quad core dilema

[wazi]

i have just taken out me trusty E6600 and replaced it with Q6600 i have a zalman cooler which was quiet with E6600 but noisier with Q6600
the dilemma i have it feels as quick as it did with E6600 , is my motherboard holding back the QUAD ???
OR am i expecting to much ??





CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 2400 MHz (9 x 267)
Motherboard Name Asus P5B Deluxe (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Broadwater P965
System Memory 4096 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1: OCZ ReaperX HPC OCZ2RPX8002G 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (6-6-6-18 @ 400 MHz) (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
DIMM3: OCZ ReaperX HPC OCZ2RPX8002G 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (6-6-6-18 @ 400 MHz) (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
BIOS Type AMI (09/30/08)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)

Display:
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series (512 MB)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series (512 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon HD 4850 (RV770)
Monitor LG L197W (Digital) [19" LCD] (171212477)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Analog Devices AD1988B @ Intel 82801HB ICH8 - High Definition Audio Controller [B-0]
Audio Adapter ATI Radeon HDMI @ ATI RV770/790 - High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Adapter Creative SB X-Fi XtremeMusic/Platinum Sound Card

Storage:

[kalniel]

i have just taken out me trusty E6600 and replaced it with Q6600 i have a zalman cooler which was quiet with E6600 but noisier with Q6600
the dilemma i have it feels as quick as it did with E6600 , is my motherboard holding back the QUAD ???
OR am i expecting to much ??

Both the E6600 and the Q6600 are the same speed. What where you expecting to be faster?

[Jasp]

Their both clocked at 2.4ghz so your not really going to see a difference in the OS tbh, the chip will come into its own when encoding videos or playing games that are able to use all 4 cores.

As for your cooler the Q6600 is a 105w chip the E6600 is a 65w chip, the cooler is having to work a lot harder to keep it cool. Unless the Q6600 is the efficent version which is 95w.

[wazi]

its the GO 95W version , i clocked it straight to 3.5ghz but fan was to noisy i could only get 3.2 from my e series

[jim]

How did you test it before you decided you couldn't tell a speed difference?

[scaryjim]

As others have said, your not going to see much difference except in heavily multithreaded tasks like video encoding and those few games that make good use of more than 2 cores. Meanwhile, the processor is potentially kicking out almost half as much heat again, so the cooler is having to work a lot harder to handle it. If you don't have a heavily multithreaded workload the Q6600 isn't going to make much noticable difference to the speed, and to keep it at happy temperatures - particularly if you're overclocking - you're going to need an "oomphier" cooler, frankly.

So, what are the main uses for the PC, and if gaming which games do you play most?

[Terbinator]

Coolermaster 212 would get rid of your sound problems - shame theres none around in the EU at the minute.

[wazi]

Zalman CNPS9700 thats wot i have on it ,
games i play COD MW2 , some encoding etc..
have noticed multi tasking is easier , may mess about with fan settings to see if i can get this fanmate to produce less noise