Which C2D?

[ichiban]

My 2GB Crucial 8500 Ballistix arrived on thursday, and planning to get the Abit IP35 Pro tomorrow and with all the price drops and GO steppings arriving its seems the right time to for buying the cpu.

i'm planning to spend around £170 max so i guess the quad cores are the way to go right? but they don't seem to clock well and ppl are suggesting the 6850 are better overclockers, its so confusing since all my pc's were AMD based.

 

[Ham]

Looking about id go with a 6850 for new, or a Older E6700 if you can find one, for the x10 multi.

 

[equk]

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

£149.99

£176.24 inc VAT

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-143-IN

Not sure if you can get it somewhere else that cheap, but it is under £180 and it's a quad core

 

[ichiban]

the seem best value for money E6750 and seems to be clock to around 3.6Ghz. i'm planning to go with high fsb with the 8500 ram so 7-9 multi will be fine.

The quad is tempting and scan has it for £173 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=530347

 

[Toxcity]

Go for the quad!

Oh, only if I had the money!

 

[cuprasport]

ocuk are one of the most expencive for the new cpu's u wanna try shopping around novatech is cheap so is www.1337pc.co.uk for the 6850's but i think eclipse computers is the cheapest

 

[ichiban]

looks like the Q6600 is good for Desktop apps and encoding and the E6750 is good for gaming. I've decided to go for the q6600, hopefully the price will drop a little bit more tomorrow

 

[darkorb]

this lioooks amazing

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=25298&vpn=BX80557E6750&manufacture=Intel

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=22211&vpn=BX80562Q6600&manufacture=Intel

price drop hasnt occured 100% yet

 

[outrunner]

£163.99 at YOYOtech http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/product_i...=3476&osCsid=18a6a8a1cd91af18928bb17b220bc5b4 stocks due on 24/7/07, never heard of them before though

 

[Ham]

£163.99 at YOYOtech http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/product_i...=3476&osCsid=18a6a8a1cd91af18928bb17b220bc5b4 stocks due on 24/7/07, never heard of them before though

They're pretty decent.

 

[FarFarAway]

SCAN have em in pretty cheap afaik

 

[ichiban]

hopefully it will be the GO stepping

 

[Mr. Smith]

Lol - sorry, just had to say its G0 (zero) not GO (just in case you were ringing to ask for one!)

I'm in a similar boat.

I think I'm going to play with the quad if I can get a G0...

But then these stories of 6850's @ 4ghz stable on air....

Life is tough!

 

[darkorb]

may these be the hardest decisions in your lives!

 

[ichiban]

Lol - sorry, just had to say its G0 (zero) not GO (just in case you were ringing to ask for one!)

I'm in a similar boat.

I think I'm going to play with the quad if I can get a G0...

But then these stories of 6850's @ 4ghz stable on air....

Life is tough!

thanks for the correction my head is hurting right now... what to do....

 

[markkleb]

may these be the hardest decisions in your lives!

So true (especially for those of us still using Socket 939)

 

[ichiban]

So true (especially for those of us still using Socket 939)

sure is, took me 5 days of reading reviews and looking through forums to see which motherboard and ram i wanted, now been reading on the what cpu to get. ppl seem to be hitting 4Ghz with the E6850 on air which is amazing, just too to see some results with the Q6600 G0 to compare.

 

[ichiban]

i just brought a 2nd hand E4300 to use for now, and will wait until the G0 steppings floods the market.

 

[prosser13]

I very much doubt you'll hit 4ghz with a Q6600 Even if it is a G0...

Good idea, you've only got a month or so to wait. If I have money in a couple of months I'll do the same, I got my E6300 this morn

 

[equk]

What about getting a Xeon X3210