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Been thinking about upgrading mobo and chip - but would moving to an E6700 bring a noticeable improvement?
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Worth upgrading my AMD 4400 X2 to an Intel E6700?
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Stelly said:
Thanks Stelly
Would a 6600 be noticeably faster than my X2?
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james.miller said:
Alright alright - enough of the sarcasm
I was thinking of attaching it to a rocket...But seriously, is it a worthwhile upgrade?
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james.miller said:lol it is, but it really depends on what you wanna do with it. they are massively faster in encoding tasks, slightly faster in general windows usage and realistically not very much faster in a majority of gaming.
so yeah, depends on your priorities
Well, I do all the usual things - but I do wonder how well code compiles on it. Any time saved compiling would be a 'good thing'