht

jamesfreddie · 14 May 2012 at 20:07

You could probley get a Q6600 for about £50 on MM and i would probley get that.

Or there is a E8400 bundle i would get that if i where you.

T345 · 14 May 2012 at 20:08

Should I skip the i3 then???
Or should I stick with it for future proofing???

GTO656 · 14 May 2012 at 20:09

If you have the money, go with the i3 as that will be more future proof like you said.

Martini1991 · 14 May 2012 at 20:10

I wouldn't buy into 775 now, I'd buy into 1155.

T345 · 14 May 2012 at 20:11

Ok thanks

jamesfreddie · 14 May 2012 at 20:12

Click here

the_director · 14 May 2012 at 20:13

For most things an I3 would be better than a Q6600, and the newer socket is a much better purchase.

T345 · 14 May 2012 at 20:15

Ok, I'll stick with i3 as I thought that the Q6600 would be better, as it has 4 cores and can be OCed.
Thanks
Bakht

the_director · 14 May 2012 at 20:17

Even overclocked it lacks the single thread power of the 1155 CPUs.

T345 · 14 May 2012 at 20:48

what do you mean by single threaded???
also i read that the G530 is better than the Q6600

Duke · 14 May 2012 at 20:49

No brainer to go with the i3 imo.

trickynickyuk · 19 May 2012 at 13:54

go for the newer chip

wkingsnorth · 19 May 2012 at 14:04

T345 said:
what do you mean by single threaded???
also i read that the G530 is better than the Q6600

Applications that haven't been made to use multiple cores/don't benefit. An analogy is that to deliver pizzas to 10 houses, 10 bikes is better, whereas to deliver to one house, the other 9 bikes wouldn't really help.

Stoner81 · 19 May 2012 at 14:18

1155 socket for sure.

Stoner81.

charlaph · 19 May 2012 at 16:36

Definitely go for the 2100. I just recently moved from a c2q to a 2100 and it's easily as good, if not better in general day to day use, and for gaming, unless you're at a crazy res it's just fine. I almost didn't upgrade because like you I figured the quad did everything I needed it to so why change. The 2100 is much cooler running, wasn't a lot more money and gives me a boost, plus I'm futureproofed for at least another generation. Buying into 775 right now doesn't make sense.