Im looking at either getting Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6850 CPU or Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600. The website im building my computer from has both of these CPU's listed for the same amount. which one would be better with this set up?
CASE: NEW!!! CoolerMaster Cosmos Silent Gaming Tower Case w/ 420 Watts Power Supply (Original Color)
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5N32-E nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (($30 off Mail-in Rebate) Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Memory w/ Heat Spreader)
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Optical Drive: LiteOn LH-20A1H 20X Double Layer DVD+-RW Super Allwrite + Lightscribe Technology (Black Color)
Optical Drive 2: 16X DVD ROM (BLACK COLOR)
2007-12-14 01:12:35 · 7 answers · asked by Hill 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
So in saying the bottom of the line Quad core is still better than the top of the line Core Duo?
2007-12-14 01:25:04 · update #1
Get the SLACR version of the Q6600 quad. Compare the two in these charts and see which you'd rather have.
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=872&model2=871&chart=419
A lot of people say "the quad is overkill right now" When building a computer you need to think of "down the road" not "right now" unless you want to replace that 6850 with a quad next summer when the quad pumped games start coming out.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3066
I have a dual Extreme in my Vista gaming rig but as soon as the QX9770 and the X48 boards come out that dual is going bye-bye.
2007-12-14 01:51:23 · answer #1 · answered by s j 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will pick Intel® Core⢠2 Quad Q6600 for the same amount of money.
2007-12-14 09:15:48 · answer #2 · answered by Scott P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Duo - 2 processors...
Quad - 4 processors....
For the same price, the obvious choice is the quad.
2007-12-14 09:23:59 · answer #3 · answered by capitalctu 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quad core all the way. If you get a G0 stepping model you can overclock it to 3Ghz+ easily.
2007-12-14 09:37:18 · answer #4 · answered by fodaddy19 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would go for the quad
2007-12-14 09:18:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quadcore will obviosly pack out alot more alot faster and it will work brilliantly with the 8800GTX
2007-12-14 09:19:54 · answer #6 · answered by classybeautiful_lady 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd go the quad.
Nice setup.
2007-12-14 09:20:44 · answer #7 · answered by AussieGent 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋