[Jaxlb]

Hi, I have a E7200 in this rig at the but today my dad found yes found a Q6600 at work.

Now what I mean by found is my dad works for a mini skip company (Basically a rubbish dump) He found this HP computer lying in the rubbish he brought it home and gave it to me. I looked at the case and found it had written on it that it has a Q6600 Processor.

I found the power supply and graphics card where blown but after I tried a different power supply and removed the graphics card the computer booted right up except I found that the temps where a little too high so I'd say it needs new thermal paste but otherwise its running perfect.

So my question now is should I swap my cpu out with the Q6600 or should I just keep my E7200.

I use my computer for gaming, Internet browsing and multitasking allot so I do see I might have a benefit from swapping to the Q6600 but I'd like to see some opinions before I make my mind up.

 

[PanicProne]

Get the Q6600, obviously.

But don't expect to overclock it at all with that motherboard.

Sell the E7200 for funding a new decent mobo, preferably with the P45 chipset.

 

[Vlasov_581]

hell yea swap it......3.2GHz easily, 8MB cache vs 3MB, 4 cores vs 2........easy decision

 

[PanicProne]

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Originally Posted by Vlasov_581;13117935
hell yea swap it......3.2GHz easily, 8MB cache vs 3MB, 4 cores vs 2........easy decision

Not with his current motherboard.

But yes, keep the Q6600 still. have you tried it yet? Does it work?

 

[Jaxlb]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PanicProne;13117912
Get the Q6600, obviously.

But don't expect to overclock it at all with that motherboard.

Sell the E7200 for funding a new decent mobo, preferably with the P45 chipset.

I was thinking about that since I'm buying a new case tomorrow since my case is to small for a ATX board.
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Originally Posted by PanicProne;13117948
Not with his current motherboard.

But yes, keep the Q6600 still. have you tried it yet? Does it work?

I have tested it in the computer it is in at the moment and it works just that the temps are very close to the unsafe level. I'd say it just needs new thermal paste which I will probably buy tomorrow along with the new case.

 

[PanicProne]

You can find excellent P45 motherboards for dirt cheap (used of course)

Something like the P5Q series from Asus: P5Q Pro, P5Q Deluxe, etc.

Great for OCing Quads.

 

[Jaxlb]

I just took it out of the HP and found they used hardly any thermal paste at all. No wonder the temps where high.

 

[PanicProne]

There's also another thing: if that Q6600 is a B3 revision, good luck getting it to even 3ghz :/

The B3 revision Q6600s don't overclock well at all and run way hotter.

B3 Q6600 had a higher TDP than the G0 revision, IIRC.

 

[Ben the OCer]

Wow, that's a nice find for free. Shame on whoever tossed that nice Q6600 away. While it's one of Intel's first quads (after the Q6700), it's still a very solid chip today. I'd say that would be a decent upgrade for programs that support four cores. The E7200 would probably pull ahead in single threaded programs since it's clocked higher and has architectural enhancements from the revised Wolfdale 45nm core. The Q6600 will probably run hotter since it's 65nm and a quad. You might not get much overclocking out of it on the stock cooler, so you might want to get an aftermarket heatsink. Though I'm not sure how well the G31 handles quads when it comes to overclocking, I'm guessing it might not be able to overclock quads very high. You'll never know till you try. The Q6600 does have a nice cache advantage with 8MB (well it's really 2x4MB since it's two dual-core dies on one package but it's still a nice leg up for the Q6600). You don't really have anything to lose though, you can always go back to the E7200. Pop in the Q6600 and see how you like it.

 

[PhilWrir]

Definitely use the Q6600.
Its getting pretty long in the tooth, but its still a good processor and it should be an improvement over your E7200 if you can OC it a bit. Especially because 2011 looks like the year when games finally go Quad Core as the norm.

 

[djsi38t]

Keep it or maybe move to a q9300 or better.

 

[PanicProne]

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Originally Posted by PhilWrir;13118122
Definitely use the Q6600.
Its getting pretty long in the tooth, but its still a good processor and it should be an improvement over your E7200 if you can OC it a bit. Especially because 2011 looks like the year when games finally go Quad Core as the norm.

I've been hearing/reading that since 2006.

Hasn't happened yet, and it's not gonna happen in 2011 for sure.

A little OT, but a nice speedy dual core will get you by nicely in terms of gaming.

 

[Jaxlb]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PanicProne;13118055
There's also another thing: if that Q6600 is a B3 revision, good luck getting it to even 3ghz :/

The B3 revision Q6600s don't overclock well at all and run way hotter.

B3 Q6600 had a higher TDP than the G0 revision, IIRC.

It's the B3 revision :/
But who cares I got it for free and I'm used to not getting things that don't overclock that well.

By the desktop picture the HP had it looks like it was owned by a old couple which explains why it was thrown away. It only had 1gb of ram too XD

 

[Vlasov_581]

his board supports 1333FSB, and there is voltage control........so 3.2GHz is not out of the picture

 

[Jaxlb]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vlasov_581;13118205
his board supports 1333FSB, and there is voltage control........so 3.2GHz is not out of the picture

I'm limited by mix matched ram at the moment since my rig gets unstable after I go over 3ghz with the E7200 so I'd say I would probably get near that with the Q6600 but I probably won't be able to get it to 3ghz cause of that and that it's a B3 revision.

 

[Ben the OCer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaxlb;13118188
It's the B3 revision :/
But who cares I got it for free and I'm used to not getting things that don't overclock that well.

By the desktop picture the HP had it looks like it was owned by a old couple which explains why it was thrown away. It only had 1gb of ram too XD

They probably got convinced by somebody to make an upgrade when they really didn't need it. Some more RAM and Windows 7 and it would have been like new. Though what they used it for it was probably just fine but it's all speculation at this point. So out of curiosity what other specs did it have?

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

Use the Q6600. Buy a decent used motherboard like the Asus P5Q series to over-clock. You can get one for $80 on eBay. Also, don't listen to the poster that said that B3 Q6600 doesn't over-clock to 3GHz. You can get a B3 to 3.2GHz safely, but it will consume a good amount of power. If you have a G0, then you can get it to around 3.6GHz. Either way, a Q6600 is a much better processor than an E7200, especially now that most apps are favoring multiple threads.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

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Originally Posted by PanicProne;13118171
I've been hearing/reading that since 2006.

Hasn't happened yet, and it's not gonna happen in 2011 for sure.

A little OT, but a nice speedy dual core will get you by nicely in terms of gaming.

Wroooong. It's been happening ever since two years ago. In 2009-10, most games that came out took advantage of three cores/threads but not four. Now in 2011, most games that have come out are more multi-threaded and do benefit from four cores over three but not from six or more. A dual-core/two thread won't cut it anymore this year. The time for keeping recommending dual-cores over quad-cores in gaming has passed.

 

[skatingrocker17]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vlasov_581;13117935
hell yea swap it......3.2GHz easily, 8MB cache vs 3MB, 4 cores vs 2........easy decision

I agree with you that he should use the Q6600; but depending on the vid of the chip, 3.2Ghz might be too high. 3.2Ghz was the highest stable clock on my 1.3250 Q6600 and I was using a Gigabyte EP45-UD3R (I think that was the name).

 

[Lord Xeb]

I went from a e7300 @ 3.8 to a Q6600 @ 3.6 and the Q6600 is damn fast. Go Q6600.