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Upgrade or OC?

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darkz179

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Well ive had my beloved e6600 for a few years now and have 2 options and wanted to get peoples opinions. im in the matx world and my mobo i have now doesnt allow me to oc. if i stay with me e6600 i would just buy a new mobo which would prob be one of these 2 so i could oc i would plan on about 3 - 3.2ghz:

DFI Lanpart JR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136055

ASUS P5E-VM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131237

or i would buy a q6600 and keep my current mobo and not oc. I mainly game and use photoshop.

Opinions?

Thanks,
-DarkZ
 
need to know what games you play, but I'm pretty you'll get more value by buying the Q6600
 
mainly css, tf2, l4d and wow. but i will be playing diablo 3 when it comes out.
 
that gigabyte mobo won't let you overclock? really? wow...

gigabyte is all about overclocking...

i just re-built my system (cleaned it and redid the wiring and stuff) and then formatted and re-installed everything and then overclocked it as highly as possible, and gained a bit more performance from before, but i'm still itching to get an i7, and i have the money, i'm just waiting till after christmas to order to see if i get anything for it then, and of course, for the 55nm gtx 260's.

i don't think it'd be worth it to buy the q6600 over your e6600, what you'd want is an e8400 or something, something with a higher clockspeed is where you'll notice it, at least based on what you've said you do.
 
if you could OC your current chip, I'd say stick with what you have based on what you do, or will do.

Even the crappiest boards allow for a little OC but if you can't OC at all, you have good reason to upgrade.

I'd go the route of upgrading to a board that can OC well plus use that e6600. This way you could try OCing your old chip while having an upgrade path. If you're planning on i7, you have to upgrade everything so think carefully before upgrading.
 
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