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5/24/12 at 4:14am

edalbkrad
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core2quad may be older tech but I'd rather use them instead of i3 dualcores which go for about the same price.

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Seagate 1TB	Seagate 1TB	Sony DVDRW	CoolerMaster Hyper212+ with 2x140mm Deepcool UF140
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2GB Kingston DDR3 1333	500GB Seagate	500GB Hitachi	Sony DVDRW
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Seagate 1TB	Seagate 1TB	Sony DVDRW	CoolerMaster Hyper212+ with 2x140mm Deepcool UF140
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Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
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5/24/12 at 5:36am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by edalbkrad

core2quad may be older tech but I'd rather use them instead of i3 dualcores which go for about the same price.

You're entitled to your preference but the Q6600 wins pretty narrowly in things like file compression and video encoding while the i3 outperforms it in games, most of the time by quite a large margin.

I'd be using my i3 if my socket 1156 board's second PCI-E slot wasn't a 4x PCI-E 1.1 slot because, aside from the PCI-E bandwidth crippling my cards in SLI, my i3 setup outperformed my core2qaud one.

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i5 760 @4.3	ECS p55H-A (SLI bios)	GTX 470	GTX 470
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Cellshock 1600MHz 7-7-7-14	Samsung F3	Samsung t166	Seagate barracuda (.7 I think so quite old)
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
MCP350 w/ XSPC res/top + Supreme HF + PA120.3	MCP655 + MCW60 + MCW60 + MCR320 + MCres	windows 8 pro media centre	Samsung 245B
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
G510	HX1000	Stacker 830	MX518
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i5 750	Gigabyte P55-USB3	HD 4870	Samsung 30nm
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Q6600	Asus P5Q-E	8800GTX	Crucial Ballistix Tracers
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Cellshock 1600MHz 7-7-7-14	Samsung F3	Samsung t166	Seagate barracuda (.7 I think so quite old)
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
MCP350 w/ XSPC res/top + Supreme HF + PA120.3	MCP655 + MCW60 + MCW60 + MCR320 + MCres	windows 8 pro media centre	Samsung 245B
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
G510	HX1000	Stacker 830	MX518
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i5 750	Gigabyte P55-USB3	HD 4870	Samsung 30nm
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Q6600	Asus P5Q-E	8800GTX	Crucial Ballistix Tracers
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5/24/12 at 5:40am

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I am on the fence with this.

As an owner of a q6600, it is becoming the minimum req on some modern games, and its not a socket that upgrades well. However for daily use its fine, if your not compressing large files all the time, or rendering videos/models, or play games with lesser requirements it will be perfect.

I voted no, because if you are going to upgrade, you should save up and go for newer tech.
Edited by .:hybrid:. - 5/24/12 at 5:42am

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5/24/12 at 1:42pm

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It depends on what you doing with it. IMO if all you do is surf the internet or do light encoding/editing, the 4 cores and 8MB cache will still allow it to be pretty fast for everyday use. Also keep in mind it has no integrated memory controller so it is considered really old just by that standard alone let alone the manufacturing process and instruction set.

I would not buy one though if you don't already have it. You don't want to invest in old tech.
Edited by aweir - 5/24/12 at 1:45pm

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5/24/12 at 1:45pm

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Used yes; new no.

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Western Digital VelociRaptor	Western Digital Caviar Black	1 Pioneer AIO	Prolimatech Megahalems
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5/24/12 at 1:56pm

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I would have to say yes, but I wouldn't get anything lower than a Q9450 as anything lower isnt much of an upgrade over your e8300.

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Intel X25-M 80GB SSD	Seagate 1TB 7200.12	DVD-RW	Prolimatech Megahalems
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Windows 7 Professional x64	Acer S230HLAbii	Acer P215H	Logitech G15 Rev 2
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Corsair CX 500 V2	Xigmatek Asgard II	Logitech M500	Harmon Kardon HK395
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Intel G620	MSI H67MS-E33	Sapphire 4650 512mb	Pareema 4GB
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5/24/12 at 1:58pm

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Yep. get a Q9550, not that crap q6600

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Intel G2 80GB- OCZ 60GB- 1TB	Asus BD Combo	Megashadow Deluxe Edition	Win8 gon hate
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