Q6600 and Q9300

[Classified95]

Hey, I was looking and wanting the Q9300 over the Q6600 because of the 2MB larger Cache, the FSB is 1333 vs 1066, but most of all the 45nm.

I wanted to overclock it to 3.4, don't need to go higher, but will it run cooler than Q6600 at 3.3? I know it has a smaller die, but the FSB is much higher. A lot of people say the multiplier is locked, and say it's a bad overclocker cause you need much higher volts than the Q6600 to achieve the same overclock, making it run hotter. Not too sure on this.

From all of this, I'm thinking I'll have to get an E8400, and just clocking it high up, around 4.0 or so, and wait a year for a the Nethalem Quad Cores and i7 Motherboards to reach what a Q6600 and a 750i FTW is worth now. I think I'll probably just do that. But I'd like a quad.

Thanks! :worship:

 

[k4p84]

Both multipliers are locked, only the Extreme CPU's have unlocked multipliers.

ED

 

[lamboman]

First of all, if we take the cache. The extra 2MB isn't actually going to make a huge amount of difference. Next is the FSB. Because you are overclocking, that isn't going to make any difference at all, as you aren't going to be running the processors at 1066 and 1333MHz FSBs respectively. I would just buy a Q6600, it will overclock roughly the same. There is not going to be much performance difference between the two. Save your £40 of cash.

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

Save your £40 and get a better CPU cooler

 

[Serfaksan]

with that you can buy a coolmaster z600, a titan amanda or the thermalright ultra 120 extreme

 

[thelongster]

Q6600 is still one of the best chips around, and at about £125 you really can't go wrong! It would have my vote!