Which would you choose?

[yang88she]

I don't plan on watercooling or do any extreme overclocking.

But I have a local deal to get either a q6600 or a qx9650 for my current p35 rig. I'm out of the getting the latest and greatest...just need some more processing power for my video compressing and multi-tasking

q6600 for $70 or spend another $100 for the qx9650 @ $175? not sure if I can really push the qx to hit 4.0 ghz....but I'm leaning toward the qx for that price

TIA [H]!

 

[450]

If you don't mind spending $175, I'd get the qx. The q6600 for $70 is a good price though.

 

[EricFX1984]

they are both a great price... but keep in mind some of the later q6600 would not hit even 3.2GHz...

however that qx9650 will clock to the moon with the right cooling

and as for hitting 4.0GHz on a qx9650... yep, should be a walk in the park... I did 4.25GHz on a q9550 so the qx should be a breeze

 

[yang88she]

i'm leaning toward the qx....just trying to see which one would be the best path as I'm still searching for a 3rd Dell 3007 =P and I'm sure the qx would help a lot for any cpu bottle neck

 

[EricFX1984]

i'm leaning toward the qx....just trying to see which one would be the best path as I'm still searching for a 3rd Dell 3007 =P and I'm sure the qx would help a lot for any cpu bottle neck

well it hits higher clocks, higher FSB and more l2 cache

 

[NobleX13]

I have personally owned both CPUs, at that price either one is a great value. How often do you upgrade? If not often, go with the QX. If you do, then perhaps get that Q6600 to tide you over.

 

[yang88she]

I used to upgrade all the time...wife and kid later...bye bye i7

think I will go w/ qx =D

 

[shoto1699]

get the q6600, easy to over clock

 

[vincomgo]

I don't plan on watercooling or do any extreme overclocking.

But I have a local deal to get either a q6600 or a qx9650 for my current p35 rig. I'm out of the getting the latest and greatest...just need some more processing power for my video compressing and multi-tasking

q6600 for $70 or spend another $100 for the qx9650 @ $175? not sure if I can really push the qx to hit 4.0 ghz....but I'm leaning toward the qx for that price

TIA [H]!

q6600 s the best on the cheapest ones:d
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[kniaugaudiskis]

If I were you, I'd get QX9650 since it's slightly faster than Q6600 per clock, it's already clocked at 3GHz and, of course, it's also a better overclocker. What is more, word "Extreme" sounds really cool!

 

[l88bastard]

get the 9650

 

[Kangg]

QX9650 hands down.

 

[/dev/null]

Q6600. Put that extra $105 into a video card, more ram, another TB or two of disk, an SSD...