Would a Core 2 Quad Q6600 be a good replacement for a Core 2 Duo E7500

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really need an upgarde for my PC, currently it has a Core 2 Duo E7500, and I was wondering if a Core 2 Quad Q6600 would improve my peformance.

I am currenlty having problems recording gameplay. For example minecratf, ingame I get about 100FPS but the recording is only 20FPS and freezes every 5 seconds.
 
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You won't be able to record gameplay even with the q6600 (if your motherboard supports it). You should look into actually upgrading the PC, if you have a retail OS license you can get a much better system for ~$400, or bare minimum recording system for ~$300. New Intel chips have a thing called quicksync, which when paired with Windows 10 let you capture any windowed game with minimal impact to performance (not zero, but much better than what you have now)
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You won't be able to record gameplay even with the q6600 (if your motherboard supports it). You should look into actually upgrading the PC, if you have a retail OS license you can get a much better system for ~$400, or bare minimum recording system for ~$300. New Intel chips have a thing called quicksync, which when paired with Windows 10 let you capture any windowed game with minimal impact to performance (not zero, but much better than what you have now)
 
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Your CPU usually does the encoding, a Q6600 would be an upgrade encoding-wise but would draw a lot more power and run much much hotter.

I'd agree with basroil and suggest you buy an Nvidia graphics card to run shadowplay instead as both those CPU options are horribly old.
 
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ok, yes. I will build myself a new system. I anyway got all the parts from 3 old PCs.

does this look good: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/
 
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Sorry bout that, does this look good? I'm still not sure about the CPU, and I don't need a case or a HDD I have those. Here: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/cb9wzM
 
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Sorry bout that, does this look good? I'm still not sure about the CPU, and I don't need a case or a HDD I have those. Here: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/cb9wzM[/quotemsg]

Huge improvement over your current system or Q6600, and it can record games using win10's built in system or shadowplay just fine. Consider an upgrade to http://pcpartpicker.com/product/M7jG3C/seasonic-power-supply-ss350etbronze for the power supply instead, the power supply you picked isn't exactly the best fit for your system
 
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Huge improvement over your current system or Q6600, and it can record games using win10's built in system or shadowplay just fine. Consider an upgrade to http://pcpartpicker.com/product/M7jG3C/seasonic-power-supply-ss350etbronze for the power supply instead, the power supply you picked isn't exactly the best fit for your system[/quotemsg]

ok thanks!

 
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