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: