Core i5-660 vs Core i5-750 for gaming

ladic

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Tech Spec
Core Lynnfield
Multi-Core Quad-Core
Name Core i5-750
Operating Frequency 2.66GHz
L3 Cache 8M
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Tech Spec
Core Clarkdale
Multi-Core Dual-Core
Name Core i5-660
Operating Frequency 3.33GHz
L3 Cache 4MB

and how much better are they upgrading from a C2D 8400 (3ghz dual core)


PS. I know Alot of people might say to not upgrade yet, but right now I can still get decent money if I sold my 8400.
 

easymoney9

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I would get the quad and overclock to 3.5ghz at least.

Dual cores are for laptops!

Are you getting a new motherboard? Those 2 processors you listed are socket 1156. The 8400 you have now is skt 775.
 

ladic

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yep, but will they also work on a 1366 mobo?
 


Nope there both lga 1156 cpus.

If you we looking into or got a LGA 1366 MB then you would only be able to use the core i7 920, 930, 940, 950, 960, 965, 975, and 980x cpu's.
 

LePhuronn

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Also if you're ONLY gaming then you could even look at the AMD route - Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition with a good overclock tends to keep up nicely and sometimes outperforms the i5 750, and costs sufficiently less to put some extra cash to your GPU.