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Upgrade from E6600 to Q6600/E8400/E8500

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Gallager2014   08-12-2008 at 06:36:56 PM

I currently have a E6600 and I want to upgrade it. The options are Q6600, E8400, and E8500. I am trying to keep the price under $200. Which one should I go with? The main use is gaming.

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falcodakrzz   08-12-2008 at 06:49:21 PM
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Kinda depends which games, but id go for E8400/E8500. The q6600 is great, but the dual cores just peform better in gaming, and i dont think games will utilise the four cores greatly for a while yet.

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dragonsprayer   08-14-2008 at 10:26:34 AM
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upgrading to dual core is dumb
there is a huge misconception that gamers only need 2 cores since no game can use more then 2 cores - ok most games

get the quad!

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PEEPs420   08-26-2008 at 12:15:52 AM
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If your not going to overclock then the choice in your situation is obvious, go with the e8400/e8500 ($20 more for the e8500 if you want the extra 160mhz) Of course you don't get the extra 2 cores like the q6600 but your at 3ghz which makes your frames nice. But if overclocking is in the future then the q6600 would be the best choice.

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chookman   08-26-2008 at 02:32:29 AM
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Overclock the e6600 and be happy with it , you wont notice much difference .

Ive got mine running at 3.2ghz and its nice for everything ive thrown at it.

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