Which is faster,Q6600 or E8400?

depends

on what sense ?

multi threaded? single threaded? overclocked speeds? stock speeds?

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Added on April 3, 2008, 5:35 pmnice

where you from?

This post has been edited by bryanyeo87: Apr 3 2008, 05:35 PM

On something like gaming,surfing,benching.
Which is more better Q6600 or E8400?
TQ.

Cheers.

Go for the E8400 then unless you really need 4 cores for CPU-intensive-multithreaded applications....

obviously a quadie is by far more versatile than a dual core.

only if u actually use all the cores right?

most programs are not written to actually make full use of the 2cores yet also lor.

right?

if you are going for full gaming only, take E8400

else Q6600 for heavy multi-tasking

dual core can't multi task as good as a quadie

Thank you bro.Its really hard for me to decide.
Well,sometimes i do play games,but not high end one.
All i want is my pc to be fast in all task and applications i use.

You are right bro.

Quad is also good for gaming right?
Is any much different for the FPS?

What do you mean by that?
I don't think E8400 is not a good multi tasking processor.

if you multi-task like i do, dota, adobe premier pro, megui h264 encoding, all at one time

then its clear

Quad also can play games ler...

for better FPS, it depends on your GPU and CPU MHz

I think i will go for the quad.
TQ guys.

see what kind of games u play, mostly dual core with higher clock speed give u more fps.......

but some games are getting into quad core too, but utilization still very low. but u get 2 more core to do other stuffin the background

whats the best mobo to oc this quadie?

dfi ut p35 good enough? or there are better mobos out there?

best for kentsfield quads would be 975 BX2 aka Bad axe 2

Can do 500FSB on that board or not?

well one of da limitation of 975 board is the fsb .. u cant go very high fsb.. even 400 also quite hard for quad core in normal situation compared to 965 chipset that can easily surpass 400..

but i still prefer 975 board over the 965. however, i dun this is the best board for quaddie now. i think either p35 or x48 board will do the job better than the 975..

so , as conclusion 975 are far better from 965 ??

it's hard to say this is better than the other one.. coz both has pros n cons..

for me i prefer 975 bcoz of it provides extra stability and extra performance clock per clock..

but for max oc, it still cant beat 965 chipset ..

btw, well for now if u want to choose the best mobo for quaddie, i think u can just skip this 2 boards... i believe both has their own glory in the past so lets give the highlight to the current chipsets

This post has been edited by irenic: Apr 16 2008, 03:26 AM

Hi guys. Finally got my Red Scorpion last nite. Thx to ckhoong... Quickly fix it onto my mobo with S&S kits... And OC my Q6600 to 3.2ghz (400x8). The temp for idle is 40-42 while for load is 58-61.... Is this ok? Btw I 1 to ask. If i set the vcore too high, wat will happen? I'm d proud owner of GIGABYTE EP35C-DS3R....

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Added on April 18, 2008, 1:43 pmI'm using tuniq tx2. And i found tat my temp had risen 2day. risen ab 2-3C during idlle. Why is this happening? Is it becos i din apply the thermalpaste properly? Full speed fan.

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Added on April 18, 2008, 1:45 pmBtw, my vcore is set at 1.375 now at 3.2ghz.

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Added on April 18, 2008, 2:01 pmHehehe... Sorry, I forgot that I din close my casing last nite.... I closed it just now. And stress using OCCT. the temperature shoots to 65 which is the temp i set for OCCT as max temp. Is this over too hot? I'm using Lian-LI PC007 with 2 stock 12cm fans and i add a 8cm fan at the top.... Can anybody teach me wat to do to reduce my temP? I'm not feeling so comfortable with it.....

This post has been edited by ysh_kobe: Apr 18 2008, 02:01 PM