e4400 to q6600

[customisbetter]

I bought my e4400 off of ebay a while back. I think its a dud as it will not overclock past 2.8 Ghz. (and yes, its an L2)
I was thinking about buying a q6600 and clocking that up to minimize the bottleneck with my 4870 that arrived today.
My main question; Is it worth it?

Thanks guys.

 

[Nik_I]

i think it's safe to say that the Q6600 is far better than the E4400. i would say it would be worth it as long as you overclock it. you shouldn't have any trouble doing so.

 

[cow_moo]

get an E8400 or a Q8200 it will fair much better

 

[olemmiwinks]

depends on what you're doing though. Multi-tasking? q6600 ftw. I went from an e6300 to a q6600 G0 and i couldn't have been happier. Just make sure you get the G0 stepping on your q6600.

 

[customisbetter]

I don't really see the point of the q8200. It has less cache, and a higher fsb for 50 dollars more? Nah.

I'm not sure about the fsb wall of my motherboard. Would i get a decent overclock with an e8400? how often does it go to 4Ghz~ and at what voltage?

 

[customisbetter]

BTW, just installed my 4870, OC'd to 790 core and got 12112. Thats about 1012 more points than the average e8400 and 4870 user so im happy. I think i will stick with this cpu at 2.75Ghz until Windows 7 is released.

Thanks for your input!

 

[bobbknight]

^ Why you set up like old Macintosh?

 

[roadrunner197069]

I think you would be disappointed to get a q6600 with your current mobo.

Your mobo is th limiting factor with your current CPU.

 

[customisbetter]

Is it? i have heard of people getting good OC's with the g33. I figured it was my CPU. I lapped it yesterday as it was hitting 60 celcious stock. After the lap, my temps really didn't go down. And my heat spreader was super concave. this is with a decent cooler too. BTF90.
I think my cpu is to blame.

 

[roadrunner197069]

Your mobo is a poor overclocker, and you used to much or to little paste if your temp is that high.

 

[customisbetter]

^ Why you set up like old Macintosh?

I like my taskbar like that because it makes more sense to me and is more efficient. 90% of the buttons I regularly press on all of my windows and applications are at the top. I like to have the taskbar up there too. Less mouse travel. Also, a day w/o a mouse, is a good day. I love doing all of my work by keyboard. Its one of the great things that makes PC better than Mac.

that pretty much sums it up.

 

[customisbetter]

You should know me well enough roadrunner. I know how to apply thermal compound. ; )

 

[roadrunner197069]

I would think so, but you make me wounder the last couple of days. They dont just idle @ 60 all of the sudden. You just changed mobos, so I assume the paste is wrong or the HS aint tight.

I mean come on now. Mixing ram, and changing mobos because of V-droop?

 

[customisbetter]

Nooo. My cpu idles at about 40 C and has since i got it. It has always topped at 60-65. I guess i will try it again.
About the vdroop, idont quite remember.
But now this piece of crap motherboard is giving me a 9 beep code so im disassembling. Again. ill reseat the hsf as well.

 

[roadrunner197069]

LOL. Man bad luck for you the past couple of days.

What the manual say 9 beep code is?

 

[customisbetter]

NO FREAKING TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION!!!

ridiculous

 

[roadrunner197069]

You get what you pay for!!!!

 

[roadrunner197069]

What make is your bios?

 

[roadrunner197069]

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/editorials/article.php/607691

Bad bios. try to reseat if its plug in kind or try to flash.

 

[customisbetter]

I paid $90. thats not that cheap.
That link makes me want to cry.
I might have fixed it though. Give me a sec
Yup. Took it all apart and riped out the cmos battery. reset the cmosand put the battery back in. Waited about a minute and put stuff back together and Viola!
Also did a BSEL mod to run 266 fsb stock. Hopefully that gets me some more OC headroom?

 

[customisbetter]

You know what? I take it back. I saved the bios settings and BAM! no more boot.
Im sending this piece of **** back and getting p35 like the rest of the world.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359

Just bought this ^^^and i'm RMAing the MSI Turd. Updated sig.
Thanks roadrunner.

 

[roadrunner197069]

Now we are talking. And thats a P45, good choice!!!

 

[customisbetter]

Thanks. Hopefully i will have better luck this time.