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Looking to Upgrade E6600, to what?
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Menelmarar
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What are you hoping to gain from the upgrade, specifically?
What can't the E6600 do for you now?
How far have you overclocked it to squeeze more performance out?
What can't the E6600 do for you now?
How far have you overclocked it to squeeze more performance out?
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No one can offer an opinion on "what would be up your alley" if we don't know what applications you commonly use on your computer, and what you think the E6600 is too slow for you at. Try again with my previous post ;-)
well, there really isnt much you can move to.
You could get an e6750 but what for.
you could get an e6850, but again what for. you can easilly hit this performance mark with an overclock.
you could get a q6600, but unless you overclock it, you will have the same performance in 90% of tasks, unless you do a lot of multitasking. Plus, that revision of your 680i won't work to overclock a quad. you need to newest revision for that.
I have a Quad. believe me i'm all for it, but there is no reason for you to get one now. If you are in a possition to upgrade now, then you will be in a better position in january when it will become worht while to upgrade. You could make the move to a 780i or an x38 and a new penryn. Q9550 or a Q9450 will be nice.
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Trust me. Save your money.
I agree with most of the responses here. Now is not the time to make a "big upgrade" if you've got an E6600 because it's already a decent processor.
Only CPU upgrade that would make sense is a quad and that conflicts with your requirement that you keep your 680i. And even that probably isn't worth it.
If you did want to upgrade something, consider upgrading around your CPU in anticipation of better CPU's coming out in a few months.
Only CPU upgrade that would make sense is a quad and that conflicts with your requirement that you keep your 680i. And even that probably isn't worth it.
If you did want to upgrade something, consider upgrading around your CPU in anticipation of better CPU's coming out in a few months.
scroll up to my first post in this thread. theres a graph that shows bus, cache, mhz and projected price (supplier)
it will be a 1333mhz bus. its unclear right now whether that board will work with penryns. but i wouldn't be so married to that board if i were you. By the time penryns hit the shelves the new boards that support it should have some nice offerings.
what they said, but hey, it's your money, do whatever you want with it, since you dont seem very inclined to keep your e6600 no matter what the rest of us says.
my e6600's at 3.3ghz on1.3v; havent tried hgher yet, will do so now. i'm more than happy enough with this chip until probably even the next intel socket.
er, i think 3.3's the highest it'll go on stock vcore (speedfan reads as 1.264), since 3.4 fails p95 in about 10 minutes. i dont think i'll add more volts to it, since it would just mean more heat; so i'll keep it happily at 3.3GHz (ram's at 1.8v - at 740MHz)
try to squeeze a bit more out of your e6600, it's a good processor
my e6600's at 3.3ghz on1.3v; havent tried hgher yet, will do so now. i'm more than happy enough with this chip until probably even the next intel socket.
er, i think 3.3's the highest it'll go on stock vcore (speedfan reads as 1.264), since 3.4 fails p95 in about 10 minutes. i dont think i'll add more volts to it, since it would just mean more heat; so i'll keep it happily at 3.3GHz (ram's at 1.8v - at 740MHz)
try to squeeze a bit more out of your e6600, it's a good processor
i went from a 6600 to a 6850 when i upgraded to vista last month. this thing fuckin flys. my hd playback is alot smoother not to mention it kicks vista 64s ass. i have it clocked at 3.8 so from going to a non oc 6600 to a 3.8 is a big diff. i am always the first one to enter a game too. i would really think about what u do with it and if it would be usefull. my decison was based on i was just formatting and going with vista 64 so i decided to put in a new cpu and video card now and be done with it. also i am getting into hd stuff so i could always use the power. if i stayed on xp, i prob would have not done the cpu upgrade.
Incorrect sir. You won't notice any difference going from E6600 to 6850. My E6600 can play dual x264 1080p Casino Royale with no issues. Well, you should have had OC your E6600.
Probably the worth upgrade would be Q6600 or wait for the next gen cpu's.
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I too have a Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4 Ghz
From what i read online, at the moment there is no reason to blast money on a cpu upgrade at this point if you consider what you pay and the increase in performance you get.
I first bought the E6600 because it was a price performance king at the time.
Some folks mentioned to wait for Neheleim.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/247717-29-upgrade-e6600-e8400-worth-results
From what i read online, at the moment there is no reason to blast money on a cpu upgrade at this point if you consider what you pay and the increase in performance you get.
I first bought the E6600 because it was a price performance king at the time.
Some folks mentioned to wait for Neheleim.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/247717-29-upgrade-e6600-e8400-worth-results
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I'd say if you really really need a new cpu, get a new 45nm quad.
But, if it were me, i'd save that cash for Nehalem/Bloomfield.
You seriously won't notice that huge of a performance increase especially if your e6600 is OC'd
But, if it were me, i'd save that cash for Nehalem/Bloomfield.
You seriously won't notice that huge of a performance increase especially if your e6600 is OC'd