RedFury77 Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 The Q6600 is actually a step back a generation in Core 2's but it's not as big of a difference as the one you made, it will just equate to lesser overclocking ability and more heat production (then a newer quad since quads will always make more heat then dual cores) OP can you afford to change platforms to something newer with the sale of your CPU, Motherboard and RAM?? That's true, the Q6600 is a year older and a bigger die, but even with the lower starting clocks it looks like a lot of people were able to clock to 3ghz pretty easily and even saw up to 3.6Ghz before heat became a real problem. I kinda doubt Pec0 is wanting to dump a bunch of cash right now. This thread started off with him looking for a good deal for his graphics card upgrade and it seemed a little bit of a stretch to get the card he did. This is why I have been suggesting a budget upgrade for the cpu instead of a whole new setup. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pec0 Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 Well that's a switch in generations not just core count that made the big boost in performance for you. The Q6600 is actually a step back a generation in Core 2's but it's not as big of a difference as the one you made, it will just equate to lesser overclocking ability and more heat production (then a newer quad since quads will always make more heat then dual cores) OP can you afford to change platforms to something newer with the sale of your CPU, Motherboard and RAM?? I'd prefer not to go down this route purely because of the additional costs involved and more so because we have a baby on the way (due on Sunday), so if anything I'm looking for an easy straight swap of processor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pec0 Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 That's true, the Q6600 is a year older and a bigger die, but even with the lower starting clocks it looks like a lot of people were able to clock to 3ghz pretty easily and even saw up to 3.6Ghz before heat became a real problem. I kinda doubt Pec0 is wanting to dump a bunch of cash right now. This thread started off with him looking for a good deal for his graphics card upgrade and it seemed a little bit of a stretch to get the card he did. This is why I have been suggesting a budget upgrade for the cpu instead of a whole new setup. I feel like you know me. haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury77 Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Hey congrats on the baby! Heck, you won't have time to play any games anyway... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pec0 Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Hey congrats on the baby! Heck, you won't have time to play any games anyway... Thanks. Eh babies sleep. Er from time to time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pec0 Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 Thanks. Eh babies sleep. Er from time to time. Or maybe they don't.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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