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21st October, 2008, 10:39 PM
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| need help deciding i am going to be upgrading my rig in the next mounth or so but i dont know what is the best cpu for gaming there are 4 i am thinking about Q6600 Umart Online Q8200 Umart Online E8400 Umart Online E8500 Umart Online they r all about the same price but what would be the best for gamming i am going to be using these other components eVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 Umart Online Corsair DDR2 Twin2X (2048MB Kit) 240-pin XMS2-6400(2X1024MB) Umart Online Thermaltake Armor+ VH8000BWS MX (already got it) Umart Online 500 watt psu (already got it) XFX 9800GT Umart Online
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22nd October, 2008, 08:13 PM
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| do u realy need a quad core cpu for gamming or will the core2duo do for now
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22nd October, 2008, 09:24 PM
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| Dual core is fine for gaming. The E8400 would be my pick for a gaming rig. 3.0 is plenty for most games and it overclocks to 3.8 - 4.0 fairly easy for more FPS..
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