Q6600 CPU upgrade

[LOUISSSSS]

I WANT MORE SPEED, i can get a good employee discount from www.globalcomputer.com and i want to OC my q6600 MORE! I've had it at 3.915ghz before @ 1.5vCore. It was stable enough to pass 4 hours of OCCT. I didn't test any further. Currently i'm running at 3.6ghz and 1.3vCore

I have 2 x triple radiators and a Swiftech GTZ CPU block, i think i'm good on the cooling department

my MB is the Gigabyte EP45-UD3R, which has been fairly problemless so far and i know the bios very well.

Now my question isis the Q9505 (http://www.globalcomputer.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5344783&sku=I69-Q9505) worth $210 (or so, i'll need to verify the prices tomorrow)

 

[spinejam]

3.6 on a q6600 is still very fast system -- imo, you'd be better off getting a new ssd and / or a videocard to boost your computing experience.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

3.6 on a q6600 is still very fast system -- imo, you'd be better off getting a new ssd and / or a videocard to boost your computing experience.

you're right, but while i'm making that SSD thread now, is $200 worth the upgrade price to the Q9505s? and whats the diff between that and the Q9550 and Q9550s?

 

[alyarb]

the Q9550 has 12MB and is rated at 95 watts. the Q9505S has 6MB and is rated at 65 watts. very little documentation about the Q9505S exists in the overclocking community but i don't see why it couldn't do 4 ghz. It can do at least 3.7 Ghz which would be about as fast as a kentsfield at 4.0.

should be able to get about $150 for the Q6600 if you sell it.

 

[Acanthus]

You wont get a decent boost for any CPU on that mobo

I'm sitting on my hands for 32nm i7s.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

so are you guys saying its IDIOTIC to upgrade a 3.6 stable Q6600 to a Q9505s?

 

[Markfw]

I think so.

 

[Spikesoldier]

i would pass on anything lga775 now. i would switch platforms if you want more performance.

 

[aclim]

I would pass as well man. Save your bones for ssds and if you game a better vid card.

 

[alyarb]

you should be able to get $350 for your CPU/board/RAM.

so technically moving to i5 should only cost about $100.

 

[fffblackmage]

I don't think you'll see a $210-worth performance bump from a Q6600 @ 3.6GHz to another LGA775 quad core. Now if you were still on a dual core, then maybe.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yeah, stick with the Q6600.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Terrible idea. It is still very fast. A fast SSD or a major GPU upgrade would be 100x better. That 8800gt is extremely slow compared to a Q6600 @ 3.6ghz. Hell, an 8800gt bottlenecks the Q6600 at stock. The 8800GTX/GTS OC was a good enough match at the time. At your current speed, a 5870 would be perfect.

Scary that people are getting bored with their C2Q's @ 3.6ghz lately. If anything, the CPU is still the FASTEST relative component in the build.

 

[Acanthus]

Terrible idea. It is still very fast. A fast SSD or a major GPU upgrade would be 100x better. That 8800gt is extremely slow compared to a Q6600 @ 3.6ghz. Hell, an 8800gt bottlenecks the Q6600 at stock. The 8800GTX/GTS OC was a good enough match at the time. At your current speed, a 5870 would be perfect.

Scary that people are getting bored with their C2Q's @ 3.6ghz lately. If anything, the CPU is still the FASTEST relative component in the build.

Intel/AMD haven't had a real speed bump in a while.

 

[Gillbot]

I think so.

agreed, unless you feel the need to.

 

[happy medium]

Unless you buy a used 9550 (about 200$) and sell the q6600 for 150$.
The extra cache ,lower heat, and possible 4.0 might be worth 50$?
Yes, if you game buy a faster video card first.

 

[hclarkjr]

LOUISSSSS, i just did what you are thinking about doing but i changed motherboards also. i went from a gigabyte P35-DS3L to a EP45-DQ6 along with a Q9450. I have a better video card than you though. to me, it was worth the upgrade. i am running the 9450 at the same speed as i ran my 6600 at but via different methods, i used 356X9 for my 6600 and with the DQ6 and 9450 I am using 400X8. there is a noticeable difference to me.

 

[StinkyPinky]

I don't plan to upgrade my Q6600 even this year. It's still easily fast enough. This year I plan to get a 128/160gb ssd and a blu-ray drive.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

okay fine no CPU upgrade unless mine dies, Whats was the absolute best recent price on the Intel X25 160gb SSD?

and btw, is this the latest/best one? http://www.globalcomputer.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5256783&CatId=4216

Whats the diff between the Intel black one and the silver one?

 

[Markfw]

I thought the OCZ Vertex series was the fastest ???

 

[aclim]

I thought the OCZ Vertex series was the fastest ???

Its almost a toss up between the two.

OCZ is going be releasing their Vertex 2 in March so be on the watch for that.

Last I heard Intel is not going to be releasing their new ones until the fall

 

[soccerballtux]

okay fine no CPU upgrade unless mine dies, Whats was the absolute best recent price on the Intel X25 160gb SSD?

and btw, is this the latest/best one? http://www.globalcomputer.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5256783&CatId=4216

Whats the diff between the Intel black one and the silver one?

Can you upgrade to 8GB RAM? I guess that wouldn't make too much sense shelling out for DDR2. I find everything opens so fast with 8GB (due to precaching) that I just am not able to justify ever buying an SSD. Game data loading is almost always sequential, for example-- which harddrives excel at.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

unused ram is wasted ram, i'm at 1.75gb idle usage now

 

[soccerballtux]

unused ram is wasted ram, i'm at 1.75gb idle usage now

Upgrade to Vista or 7? precaching loads programs into RAM so they open instantly. More ram the better; this is why Firefox and other large apps like PSPICE open immediately (on my machine).

 

[MrK6]

Um, upgrade the 8800GT? SSD's are a waste of money unless you're already sitting on an i5/i7 quad core and at least a HD 5850.