E8400 or Q6600 rev0

[chrisbard]

Hey guys,

I have a question. One of my friends wants to trade his Q6600 for my E8400. His Q6600 is running at 3,6 Ghz with no problems. My E8400 is running at 4 Ghz with no problems. What should I do?

Chris

[MUff1N]

This really is a simple decision.
How often does he actually use all 4 cores?
Like encoding a movie while playing a game, or encoding two movies at the same time.
If all he does is single tasks on the computer at a time that only require 2 worker threads then the E8400 would be the better choice IMO.

[ccperf721p]

Quads are nice, they take a little getting used to and a little different setup. Most of my encoding work is done in Linux so I get more of what the quad has to offer. Under XP there is only a slight gain in performance but I can do more things at the same time.

I had two quads going for awhile, but soon realized my home server didn't justify it, so I threw a dually back in it.

For the most part the quad at 3.6 would do just as well as the 4.0 E8400 (outside of a few benchmarks), folding would pick up about 1K per day if it's of interest to you.

[chrisbard]

I am using several progs at the same time so I am thinking of going for the Q6600. Thanks for your input guys !

[Samuknow]

The only thing I have heard that if you game a lot, the higher clock of the 8400 will net better results. But this is only for those that run the 8400 at 4.5 or so.

[chrisbard]

With my mobo I cant make 4.5 And I am also using air cooling. But 4 Ghz is pretty impresive as it is

[Samuknow]

If you can get that Quad to 3.5 or so, you should really like it.