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Worth upgrading an E6600 processor?

mcgriffo

mcgriffo

mcgriffo

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As title......... (have an Asus P5Q board)... is there anything out there worth paying for or would you stick with what I have until the are bigger leaps in technology?

I know there IS better out there, but bang for buck etc, and how much of a performance gain would I see?

Thanks
 
I went from an E6600 overclocked at 3.2GHz to a Q9550 overclocked to 3.4Ghz.

I only see a gain when using an application that utlises all 4 cores. There was no difference in games that I could see.
 
depends at what frequency you are keeping your e6600 now...
you might be able to push an e7200 a bit higher and with lower temps, and you could probably make the change for a small sum, provided you sell the old one.
however there will not be a massive difference unless you get your hands on quad core, and as brakeinup said, find the apps that use all the cores.
 
Go quad, I went from an E6600 at 3.2 to an E8500 at 4.0 and it was a total waste of monies, no noticeable difference.
 
No point upgrading yet. Particularly not with the current sockets intel are using. I'd say next jump should be to a new socket (either i5 or i7).
 
I down graded from a Quad to my E6600 as in my mind it is the perfect Gaming chip pound for pound.
I'd only upgrade now if I kill it.
 
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