shadow1100mfp Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 i'm trying to decide between these 2 cpu's http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...p?EdpNo=2643933 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...p?EdpNo=3574211 i'm leaning towards the quad just because it's a quad core and its so cheap, but im also leaning towards the dual because it's a little faster and it doesn't seem to have that "too good to be true" feel to it. i don't plan on overclocking my computer at all, but i may dabble in that later (the quad, according to the video on that sight, can be overclocked to about 3.2ghz, i don't know about the other one though). can anyone offer advice or pros/cons to either of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 the quad core will be overall faster if you run programs that take advantage of 4 cores many games don't if your in for gaming, go with the dual core and overclock it, you will get much better performance than with a quad core but if you use programs like maya or 3ds max or other professional apps the go with the quad core the dual 8400 also overclocks better than the q6600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow1100mfp Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 the quad core will be overall faster if you run programs that take advantage of 4 cores many games don't if your in for gaming, go with the dual core and overclock it, you will get much better performance than with a quad core but if you use programs like maya or 3ds max or other professional apps the go with the quad core the dual 8400 also overclocks better than the q6600 i play games once in a while, but that's a secondary concern for me (i just want to build a good, quality very fast computer). the most demanding program i use is photoshop (it's the top edition adobe sells). i know that'd be best on quad core, but if i went with the dual, would i be overall more satisfied? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 The quad core will be faster because it has 8MB of shared cache Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I'd get the Quad core myself, your going to see more real world gain having 4 cores compared to 2 slightly faster cores. The FSB of the 8400 is slightly faster but again, in the real world you would probally not see much gain from this alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarchyPizza Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I would go with the Quad so you're somewhat future proof I guess you could say for any apps you may want to run but are heavy on the CPU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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