[krackhead]

im planning to upgrade my pc with a core 2 quad core and i wonder which one is better for its price. if you think those two suck please recommend me to a better quad core.

Also im looking for a good motherboard for it too. can someone recommend me a good motherboard?

Also im planning to get it on ebay. If someone wants to buy it from ebay and relist it to get the 35% cashback, i'll buy it from you for the price you bought it for.

[joojoojuice]

cause more cores = better, right?!

[ooobongooo]

I got a q9450, so id say get that. I have an EVGA 780i motherboard for it and works fine

[Hybrid]

Q6600 is the best power for your money.

[culexor]

Originally Posted by joojoojuice

cause more cores = better, right?!

not necessarily, there are still several programs that are better with dual core because they weren't written to take advantage of 4 cores. but there's hardly a difference in a situation like that.

[krackhead]

Originally Posted by Hybrid

Q6600 is the best power for your money.

mind explaining more?

[Nick5020]

Originally Posted by krackhead

mind explaining more?

The q6600 is a rather good choice because it is cheap and easy to overclock. You can get the q6600 for roughly $200. On proper air cooling you can overclock it to 3.2ghz. But if you do get this make sure it has g0 stepping so it will run a bit cooler.

[Emopingsexy]

9450>6600 although the 6600 has a higher multiplier 9450 is 45nm and a 12mb cache and kills the 6600.

[krackhead]

are there any other quad core that you guy would recommend?

[McKshmackums]

If you're gonna get a quad, get a q9450. If you're using it for gaming though I'd recommend getting a fast dual core instead, like an e8400 or e8500.

[Haruk]

I got a q6600 and easily overclocked it to 3.4 ghz on air and its really cheap

[Dieselluvr0991]

if you want to overclock it the q6600 overclocks better stated by many
i went ahead and bought the 9450 when i had to decide....

[krackhead]

Originally Posted by McKshmackums

If you're gonna get a quad, get a q9450. If you're using it for gaming though I'd recommend getting a fast dual core instead, like an e8400 or e8500.

i thought having a quad core is better for gaming? why is a dual core better for gaming?

[Hybrid]

Originally Posted by Emopingsexy

9450>6600 although the 6600 has a higher multiplier 9450 is 45nm and a 12mb cache and kills the 6600.

Keep in mind that the Q9450 is almost 2x the price and is only 0.26 Ghz more.

Q6600 Advantages: 8 Mb Cache, can get it for about 175$, Easy to overclock (good multiplier)
Q6600 Disadvantages: 65nm (not bad, but so far best is 45nm)

[krackhead]

can you also overclock the Q9450?

[Lebsta]

Go with AMD man, cheaper and better. Those processors are like $200+, you can get a better AMD for under $200. Or even get a Phenom 9950 Black Edition for only $240 which is a quad-core that has no over-clocking limits. Switch to AMD and get an AMD 780G chipset, then you can crossfire ATI cards without any adapters like nVidia, i have an ATI 2600XT thats all the Games for Windows games with no lag and no freezing. I run them with full anti-aliasing. I only have a AMD 4600+ with a 2600XT and I can play all those. Think of it with an AMD Phenom 9950 X4! Go to AMD, cheaper+better.

This is what you should do
AMD 780G - Find a motherboard with that chipset, make sure you have CrossfireX if your planning to run two 3650s at the same time
AMD 6400+ Black Edition
ATI 3650 512 MB

[krackhead]

I like Intel better. I recently upgrade from an ATI graphic card to a Nvidia 9800 GX2. My Processor right now is an AMD dual core. It sucks so i want to upgrade to a quad core. I prefer an intel quad.

[Lebsta]

Originally Posted by krackhead

My Processor right now is an AMD dual core.

And which model do you have because I have the 4600+ and it operates amazingly. I use Windows Vista Ultimate, that's the most it'll come to when it comes to hardware if you know what I mean. You must have a very old model, because my 4600 runs better than average.

[armman]

Q9450 is better.