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darkhunter139

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Ok my friend is making a new gaming rig

Its going to have two Geforce 8800 GT video cards, and 4 gigs of ram

He is trying to choose between these two processors

The

AMD Phenom™ X4 9600 Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology

Or

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6850 CPU @ 3.00GHz

The AMD is quite a bit cheaper. Is it worth the extra money to go for the Intel processor? And will it be a lot faster
 
i almost got the phenom, but then i took my time, did my research, and realized that intel was just ahead of the game this time around. id definitely go with the duo since its OC capabilities are outstanding even on air cooling. even go for a Q6600 if you want the 4 cores which may eventually get utilized properly.
 
darkhunter139 said:
Hmm thanks, Anyone else?
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the e6850 are overpriced. if your friend wants dual core get the e8400 although its overpriced by alot right now. but if he wants quadcore then the q6600 is the best choice. make sure you get a G0 SLACR though because it runs less heat and power. so better oc capabilities. what resolution monitor is he playing at? if its not 1920x1200 or higher then sli is not really worth it. if you stick a nirvana zerotherm nv120 cpu cooler on either of those processor youll get good oc'ing results. you should at least get the q6600ghz to 3.0ghz and e8400 to 4.0ghz.
 
I think he has a pretty good monitor.

Will you be able to notice a big differnce between the e8400 and the 6850? And how do these compare to the AMD

And how would these compare to the Q6600?
 
darkhunter139 said:
I think he has a pretty good monitor.

Will you be able to notice a big differnce between the e8400 and the 6850? And how do these compare to the AMD
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e8400 is a newer processor. its a tons better than the e6850 which surprisingly hasnt had its price dropped. the 8400 is based on the new 45nm unlike the e6850 65nm.

the intel processors e8400 and q6600 runs programs faster than the amd in most cases according to tomshardware with the amd performing better in some. but with the intels good overclocking reputation thats where intel really pulls away IMO.
 
hehe looking at Apathy's sig, Apathy was able to OC the q6600 with the Zerotherm Nirvana NV120
 
The Q6600 will beat the Phenom hands-down. Get that instead of the Phenom and/or the E8400. (The E8400, in many stores, costs more than the Q6600 right now... assuming it's still in stock.)

If you're really thinking about the E6850, get the E6750 instead. You'll have the same overclocking threshold available for under $200.

Also, which monitor is your friend using (and what is the monitor's resolution)? If your friend could afford getting the E6850 (along with two 8800GT cards), then he could easily afford the Q6600.
 
well first confirm if your friend wants to oc or not. then see if he's ok with price difference. if he wants to save money then go with the amd setup. otherwise go with intel. either way he still gets a nice rig. IMO going Intel is the best choice.

heres a review between the q6600 and phenom 9600. the q6600 wins this battle.
 
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