Q6600 build?

[Signal2Noise]

My Q6600 has been the system of awesomeness for quite some time. But I am in the process of swapping out for Core i5 (until Core i7/i9? get cheaper) due to it showing it's age in newer gaming titles. Besides, the new ASUS boards are things of beauty with all their silver and blue color schemes.

I will be utilizing my Q6600 in a secondary build mainly for email, iTunes, and CAD/3D work where HT is still required.

[MarkOne]

Originally Posted by Signal2Noise

I will be utilizing my Q6600 in a secondary build mainly for email, iTunes, and CAD/3D work where HT is still required.

Good to know the q6600 as HT.

[kuziwk]

Originally Posted by tri5cui7

I'm rocking a q6600 right now, I think the chip still has a lot of life in it and once it begins to show it's age I'll throw a linux on it and it'll be like a new computer.

linux? i thought no one uses that anymore?

[kuziwk]

Originally Posted by Signal2Noise

My Q6600 has been the system of awesomeness for quite some time. But I am in the process of swapping out for Core i5 (until Core i7/i9? get cheaper) due to it showing it's age in newer gaming titles. Besides, the new ASUS boards are things of beauty with all their silver and blue color schemes.

I will be utilizing my Q6600 in a secondary build mainly for email, iTunes, and CAD/3D work where HT is still required.

lol newer gaming titles??? than how am i maxing out graphics on dragon age or nfs shift with an overclocked e2140? and in the new vantage i get close to 7000 points on high performance and i will see even better scires with decent ram and nice sick overclocked q6600

[MarkOne]

Originally Posted by kuziwk

linux? i thought no one uses that anymore?

My name is MarkOne ...not No one

i have quite a few linux distro

[kuziwk]

Originally Posted by Raserei408

Far as I can tell you should have gone with 1156. Even the cheaper i3s can beat a Q6600, and that's without taking into consideration that LGA775 is a dying platform. As far as I'm concerned it's one of the best C2Q chips, but it's still a C2Q chip.

i would disagree, the I3's have half the cache as the q6600 check some 3dmark 06 scores and compare or vantage scores. The i3's are mearly a transition for those who spent all on the 1156 socket motherboard and cannot afford an I7 yet but are planning an upgrade.(at least in my opinion). i agree with the statement saying that you must have a reason to need the I5 or I7 and something more than Gaming becuase the Q6600 is more than capable for todays games so far. We have already surpassed xbox 360 graphics which were jaw dropping to me when i first got it, and thats was on my E2140 overclocked and an 8800gt (COD4 and higher res, but it still looked better than the 360 version)

[kuziwk]

Originally Posted by kuziwk

linux? i thought no one uses that anymore?

i dunno i heard something new from linux, perhaps a dedicated gaming OS anyone know? That would be sweet becuase we can Dual boot it with windows 7 and games would run a hell of alot better.

[Mavvens]

That's far enough to run game, even a core 2 duo is enough...

Paying for i7 for gaming is extreme (not stupid)
^^

[Kayen]

Originally Posted by kuziwk

i would disagree, the I3's have half the cache as the q6600 check some 3dmark 06 scores and compare or vantage scores. The i3's are mearly a transition for those who spent all on the 1156 socket motherboard and cannot afford an I7 yet but are planning an upgrade.(at least in my opinion). i agree with the statement saying that you must have a reason to need the I5 or I7 and something more than Gaming becuase the Q6600 is more than capable for todays games so far. We have already surpassed xbox 360 graphics which were jaw dropping to me when i first got it, and thats was on my E2140 overclocked and an 8800gt (COD4 and higher res, but it still looked better than the 360 version)

The i3 is on a newer 32nm process, whereby more stuff gets done per cycle of a clock or whatever that means.

Also the Q6600 overclocked is great for games, if the going gets tough just drop in a new video card.

[Raserei408]

Originally Posted by kuziwk

i would disagree, the I3's have half the cache as the q6600 check some 3dmark 06 scores and compare or vantage scores. The i3's are mearly a transition for those who spent all on the 1156 socket motherboard and cannot afford an I7 yet but are planning an upgrade.(at least in my opinion). i agree with the statement saying that you must have a reason to need the I5 or I7 and something more than Gaming becuase the Q6600 is more than capable for todays games so far.

Cache and clock speed aren't everything; architecture is far more important. Just because a processor is cheap doesn't mean it's bad.

As for checking some scores, I would recommend you do the same. I did my homework.
bit-tech.net | Review - Intel Core i5-661 & Core i3-530 CPU Review
Linked to Crysis, but i3 wins damn-near every benchmark and for $25-50 less.