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e6850 vs. q6600

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I am at a stand still with which processor to choose here. There price point is within $10 of each other but does the 1333 fsb support for the 6850 really make a difference. All i am really going to use this machine for is gaming.

Please help with the pros and cons of these choices
 
If you want to spend that much on a CPU, go with the Q6600. Otherwise, save your money and get the E6750 instead. $100 for 333mhz isn't worth it, especially if it takes less than a minute to OC an E6750 past E6850 speeds. Both the E6750 and E6850 have the same OC potential: around 4Ghz. If you get a Q6600, be sure to get the G0 stepping. BTW, it can OC to around 3.6Ghz.

This should help you decide:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=872&model2=871&chart=418

E6850 Pro: fast out of the box
E6580 Con: expensive/overpriced
Q6600 Pro: more future proof
Q6600 Con: can't OC as high
 
Go Quad, good prep for the future. Imagine the poor souls who was in your situation a few years back and decided to stay single core instead of dual
 
I agree with them... go Quad. There are ppl hitting 4ghz with the G0 stepping with water. Just look at the OC database.
 
alan2990 said:
Go Quad, good prep for the future. Imagine the poor souls who was in your situation a few years back and decided to stay single core instead of dual
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Well put. This is the argument i have been trying to get accross about quads.

to the op: Get a q6600. you wont notice a real world difference between 3ghz and 2.4ghz in most situations. you may get a bit lower frame rate in some games but it would be negligible. But in games that use the extra cores and if you do any video/3d work then its a godsend. Even if you don't do a bunch of intense work, having the extra 2 cores in a years time will make your cpu last much longer.

Oh and i fully support the overclocking idea. I got mine up to 3.6Ghz with ease. i dropped it down because the temps were a bit high, but it was stable for 2 weeks with no issues at all.
 
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