x6800 or qx6700

smelf1 · 15 Feb 2007 at 12:31

Which one in your opinion should i go for and what's the best mobo and ram for the cpu,

Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz Socket LGA775, 4MB, BOXED w/fan = €995.01 inc vat

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.67GHz Socket LGA775, 8MB, BOXED w/fan = €975.01 inc vat

Justintime · 15 Feb 2007 at 12:36

If the x6800 costs more i'd get the quad 6700, you won't miss those few hundred MHz less and you get 2 more cores which will be more future proof and will smoke the x6800 when utilised properly. Also if you overclock you'll more than likely make it past 2.93Ghz anyhow

fumbles · 15 Feb 2007 at 12:38

4>2

Once you go quad you wont go back to dual (well I assume, I mean I went Dual core back in the day and have never gone solo)

smelf1 · 15 Feb 2007 at 13:15

i know the quad would be great but you always see that games etc are not designed to utilize the 4 cores.

i was swinging to the qx as the prices are so very close

Tombo · 15 Feb 2007 at 13:16

And games aren't optimised for dual cores, will be for both in the future. Get the quad core.

Talbs13 · 15 Feb 2007 at 13:23

Well there is hardly any games out at the moment that support two cores so you will be waiting a long time to make full use of the quad core. It also depends what type of work you do on your PC.

w3bbo · 15 Feb 2007 at 13:35

For that money I would go quad tbh.

platypus · 15 Feb 2007 at 13:36

Be grand for sound/video editing, and 3d modelling though, one would assume.

joeyjojo · 15 Feb 2007 at 13:45

Quad over Duo, especially if the prices are similar.

You might want to consider a cheaper duo though unless you need quad right now. Perhaps the E6600, you (probably) won't notice the difference once it's overclocked.

What are you using it for?

harris1986 · 15 Feb 2007 at 13:52

out of the two i would go quad, but IMHO i would just get a 6600 and clock it, as quad isn't worth it at the minute!

smelf1 · 15 Feb 2007 at 13:59

what mobo and ram would get the best from the quad core, i will be ocing it as i will be watercooling the rig

Tombo · 15 Feb 2007 at 14:34

Talbs13 said:
Well there is hardly any games out at the moment that support two cores so you will be waiting a long time to make full use of the quad core. It also depends what type of work you do on your PC.

When games support dual core they will support quad core too, because they will have multi core support.

joeyjojo · 15 Feb 2007 at 15:57

smelf1 said:
what mobo and ram would get the best from the quad core, i will be ocing it as i will be watercooling the rig

A mobo with the 680 chipset and some Geil 6400 are good options.

smelf1 · 15 Feb 2007 at 16:29

what do you think of this
Abit IN9 32x-Max Mobo 1333mhz
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 1066mhz
Corsair Dominator Twin 2x8500 2048 DDR2 1066mhz

I will use my current graphics card until the new DX10 ATI ones come out, and my Hiper PSU for the moment.

joeyjojo · 15 Feb 2007 at 17:17

smelf1 said:
what do you think of this
Abit IN9 32x-Max Mobo 1333mhz
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 1066mhz
Corsair Dominator Twin 2x8500 2048 DDR2 1066mhz

I will use my current graphics card until the new DX10 ATI ones come out, and my Hiper PSU for the moment.

230 quid for a motherboard?! No sir!

Asus P5N32-E PLUS and GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz will do you nicely for much, much less money.

What is the machine for?

smelf1 · 15 Feb 2007 at 17:29

i will be using it for gaming, rendering and generally anything i turn my hand to.

I will pop Vista onto it when sp1 comes out

DBT85 · 15 Feb 2007 at 23:49

for anything to do with photoshop or premier or 3d packages you will get better from the quad without doubt. the programmes are designed to be used in workstations with multiple cores.

also games are just starting to be released with multiple core support with Supreme Commander the shining example. more games will be on the horizon soon with valve recoding the HL engine for multiple core support. if you have the money then its a no brainer, if you can think of something else to do with a wad of cash get the 6600 and clock it.

fumbles · 16 Feb 2007 at 00:13

smelf1 said:
i know the quad would be great but you always see that games etc are not designed to utilize the 4 cores.

Tombo said:
And games aren't optimised for dual cores, will be for both in the future. Get the quad core.

What he said, but there is Supreme Commander which will use four cores apparently... It will dedicate certain tasks to each core. All other games are single threaded.

smelf1 · 16 Feb 2007 at 14:25

Any use the Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6, nForce-680i SLI ,ATX , Socket-775, 4xGbLAN, 2xPCI-Ex16 or know whats its like

smelf1 · 16 Feb 2007 at 14:48

Just Ordered the following

€338 lABIT IN9 32X-MAX WiFi, nForce-680i SLI, Socket-775,ATX,2xGbLAN,DDR2,2xPCI-Ex16

€975.01 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.67GHz Socket LGA775, 8MB, BOXED w/fan

€499 Corsair Dominator TWIN2X9136C5D 2048MB, DDR2,2x1GB(KIT),DHX,E.P.P, CL5-5-5-15
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=328262&s=sc

Total = €1812.01