Q6600 or Q9300

[iluvgillgill]

i have a question.the new q9300 about to come out will it be better then the q6600?i have read a review on xbitlabs and it cant overclock as well as the Q6600 due to its default 333FSB and 7.5multiplier.

 

[Silverion77]

Doesnt that basically answer your question....

If overclocking, I would say the Q6600 would win. For 3.6 u need a FSB of 400 (3600/9=400).
For 3.6 on the Q9300 requires an FSB of 480 which pushes the limit on many motherboards.

The new Penryns also have slightly better performance than the C2's at the same speed and SSE4 instructions, but no one knows how well they will perform with software that supports it.

 

[Evilonigiri]

I'd rather stick with the Q6600.