CPU/Mobo CPU? E8400 or Q6600

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First of all i want to ask-Is the Best of Core2Duo lesser in some or all ways than the Least of Core2Quad?

Cos i have heard many sayin that no matter how good a Core 2 Duo may be but Quad is Quad.

A person has E8400 (stock 3.00Ghz) ocd to 4.2 Ghz.
Its FSB is 1333 and L2 Cache is 6MB

And Q6600 is only 2.4Ghz at stock(i don't know how much it could be overclocked)
Its FSB also is only 1066 and L2 Cache is 8MB

Some says Quads have got RAW POWER which can handle processing easily.

My Vendor says that according to Intel's Comparison Chart Q6600 is 49% faster than E8400 in 3D rendering(which's my field-n- requirment)

Plus all that 65 or 45 nm difference having effecting the Heat emission and Power consumption

Guyz please tell me which one amongst these 2 is better and in which ways.
 
A Q6600 can be OC'd to 3.6G with a decent aftermarket cooler;

So if ur requirement as u say is 3d rendering, why do u have a 2nd thought then??

Get a Q6600;

Or if u've 2k dough more to shell out, get the 45nm Q9300; :)

Ur budget's instrumental in taking a wise decision; ;)
 
3D rendering..... Q6600
Gaming ........... E8400

Mobo: P35 based

I dont agree with gannu in that I think the Q9300 isnt worth the extra 2k. Spend it instead on a god aftermarket cooler. Can easily get 3.6ghz.
 
E8400 is not worth the price , better get E7200 if u want dual core coz it overclocks almost same as E8400 and the 3Mb cache doesnt make singnificant difference , if u want quad core then get Q6600 , it can be OCed to 3.6 ghz around , if u have a little more budget then get Q9450 . it will overclock to 3.5-3.7 Ghz and is 5-10 % faster than Q6600 clock to clock , Q9450 at 3.6 ghz gives equivalent performance to Q6600 @ 3.9 GHz . :)
 
manuvikram007 said:
@roboghost
Is that ur personal exp or just an assumptiton???
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i tested it using benchmarks as i had both Q6600 and Q9450 , also u can find reviews comparing that , Q9450 has SSE4 and 12 mb cache and higher memory bandwidth so it gives better clock to clock performance , also it consumes less power and heats lesser than Q6600 :)
 
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