E7600 or Q8400?

[Guest]

I dunno if it's asked a lot but very soon I'm going to attempt to build my own PC and I was wondering should I buy the dual core E7600 or Q8400.

I can't really buy anything else...I'm on a super strict budget.

Here's links to em both:

E7600: http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/2956231/art/intel/core-2-duo-e7600-306-ghz.html
Q8400: http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/2772524/art/intel/core-2-quad-q8400-2-66-gh.html

I'll be doing a bit of mainstream gaming. The only games I think that are optimized for quad core that I'll be playing are Arma II and GTA IV. I'm really not sure...any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Sorry, it's the Q8200 ( http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/1519336/art/intel/core-2-quad-q8200-2-33-gh.html ). Wouldn't allow me edit the main post for some reason.

 

[werxen]

if you have a strict budget go AMD not intel.

 

[Derbixrace]

well if he can overclock i would suggest intel e7600, intel have amzaing overclockability...

 

[Guest]

I don't want AMD though and yeah I could possibly overclock because I might be buying a nice heatsink and a few case fans.