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Is it worth it to swap a core2duo e8400 for a core2quad q6600

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May 16, 2014 7:45:18 PM

Should i swap my core2duo e8400 currently overclocked at 3.4+ghz, with a core2quad q6600 not overclocked at 2.4ghz? it wouldn't cost anything. And if I did, would I be able to play games better? for ex. Planetside 2, league of legends, minecraft

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May 16, 2014 8:23:16 PM

No. Most games do not take advantage of more that two CPU cores, so stick with the OCed dual-core processor.

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May 16, 2014 8:42:48 PM

wikidest6666 said:
Should i swap my core2duo e8400 currently overclocked at 3.4+ghz, with a core2quad q6600 not overclocked at 2.4ghz? it wouldn't cost anything. And if I did, would I be able to play games better? for ex. Planetside 2, league of legends, minecraft


The e8400, especially overclocked, has better single thread performance.

See the "Single thread rating" below the score.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Qua...

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Duo...

The E8400 is probably going to perform significantly better than the Q6600 because of this figure, and in most everything besides multitasking, the E8400 is going to beat the Q6600. Just like Wolfshadw said, most games don't even take advantage of the Q6600 cores, so the E8400 is definitely your best bet.

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