Intel Q8400 vs Intel Q6700 FSB/L2 Cache

mavutomhard

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May 28, 2017
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Hi,

I wanted to ask about the affects of these two CPU's, namely the 1333 Mhz FSB vs 1066 FSB, and the L2 Cache 4MB vs 8MB.

I have an old Dell Optiplex 780, and it has even DDR3 1333 Mhz support, but the MOBO clocks it down to 1066 Mhz. So my question is if the frequency of the RAM in both CPU's are the same, which is still better (mostly for gaming) the one with faster FSB or the one with more L2 Cache?

I know that these are minor differences, just asking out of curiosity.

thanks!
 
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Which one is better is likely to change on a game-per-game basis.

Instead of pouring money into such an old system though, I'd recommend saving to upgrade the CPU+MoBo+RAM instead. Even a cheap Pentium G4560 will be much faster in most cases.

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Which one is better is likely to change on a game-per-game basis.

Instead of pouring money into such an old system though, I'd recommend saving to upgrade the CPU+MoBo+RAM instead. Even a cheap Pentium G4560 will be much faster in most cases.
 
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