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[alexmorris60]

Im in the process of building a new PC, what do you guys think for a CPU, im stuck between the Core2Duo E6850 and the Core2Quad Q6600.

I want the one which will be the best performing.
Thanks

[Splash]

That would depend entirely on what you're doing. The E6850s are sweet - I got one last month and mine runs damned cool. The Q6600 runs at a lower clockspeed but has the 4 cores - problem being that most users won't use 4 cores...

If you're a gamer I personally think that the E6850 would be a better buy, but if you're using apps that can fully exploit the 4 cores the Q6600 is your man. Both should overclock well.

[alexmorris60]

kool, thanks! Yeh i need something good for gamesd, not for like video codec thingy

[Dorza]

Q6600 in theory is more future proof if that means anything in this day and age since more applications/games are going to be programmed to take advantage of extra cores. How many games today take advantage of 2 cores?

[Fornowagain]

The quads going to take a little more effort to overclock, assuming you want to overclock. But its worth it, seriously fast to use.

[alexmorris60]

I dunno, but i think im gunna go with the E6850 due to the fact that hardly any games support Dual Core and with a 3.0Ghz corespead that aint half bad and oc it to 3.4 aught to do it.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

plus dont the q6600 temps higher than a dual core?

[Zak33]

I'm struggling to use all 4 cores on mine... really. It's hard.

So frankly, go for the fastest Duo.

Alothough I DO love my rig....