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Q6600 vs 7200 debate

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entropism

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So I'm upgrading my e2140 shortly, building my neighbors a computer and giving them my chip, then using the profit to get either the 7200 or the Q6600, but I'm trying to figure out which would be the best route to go. On the one hand, 4 cores and about a 3Ghz OC, on the other, 2 cores and a 3.5-4ghz OC.

From the bundles I can get my hands on, the cost for the chips is almost dead on, maybe a $10 difference. Specs for the rest of my rig are in my sig.
 
I guess it depends on what you want to do.
The E7200 will probably run cooler/more silent/use less power even when overclocked that high.
It will probably also be faster in most games and other software that doesn't really benefit from more than 2 cores.

However, with things like video encoding, 3d rendering, DAW tasks etc (eg stuff that uses all 4 cores fully), the quadcore is most probably going to be faster.
 
The q6600 hands down. You'll most likely be able to get 3.5 out if it too.
 
On newegg...

E7200: $120
Q6600: $185

I would've expected you to go for the E8400/E8500, which are $170 and $190 each respectively. D:

Where are you finding the Q6600 for $120? (Or where are you finding the E7200 for $185)
 
Well, like I said, I'm building a computer for a neighbor. Tigerdirect (ugh) has a case/motherboard/2GB ram/Q6600/power supply combo for $300. Since I won't be OCing the 2140 for them, and the MB has onboard video and graphics, it's ideal for a chip swap. Pricing everything out seperately at MWave or ZipZoomFly (tax in NJ from Newegg), it comes to just about the same price for the e7200.

HOWEVER, since I'm giving them spare parts anyways and have a $550 budget to work with, this is what I was looking at:

G31 or equivalent Nvidia mATX motherboard - $60
Whatever chip I decide to buy for myself - $120-200
WD 640 GB hard drive - $85 (keeping for myself, giving them my WD 500 AAKS)
Cheap case & power supply, probably a coolermaster 331 or Apevia QPack- $60
Ram - giving them one stick out of a Patriot 2x2GB kit I have laying around, or buying a new kit for $40
DVD - giving them an old BenQ DVD-RW I have laying around, or buying them a new one for $30

Normally I wouldn't use spare parts in my builds, but they're cheap as all hell and HORRIBLE neighbors to deal with, so upgrading my stuff at their expense is pretty much payment for dealing with living next door to them.
 
oh god, dont get the apevia PSU, not only are they some of the worst power supplies in the industry but they're down right dangerous. Their top of the line Warlock series, when pushed, will either fail (as in turn off) or kill your memory.

If you wanna cheap out on the power supply, thats ok, but get an ST400W or an Antec Earthwatts 400 or 450. Though, if you really wanna keep your parts in working order for as long as possible something like a corsair 450W is easily suggestable.
 
MrWizard, this is NOT for my build, I'm using an HX620. No, that's for my NEIGHBOR'S build,a nd frankly, if it burst into flames and took them and the house with it, I'd be outside roasting marshmallows. This is purely a build on the ABSOLUTE cheap, I'm not offering any customer support or warranty whatsoever.
 
Considering they like to park in my driveway, ring my doorbell at 2am, and sit on their porch till 4am drinking and yelling, and they're literally 8 feet from my front door? The hell with them. :rolleyes:
 
If the costs are the same the Q6600 is the better choice.

If the costs are stock, I'd choose the E7200... which is what I did. The $50 to $80 savings was too good to pass up.
 
entropism said:
Because it's extra money in my pocket =p
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is it really worth the potential trouble?
do you think you'll really be able to build this machine for them and then subsequently give them the brushoff on support issues down the road?
 
entropism said:
MrWizard, this is NOT for my build, I'm using an HX620. No, that's for my NEIGHBOR'S build,a nd frankly, if it burst into flames and took them and the house with it, I'd be outside roasting marshmallows. This is purely a build on the ABSOLUTE cheap, I'm not offering any customer support or warranty whatsoever.
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Absolutely retarded.

No offense, of course.

Edit: Maybe I should add something worthwhile. As a system builder, I've met a lot of customers. They all vary from very nice people to odd and downright incomprehensible people. But you learn to deal with them and accommodate to their needs. I always provide warranty for my builds. Not only is it ethical, it simply makes sense. You can not just provide someone a machine and then say, "If it doesn't work, don't come crying to me!" You are the one that built it - they have no one else to target but you. And you know, that whole "revenge" thing is simply infantile thinking. You're not in kindergarten, now are you? If you can't approach your neighbors for their annoyances, then it's all your fault. You have chosen to express your frustration indirectly which may only add fuel to the fire and not solve it. Your choice, buddy.

BTW, Q6600 has my vote. :p
 
GeForce, nowhere did I mention "revenge", and if you want to know the whole story, well, you just have to ask. The fact is, I originally turned them down for days, for the very reason that I didn't want to be bound these people as customers. They showed me their old computer, and it "wasn't working for some crazy reason". The reason, of course, was that the ports in back were ripped off, and bare pins were hanging there.

That being said, I told them I'd provide a restore disc to them, and I'd install enough security software to keep them clean. I said if they had a software issue, I'd help them when it was convenient to MY schedule, and other than defects that I could RMA, I couldn't support the hardware.

As for confronting them regarding their annoyances: Do you have any idea what goes on in my life, or what steps I've taken to stop this behavior? No, you don't, you just assume. So please, so both our sakes, don't assume.
 
Q6600 - not to have the 4 cores vs 2 cores debate, but saying you don't get any benefit from 2 extra cores shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how the OS is designed.

Windows NT was designed as a multi-CPU operating system in the early 90s. The fact that we now have 2 or 4 CPUs on one chip is just gravy. NT begat XP and XP begat Vista - all of them are quite happy with multiple CPUs.

With 4 cores, you won't notice if your virus scanner happens to kick in while you're playing a game. With 2 cores, you will.
 
LanceDiamond said:
With 4 cores, you won't notice if your virus scanner happens to kick in while you're playing a game. With 2 cores, you will.
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Unless of course, the game needs to read/write to the same hard drive the scan is being run on.
 
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