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I am looking for some comparison/review of these 2 cpu's. I am helping a buddy with a new build an these are what we are looking at.
Thnx in advance!
Thnx in advance!
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thnx for the input guys! I was going to reccomend the mobo in my sig to my buddy who will be buying one of these chips. GA-P35-DS3L in Canada its $95 and has the e8400 and 8500 listed in the supported cpu list right out of the box. How would I justify spending more than that seeing that most of the other boards that run these cpu's start around $150+
I've not seen any E8400/8500 comparisons to the Q6600, the ones out there seem to be restricting themselves to Conroe dual-cores (which makes sense in one way, but then again not in another). The E8400 is undoubtedly clocked faster, does slightly more per clock (especially if SSE4 is supported) and will overclock well as it runs cooler. It's probably the best choice at the moment for most users. The Q6600's advantage over it is basically that it's quad-core, and overclocks just as well (but starting from a lower point, so it doesn't get so high). If you're using applications that make good use of a quad-core, then the Q6600 is better, but if they mostly don't (like most games), the E8400 would be.
yes? which one were you? The one talking to Tom?
cool!
that looks way more organized than mine. One of these rainy days I will redo mine.
I'm reworking my Q6600 machine right now, and thought that while I had my Q6600 out I'd run a quick aquamark comparison between the Q6600 and the E8400.
Setup:
Intel Q6600 @ 450 * 8 = 3.6 GHz (Stock Intel HSF) 1.42v
Intel E8400 @ 500 * 8 = 4 GHz (Stock Intel HSF) 1.25v
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Asus Maximus Formula SE motherboard, BIOS v. 0907
2 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1066
EVGA 512MB 8800GT SSC
(4) Western Digital RaptorX150's (RAID0)
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** After I get my Freezone TEC back on Monday I'll try to run more comparisons.
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Q6600
E8400
CPU Info
Thanks Vix.
That's the most informative post yet.
I don't suppose you have a copy of Supreme Commander to test?
its is clear that the e8400 is the winner for gaming over the q6600, but lets say im playing COD4, burning a dvd and unzipping with winrar. would i see a huge difference in processing power and or slow downs using the q8400 over the q6600? if the e8400 is better for gaming, how much better is the q6600 for heavy program use?
The Phenom 9600 is slower than the E8400 in many applications, even when overclocked to 3.0GHz.What would be the difference between a Phenom 9600 and a E8400? They are about the same price, and I'm really in the need of an upgrade here... Anyone have any advice about that? are the 2 cores in the 8400 fast enough to beat the 4 in the 9600?
Are you alt-tabbing out of COD4 to do all that? Seriously, how much unzipping are you doing? Sure, a quad-core is better at doing lots of things at once, but how many times are you going to be doing all those things?
Now imagine the differences when the E8400 is overclocked to 4.0GHz.
Sounds like your CPU might be throttling. High temps?I only score 179,000 with AquaMark3 w/ 8800GT @ 705/1800/2000 and e8400 @ 4320mhz, ddr @ 5-5-5-15 ddr960 .... hmmmmmm?
core1 maxxes at 70c, tjunction is 105c... i'm also on vista and my vidcard clocks aren't as high (only 700/1750/2000)
You might try reducing your OC by a few hundred MHz (and therefore your temps). If performance improves, then that will tell you the CPU is throttling at the higher OC.
AFAIK, Intel CPUs automatically throttle when core temperatures exceed a certain level.
QFT.Are you new to building PC's, or new at typing?