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Conumdrum   02-17-2008 at 12:25:18 AM
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Ask this. Do you need a quad core capabilities or blazing dual core speeds? if you do a LOT of crunching or decoding or HEAVY graphics coding, then a Quad. If you crave FPS for games, then a dual.

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level101   02-17-2008 at 12:53:59 AM
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will be used mainly for recording audio, DAW, & a little video editing, not a lot of gaming

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bc4   02-17-2008 at 01:03:53 AM
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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] w=0&nojs=0

this thread has some cool bencies that should help you out. Not sure why more people didn't see it or post on it. I'd say go with the q6600

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Conumdrum   02-17-2008 at 01:39:18 AM
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Level101, so do the research now you know what you need.

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vagetaqtd   02-18-2008 at 10:28:56 PM
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with the Q6600 overclocked, it will perform just as well and even better than the E8400 when using 4 thread apps. Bottomline, Q6600 will offer you more flexibility.

------------------------------ Q6600 G0 @ 3.4 8x425 1.362v, Asus P5k Premium, 4x1GB Ballistix Tracer @1020 4-4-4-12, XFX 8800GTX, 2x Seagate HDD RAID0, Antec Trio 650W, Antec 900 case, Vista x64 Ultimate. Water cooled.
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doomsdaydave11   02-19-2008 at 06:29:12 AM
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Conumdrum wrote :

Ask this. Do you need a quad core capabilities or blazing dual core speeds? if you do a LOT of crunching or decoding or HEAVY graphics coding, then a Quad. If you crave FPS for games, then a dual.


quoted for truth :)
The Q6600 is great for heavy coding, graphic editing, and maybe servers too. But when you're talking about gaming, there are virtually no games out there right now that can use all four cores. For now the e8400 is definitely better :).

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