USlatin

So maybe the Q6700 is a better bet after all for us with P5N32-E SLIs?

It was confirmed to exist today and it is selling in England for 300 pounds so like $500 retail US I guess

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abe_joker

so, it would be better to buy a Quad-Xtreme, rather a Q6600?

abe_joker

this is the Quad Core Xtreme you have robilar?
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Extreme-...3131379&sr=8-1

Mhill2029

Yep that's Robilars chips. But it's a Dual Core Extreme not a Quad.

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nitteo

Thats a Core 2 Duo.

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abe_joker

so which one would be?

calvin924597

Core 2 Extreme.

So should I just keep my Evga 680i instead of the P5N32-E for quad core ocing?

Mhill2029

The QX6700 like nitteo has is an extreme chip.

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abe_joker

ill buy a Q6600 in july ...hehe

i think that my PSU it's enough for that quad

Robilar

If you have a 680i board, be it evga or asus, the extreme quads (With unlocked multi's, thats the QX6700 and QX6800), will always give the best overclocking results.

Even with dual core chips, I've benched both high FSB/low Multi and High Multi/Low FSB. The nvidia chipset benches faster (about 3%) with higher multi/lower fsb ratios.

with the unlocked cores, you can also circumvent the fsb ceiling that is present in all 680i chipsets.

Until the nvidia 790i board is released (that apparently is aimed at the quad processors) or the intel X38 chipset is confirmed to have SLI support (still vapourware), the 680i is the only real option for SLI.