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Old 05-13-09   #1 (permalink)
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I'll be ordering a processor from The Egg within the hour. I need to know:

e8400 or q8200?

I do more gaming than anything with the occasional encoding (nothing big, just PSP-sized files), but at the same time, I'd like to future-proof my machine. What would be a better upgrade from a e6750 at 3.2? I'm going to assume that the e8400 has lower temps overall. How does the q8200 stack up against the e8400, gaming-wise? The only thing steering me away from immediately buying the q8200 is the low L2 cache--only 4 megs.

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Old 05-13-09   #2 (permalink)
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go quad more future proof than dual core.

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I'd go with the E8400 for gaming - it overclocks much better than the Q8200, and most games don't quads to their full potential.

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1. e8400
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E8400 and clock to to 4ghz.
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go quad more future proof than dual core.
not true, anyways the 8--- quads are bad for overclocking and gaming. I would get the e8400 if you look on ocn i saw a few for 115.
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Don't buy any Q8xxx go with the E 8400---Q 8200 = 7x multi E8400= 9x multi
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E8400 for gamers
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8400 would be my choice as well.

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