Q8400 vs. E8400

[Pantera-N]

Greetings to all

Im having difficulties deciding witch CPU to get. Im going to use it with Asus P5Q-E mbo and kingmax 800mhz rams.

On the one hand i like the brute performance of the E8400, since it has very good OC potential , but, thinking in the future, quad 8400 may be a good choice also.

Tell you the truth im not using my PC professionally, only what i need is speed in every day jobs (including new and upcoming games ) and stability

Please write your comments on this...

thanx

 

[teja92]

Q8400 is what i recommend dude.or you can even look out to Amd Phenom II X2 550 where u can unlock other two cores and make it a Quad core.

 

[obsidian86]

for the price of theq8400 you could get the ph2 945

 

[Pantera-N]

Guys i would rather go in intel

 

[hefox]

If I were you, I would buy Q6700. In UK Q6700 has the same price with Q8400. I know is old and is on 65nm but FSB 1066 make them much better for OC and have bigger cache memory.
If you didn't buy the motherboard yet, I would suggest AMD.

 

[Pantera-N]

Q6700 is not avaliable in my country.


Only

 

[flyin15sec]

If its just mostly gaming and general usage then of the 2 you picked - E8400.

With that said, if you really want a quad, then seriously consider the PhenomII 9x0 line. They get performance on par with Intel's top end Q9x50 processor.

A Q8400 will generally net you the same gaming experience as using an E5x00.

 

[obsidian86]

well wait a month after i5 has launched ppl will be throwing 775 sockets in the trash you could pick up any q series for half what it is now

 

[Pantera-N]

A Q8400 will generally net you the same gaming experience as using an E5x00.

i think you are exaggerating a little bit. Common, Q8400 the same with E5x00???

 

[flyin15sec]

i think you are exaggerating a little bit. Common, Q8400 the same with E5x00???

Believe me, I'm not exaggerating. Core2 Quads are really just 2x Core2 Dual, on the same processor package.

Q9x50 = E8x00
Q94xx = E7x00
Q8x00 = E5200, E6300

 

[Pantera-N]

Believe me, I'm not exaggerating. Core2 Quads are really just 2x Core2 Dual, on the same processor package.

Q9x50 = E8x00
Q94xx = E7x00
Q8x00 = E5200, E6300

this is the Q8200 and E8400 comparation

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looks to me that the performance is very close

 

[Pantera-N]

sorry, new link

http://tinyurl.com/mlck7h

 

[Pantera-N]

here is another test

http://tinyurl.com/lw779n

 

[obsidian86]

core 2 quads are just 2 core 2 duo's on the same chip

 

[Pantera-N]

i know that but you said that Q8400 has the same performance in games like E5x00

i have that hard to belive

 

[Mousemonkey]

If your game only uses two cores and those two cores have the same spec as an E5200, well you can work out the rest.

 

[Pantera-N]

ok then , how about Q9400?

 

[Mousemonkey]

A Q9550 is the one to go for if you can stretch to it.

 

[Pantera-N]

Woaa....not really

 

[flyin15sec]

Woaa....not really

$169 for Q9550 if you live near a Microcenter.

 

[Pantera-N]

I live near Croatia

and believe me, it is very expensive

 

[Mousemonkey]

I live near Croatia

and believe me, it is very expensive

Ahh, that changes things slightly. CC purchase from a UK site perhaps?

 

[Pantera-N]

no, customs fees are to great , the Q9400 it the top price i can go

 

[Mousemonkey]

I think the E8400 would be your faster option. go Quad when a lot more software actually makes use of them.

 

[demonnn]

get a quad if you multitask , or do any of the following :

play far cry 2
play gta4
( note those are the only games that i know that use quads)
work with 3d programs (rendering) programs
video production programs
animation programs
image editing program
virtual machines

that's all i can think of right now .