Many ?'s about upcoming build

[fariss]

This build is going to be primarily for gaming & video encoding. Speed & stability are the primary needs. If there is going to any OCing it will be to a small degree. Besides the encoding there won't be much need for multitasking. It should also be able to be upgraded as the need arises.

 

CPU's considered are:

1. Intel Q6600.

2. Intel Core 2 Duo E6850.

Owner is leaning towards the E6850 as I am.

 

Mobo:

1. Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6.

2. ASUS Maximus Formula.

This choice is wide open. Other boards can be considered. like the Gigabyte & he prefers the ASUS.

 

Please feel free to add comments. Build will take place in 3 weeks.

[Branjo]

I'd go with the Quad it lives to encode, it will do you good now and in the future.

Either of those boards would be a sweet choice they look to be on par with each other.

[Angry_Games]

Quad any day of the week for encoding etc

[fariss]

Quad any day of the week for encoding etc

 

Is there a difference in gaming?

[Guest r3d c0m3t]

As of this very moment, no. The Q6600 won't improve your framerates at all because most games lack the support for multi-core setups. I'd have to agree with Branjo, and A_G, go with the Q6600 for encoding.

 

For gaming, again, the Q6600 won't make a difference.

 

In fact, the Q6600 will act as the E6600 which it's based upon when gaming.

[Angry_Games]

Is there a difference in gaming?

 

nope

 

see no difference between my dual core AMD64's, Intel Core2's, and that quad in gaming. Some games maybe get a boost or such, but games today are all about your video card. But since you do more than game, you'll want a dual core or better and I'd go with a quad myself if I could afford it.