I have a feeling this a question that's been asked a ton of time, so I appologize for that in advance. I was all set to buy a new rig this past Christmas, and I passed on the opportunity. I am tired of waiting for the next big price drop...if I keep thinking that way I'll never upgrade.
Anyways, I am just looking for some advice on which processor I should go for, the E6600 or the quad6600? I feel like the dual core would be enough for my needs. However, I'm wondering how much future proof the quad would have over the dual?
The rest of my build is going to be something like: GeForce 8800GTX, 2GB RAM, eVGA mobo, tj09 case, and overclocking it on air, running Windows Vista.
My target application that i want great performace for is UT3 (a FPS game) sometime later this year. I ususally run a game, play music, and tab out to irc, the internet or outlook pretty often. Running that many things at once, would I be better off with the quad?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Anyways, I am just looking for some advice on which processor I should go for, the E6600 or the quad6600? I feel like the dual core would be enough for my needs. However, I'm wondering how much future proof the quad would have over the dual?
The rest of my build is going to be something like: GeForce 8800GTX, 2GB RAM, eVGA mobo, tj09 case, and overclocking it on air, running Windows Vista.
My target application that i want great performace for is UT3 (a FPS game) sometime later this year. I ususally run a game, play music, and tab out to irc, the internet or outlook pretty often. Running that many things at once, would I be better off with the quad?
Thanks in advance for any replies.