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A friend of mine gave me his old quad cpu, the 8200. This one runs at 2.33ghz (7x mult). I'm in need of some suggestions.
My main PC is the one in my signature and I'm in the process of upgrading my server to a Phenom 9850BE. I was looking for quad core for my server because of all the transcoding and other stuff it does. I was planning to keep my c2d as my main gaming PC and the phenom as the server but now I have this other quad....
I hear that phenom 9850BE's can hit 3ghz but the q8200 is not a good overclocker. Should I push try to push the phenom to 3ghz and make it my main gaming rig and move the q8200 as a my server? ( lower speed but still 4 cores).
Should I just stick with my current c2d? I'm leaning to making the phenom my main so later on I can go down the phenom II route.
My main PC is the one in my signature and I'm in the process of upgrading my server to a Phenom 9850BE. I was looking for quad core for my server because of all the transcoding and other stuff it does. I was planning to keep my c2d as my main gaming PC and the phenom as the server but now I have this other quad....
I hear that phenom 9850BE's can hit 3ghz but the q8200 is not a good overclocker. Should I push try to push the phenom to 3ghz and make it my main gaming rig and move the q8200 as a my server? ( lower speed but still 4 cores).
Should I just stick with my current c2d? I'm leaning to making the phenom my main so later on I can go down the phenom II route.