Which is better?
Which is better?
I'd take the Q6600, it's an easy and safe overclocker. RAM won't restrict you and neither will cheaper motherboards.
Q6600 FTW!
good and easy overclocker
i have a q6600 and its a easy overclocker.. apparently the Q9300's are going to be very good/better what i've read..
Lets say for sake of argument, one doesn't plan on overclocking - which is better at stock?
the Q9300 is better at stock..
but i'd still rather go for the Q6600 and OC it..
it's soooo easy that you wouldn't believe! you'll easily get 3GHz without upping the voltage at all on a Q6600
the Q9300 is useless for OCing with it being a 333 x 7.5.. so it puts much more stress on the motherboard.. you'd need a 480FSB just to get it to 3.6GHz and only a 400FSB to get the same speed on a Q6600..
Stock, Q9300. I would still take a Q6600 though, as it's proven, and not horrendously priced because of rarity.
Only by 200 points (if you believe the chart). I would rather keep the extra £60 in my pocket.the Q9300 is better at stock..
This benchmark is to be taken with a MASSIVE pinch of salt.
These are all higher end CPU's so who would own one and not OC it??
Also, there is no Q6600 OC on there. I hit 15371 just at 3.2ghz so the Q9300 doesnt look too special at all.
Thats Phenom really is a pile of cack aswell isnt it
why? because they produce cheaper CPUs than intel?
well there's no reason why it shouldn't be better. it has a 1333MHz FSB, 2.5GHz clock speed and higher L2 Cache, so all-round it's the better processor (on paper), but i'd still rather go for the Q6600! especially with the price cuts that are happening soon (if they haven't already)
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