Which Processor and Where?

JC_Maven

Yes, its the age-old question brought up once again...

Dual Core v Quad Core

How must was the cheapest Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping processor you have seen? Where was it?

What is the best Dual Core Processor for value?

The processor will be used for gaming , programming (if that makes a difference), day to day usage etc... and hoping for it to last about 3-4 years.

Thanks,

JC_Maven

Conor_3

Aria were doing the Q6600 G0 quite cheap recently. As to quad core for gaming, most games actually run faster on a single core and you can get some performance games by altering the properties of the games executable to tie it to one core.

JC_Maven

Conor wrote: »

Aria were doing the Q6600 G0 quite cheap recently. As to quad core for gaming, most games actually run faster on a single core and you can get some performance games by altering the properties of the games executable to tie it to one core.

Aria has them at the moment on £127.31 inc. VAT.

The cheapest i have seen them was on ebay for £85 inc p&p.

Single Core > Quad Core?

Do you know why?

[Deleted User]

Go for the Q660.

It's a wiser investment going multicore, especially for gaming.

JC_Maven

Ok. Any ideas of where to buy them?

Conor_3

JC_Maven wrote: »

Single Core > Quad Core?

Do you know why?

Yes. It's because most games aren't written for SMP and you get better performance over all by assigning them to one "instance" or core and assigning them high priority for that core.

[Deleted User]

JC_Maven wrote: »

Ok. Any ideas of where to buy them?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk
https://www.dabs.com
https://www.ebuyer.com
https://www.aria.co.uk
https://www.eclipsecomputers.com
https://www.specialtech.co.uk
https://www.overclock.co.uk

The usual suspects..

I'd say if you want longevity out of your purchase then go quad, it's the way the inertia of the industry is pushing things and it makes more sense to be prepared. For gaming, it's going to be important that you buy a good graphics card as that is where your performance bottleneck is going to be. If you want the best performance then I would consider a 64bit operating system also.

banger9365

wait there going to be a price fall ,the new socket is coming out in about 10 daysish(27th October on words) ,
thats when the new motherboard with the new socket on come out to buy put your looking at £250+ for them
so 775 socket stuff should get cheaper after that
just throught i would let you now

DatabaseError

quad and vista64, most games don't take advantage, but many newer ones do. the tide is changing!
plus the q6600 go overclocks very well, gut get a decent heatsink+fan

JC_Maven

anewhope wrote: »

. For gaming, it's going to be important that you buy a good graphics card as that is where your performance bottleneck is going to be.

I have recently purchased a Geforce 8800 GTS 320 MB for £75

is that considered a good graphics card?

was it a good price?

JC_Maven

Ok, the best price i have found for a Q6600 was from here.

It is £117.49 inc VAT

Has anyone seen a better price than this?