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garylooker

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Spare PC. Hi, building a spare PC for gaming when at the gf's and have 2 spare cpus, E8500 3.16Ghz dual core, Q9600 2.66Ghz Quad core, it'll be played with Hd6870 on older monitor at 1600res think it is so should get decent fps. Question is which of those would be better for gaming or should I get a Fx6300 ? Yeah I know they aren't awesome gaming chips but they are much newer, more cores run at 3.9Ghz and are cheap and I'm not gaming at high res . We play mmo's mainly Rift and occasionally D3. Only suggested Amd cos can get a cheap bundle for less than an i5.
 
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The core 2 quad would be best as a quad core is preferable in games over the dual core, but it may bottleneck as its 2.66ghz, since u own these cpus u can always test them and see how well they perform, and then choose if u should get a new cpu. The fx 6300 is prob the best budget cpu u can get right now so it'd be a good choice too
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The core 2 quad would be best as a quad core is preferable in games over the dual core, but it may bottleneck as its 2.66ghz, since u own these cpus u can always test them and see how well they perform, and then choose if u should get a new cpu. The fx 6300 is prob the best budget cpu u can get right now so it'd be a good choice too
 
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ethereal essence

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The FX 6300 (at 3.5 ghz) would probably out perform both cpus, however the difference might not be that much. However it overclocks really well so it has that going for it too.

Honestly however, try out both cpus you own first. I'd say try the core 2 quad first and see how that goes. If neither are providing acceptable performance then, and only then, go for the AMD.
 
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I would just use the Q9600 and overclock it if your mobo allows it.

I am running with a Q9450 along with a Radeon HD 5850 1GB and it still find it to be enough to play games with. For example, I am currently playing Skyrim with the official HQ Texture pack at 1920x1200 resolution and I was basically getting consistent 60FPS using high graphics quality.

After installing a mod for volumetric clouds and improved water effects / textures, I can still get 60FPS most of the time with drops down to maybe at worse 45FPS from time to time when outdoors and near water.
 
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