| I'm off with the Quad, it out performs anything set up to use 4 cores by a fair bit and I for some reason am looking forward to Alan Wake. |
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WrongShui 6,858 posts
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Registered 16 years agoblizeH wrote:
I'm really in two minds now, I really wanted a new PC, argh
Buy the Quad! Games will be using it.
Alan Wake! Think of poor old Alan! Having to do all its fancy jiggery with just two threads -
Hunam 20,675 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWell, holding off 6 months will mean new high end hardware, and whats high end now will be reduced in price a fair bit. -
WrongShui 6,858 posts
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Registered 16 years agoHunam wrote:
Well, holding off 6 months will mean new high end hardware, and whats high end now will be reduced in price a fair bit.
Yup, always best to delay if you can, you'll get more for less.
I mean, the Geforce 9s are coming in November.
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DodgyPast 9,353 posts
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Registered 16 years agowell I suspect iTunes will always suck.
Though multicore will mean you notice it less because the other core is free.
Maybe it'll be 12 months before quad really helps with games... so if you plan to keep it a long time you may be better off with the quads.
I'd also comment you'll get better over clocking out of the duals andf they'll be quieter at stock because there's less heat. -
WrongShui 6,858 posts
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Registered 16 years agoblizeH wrote:
Okay, after doing research, I have concluded: E6850 is better at stock speeds, Q6600 is better if you're willing to overclock.
Question is, how viable is overclocking?
- Will the temperature, and fan noise soar as a result?
- Is it really worth doing?
- Is it easy to do?
- Is it risky?
I'm really close to ordering now I think :E
Only if its not using all cores, which in a year won't be the case.
Unless your updating again soon? -
WrongShui 6,858 posts
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Registered 16 years agoblizeH wrote:
Meh, on hindsight then I might spend an extra £20 and get the quad
Is it definitely okay on that motherboard I picked?
... or an E6750 and overclock it?
I've met women less indecisive than you, honest to god women! -
blizeH wrote:
You know what, I think I might go for the E6750 now, it's only £115 (£55 cheaper than the Q6600) and a lot easier to keep cool I think, plus has brilliant overclocking potential.
Then when the time comes I can upgrade to a quad if need be, and go from there?
That's what I did. The E6750 is so cheap that I just couldn't resist.
Plus you've got a faster (in MHz) CPU (than the Q6600) now, and by the time Quads are properly supported by games, you can still upgrade to a then faster Quadcore. But especially in older games that only support one CPU, or new ones that are optimised for dual cores, the E6750 will be a bit faster than the Q6600 at the moment.
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Not sure which - if any - announced games make use of Quadcores - Alan Wake I think, and possibly Crysis? -
DodgyPast 9,353 posts
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Registered 16 years agoblizeH wrote:
this would be my recommendation.
You know what, I think I might go for the E6750 now, it's only £115 (£55 cheaper than the Q6600) and a lot easier to keep cool I think, plus has brilliant overclocking potential.
Then when the time comes I can upgrade to a quad if need be, and go from there?
With that mobo you'll get it up to 3GHz without doing anything special... and I promise to hold your hand if you decide to do it.
You'll be able to stick a Quad 45nm process jobby in later if you need.
My only comment on that config is go for a 512Mb version of the graphics card, 256 isn't quite enough.
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What do you plan on using it for? If its for gaming a sub £100 gfx card isn't really going to cut it, especially since you've opted for a pretty powerful CPU -
No worries Blizeh... it's actually very sensible to be this careful.
The ATi card you've linked is awesome value for money and will offer far better performance than anythying cheaper than an 8800 GTS.
Since with the GTS cards you want 640Mb then you're looking at 200 quid.... and to be honest in a years time you'll get something a lot better than that for 130 quid, so buying the ATi now and upgrading later is definitely the way to go.
The memory one is tricky... though between Crucial, Corsair and Geil you will hardly see any difference, not enough to worry very much as long as it's PC-6400.
The Asus boards let you overclock the CPU independently of the memory so it won't affect your overclockiung either.
Though the Asus DDR2 Boards will support this and it might be nice when you chuck a quad in later.
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