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Windows XP and Vista Gaming - Dual Core or Quad Core

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

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I have a cheap and cheerful Windows XP gaming PC for playing all my old retail CD/DVD games on. At the moment it has a Core 2 Duo 7400 at stock 2.8GHz. Even though it is more than powerful enough to play MOH:AA, GTA:SA, BF2 etc etc I have the itch to upgrade it anyway.

The question is should I put in an E8400 (for £2) and overclock it to say 3.6GHz, or get Q8200 quad core (for £12) and run it at maybe 2.6GHz? Would a C2D stay a lot cooler than a C2Q? I ask this because the rest of my build is as modern (but cheap) as possible (Nvidia GT440, decent 775 cooler, noctura fans) so it is not hot and therefore is quiet!
 
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I was hoping to avoid power hungry and hot to be honest! But at the same time I'm tempted to go high end 2006 and get q6600 and sli 7900s or something which is the complete opposite of quiet and low power!
 
Considering how cheap I am going (I just bought a ATi 1900XT for £8) I will probably just stick with my 7400 and overclock it. The motherboard I am using is great, it supports 1066FSB (overclocked I think) and works fine whilst completely being abused - literally chucked into a box, heavy stuff stored on top of it, silly overclocks... it just keeps going! It is some M-ATX MIS board no idea what
 
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