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    Re: Q6600 still a decent upgrade?

    I think/imagine anyone who got a Q6600 & 8800 GTX @ launch must still tug there penis off everyday knowing how much of a good investment it really was, is.
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    for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.

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    Re: Q6600 still a decent upgrade?

    OcUK had a few Xeon X3360 processors available for around £110 today.

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    Re: Q6600 still a decent upgrade?

    Quote Originally Posted by Terbinator View Post
    I think/imagine anyone who got a Q6600 launch must still tug there penis off everyday knowing how much of a good investment it really was, is.
    I got mine for £135 not long after launch. Never missed a beat since.. Even manage to get 4GHz out of it now, which is amazing for a Q6600 .

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    Re: Q6600 still a decent upgrade?

    The ACf7p "should" cope, however it'll get rather noisey as the far will have to work hard to keep up.

    How about not trying to watch tv and play a game at the same time

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    Re: Q6600 still a decent upgrade?

    I don't mind noise at all. I actually keep the side off my case most of the time and have my GPU fan running at like 80%.

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    Re: Q6600 still a decent upgrade?

    Quote Originally Posted by matty-hodgson View Post
    I got mine for £135 not long after launch. ...
    Jammy bugger! I paid almost £170 for mine in January 2008. I think that by that point Phenom had come out and was obviously not competitive in performance, so Intel slapped a premium on its own quads again Still, I reckon it'll see me through another 2 - 3 years without issue, so I'm not complaining

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