Friend needs advice E8500 vs Q9400

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axeafordmartin

Discussion Starter · Nov 29, 2009

hi while my friend is doing upgrades on his computer and he was saying he rather wants to get the E8500 or Q9400 as our local store only carrys the 9400
he would like to know what one to get pro and cons welcome. he wants to stay on lga 775.
he has a gigabyte ep45-ud3L

he does
alot of gaming
photoshoping
video editing
and every day stuff

This system will not be OVERCLOCK!!

thank anyway Alex

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error10

· #2 · Nov 29, 2009

Photoshop, video editing == QUAD core.

What city are you in, people can maybe find you better deals on better parts.

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TwoCables

· #3 · Nov 29, 2009

I would strongly recommend the E8500 over the Q9400 for a couple of reasons:

The E8500 has 6 MB of L2 cache, which is probably 3 MB per core. But the Q9400 has 6MB too, which is probably only 1.5 MB per core.
The E8500's clock speed is 3.16 GHz, but the Q9400 is only 2.66 GHz.

So, even though the Q9400 is a quad core, the E8500 should feel noticeably faster and snappier than the Q9400.

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error10

· #4 · Nov 29, 2009

Good point. You should get a Q9450 (if you can find one) or a Q9550.

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tK FuRY

· #5 · Nov 29, 2009

E8500 is a superior chip to the Q9400.

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Brutuz

· #6 · Nov 29, 2009

What does he do most? Does the amount of time he spends video editing, etc beat the amount of time he spends gaming?

Gaming would prefer a Dual Core and the shooping and video editing prefers a Quad core.

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#superfly

· #7 · Nov 29, 2009

remember, www.staticice.com.au
for the best price on any component.

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axeafordmartin

Discussion Starter · #8 · Nov 29, 2009

well i live in Melbourne MSY is about a 15 minute drive same with Centrecom

Websites
centrecom
MSY

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freddy-b

· #9 · Nov 29, 2009

Get the Quad, some games Will start to support all 4 cores in the future... and the quad is better for editing movies, Pictures....
i had a Q9400 and I never regreted regreted it, i only got the Q9550 cause i sold my Q9400 and my mobo to a friend and i overclocked it for him... then i got the Q9550 and the P5Q deluxe.

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sillymansam

· #10 · Nov 29, 2009

for photo editing quad core. i'm not sure how much video and photo editing but if he does a fair share he will appreciate a quad. if you're that worried about speed and i know you said you weren't going to oc it, but for a q9300 i bumped it up to 3.0 just to give it a little boost. temps didn't go up really

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#superfly

· #11 · Nov 29, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by axeafordmartin

well i live in Melbourne MSY is about a 15 minute drive same with Centrecom

Websites
centrecom
MSY

stick with MSY mate.
their prices are way lower, but downside is that they have pretty average service.
but make sure you call up to check for stock at MSY because odds are, they won't have any.

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axeafordmartin

Discussion Starter · #12 · Nov 29, 2009

yer i learnt that i went down to get my sig rig 2 twice and they were out of stock

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Ladiesman101

· #13 · Nov 29, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwoCables

I would strongly recommend the E8500 over the Q9400 for a couple of reasons:

The E8500 has 6 MB of L2 cache, which is probably 3 MB per core. But the Q9400 has 6MB too, which is probably only 1.5 MB per core.
The E8500's clock speed is 3.16 GHz, but the Q9400 is only 2.66 GHz.

So, even though the Q9400 is a quad core, the E8500 should feel noticeably faster and snappier than the Q9400.

this
it will b faster too,even tho its only a dualcore
but may i ask
Y no overclocking??
he could get a Q6600 and OC it and that will server him really nice

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