Looking to replace the Q6600.

trickson · Dec 18, 2008

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...mList=N82E16819115043,N82E16819115041&bop=And

I hope the link works .
I am looking to maybe replace my Q6600 with one of the 2 CPU's I have linked you to what would be the one that will give the best bang for the buck ?

lollerskater69 · Dec 18, 2008

The q9300 and q6600 have identical performance.

If you looking for an upgrade, go with the Q9550.

J-Man · Dec 18, 2008

Q9300 is like a downgrade to a Q6600.

Get the Q9550.

Don't use thermal paste, make sure you use vegetable oil.

ShadowFold · Dec 18, 2008

Q9550 would be the only reasonable choice. Not that it really is to begin with.. The Q9300 is a terrible OC'er. If I were you I would just stick with the Q6600, its still a monster.

trickson · Dec 18, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Q9550 would be the only reasonable choice. Not that it really is to begin with.. The Q9300 is a terrible OC'er. If I were you I would just stick with the Q6600, its still a monster.

Well I think I have taped just about every thing possible out of the Q6600 and well as you may know more is better and the Q9550 is a nice CPU and I can get more out of it than I can out of the Q6600 .
But I don't know ...

ShadowFold · Dec 18, 2008

trickson said:
Well I think I have taped just about every thing possible out of the Q6600 and well as you may know more is better and the Q9550 is a nice CPU and I can get more out of it than I can out of the Q6600 .
But I don't know ...

If you got the money and can pay it all easily do it. If you are having financial troubles don't. That's my advice

kid41212003 · Dec 18, 2008

Q6600 to Q9550 is not exactly an upgrade.
You should just buy another VGA card, and SLI them.

It would give you alot more FSP, than Q9550 at 4GHz.

Haytch · Dec 18, 2008

The Q6600 is far better then the Q9550. These boys are right, stick with the Q6600 till its time to properly upgrade. Q9300 sucks.

If your constantly at 3.6Ghz with 100% stability now, going to the Q9550 would just be a waste of money.
Please note, that your system will need a better PSU at one stage or another, esp. if you take the second gfx card option.

The Rocketfish 700w is really a Huntkey Titan 650w (HK650-52PEP)

lollerskater69 · Dec 18, 2008

J-Man said:
Q9300 is like a downgrade to a Q6600.

Get the Q9550.

Don't use thermal paste, make sure you use vegetable oil.

Thats good advice. This man knows what he is talking about. =)

trickson · Dec 18, 2008

OK well you all make a valid point and well maybe I should just stick with the Q6600 then .
Thank you all .

[I.R.A]_FBi · Dec 18, 2008

q9650

J-Man · Dec 18, 2008

When I get my Core i7 920, I'm gonna use vegetable oil.

newtekie1 · Dec 18, 2008

J-Man said:
Don't use thermal paste, make sure you use vegetable oil.

Stop spreading that BS, please. Yes, it performs better than most thermal pastes in the short term. However, there is a reason people don't use it. It has been around for years after all, it isn't like this is some new discovery.

There are 2 main problems with Vegetable Oil as a TIM.
1.) It runs. So is slowly will run out from between the heatsink and the processor.
2.) It goes rancid. So it starts to smell, and it begin to mold over. Neither of which people generally consider good things to happen in a computer.

trickson · Dec 18, 2008

So if I do get the Q9550 I would see a performance boost right even at stock speed I should see some improvement and when over clocked it should be big right ?

ShadowFold · Dec 18, 2008

trickson said:
So if I do get the Q9550 I would see a performance boost right even at stock speed I should see some improvement and when over clocked it should be big right ?

You might. I noticed a bit of a speed boost going from a E2200 to a E7200. Going from a 4200+ to a E2200 tho.. Not so much.

trickson · Dec 18, 2008

ShadowFold said:
You might. I noticed a bit of a speed boost going from a E2200 to a E7200. Going from a 4200+ to a E2200 tho.. Not so much.

HHMM interesting ...

lollerskater69 · Dec 18, 2008

newtekie1 said:
Stop spreading that BS, please. Yes, it performs better than most thermal pastes in the short term. However, there is a reason people don't use it. It has been around for years after all, it isn't like this is some new discovery.

There are 2 main problems with Vegetable Oil as a TIM.
1.) It runs. So is slowly will run out from between the heatsink and the processor.
2.) It goes rancid. So it starts to smell, and it begin to mold over. Neither of which people generally consider good things to happen in a computer.

I have my tower upward and it hasn't leaked out, nether has my brothers.

And no I haven't heard of people using veggie oil as TIM until I showed you guys. BUT, if someone did use it, congrats to them.

trickson · Dec 18, 2008

lollerskater69 said:
I have my tower upward and it hasn't leaked out, nether has my brothers.

And no I haven't heard of people using veggie oil as TIM until I showed you guys. BUT, if someone did use it, congrats to them.

Thanks any ways but I think I will be sticking to AS5

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G-wiz · Dec 18, 2008

yea i'm using vetable oil as we speak it keeps my athlon 3800+ X2 OC from 2.0 to 2.35 28C idle and 38 load

Wile E · Dec 18, 2008

I had a Q6600 before this that I ran at 3.6Ghz 24/7, then I got my Yorkfield. Even at the same clock speed it's faster, with the added benefit of being able to clock 600Mhz higher for benching.

One thing you must consider with the 9550, it would take 423fsb to hit 3600 and 470 fsb to hit 4GHz. make sure you know what your board is capable of.

Haytch · Dec 18, 2008

ROFL, Veggie oil, why not something a little more CRUDE. Hell is that why America went into Kuwait ? I would never substitute decent quality thermal paste for something assured to eventually kill my pc. Noctua's NT-H1 can be spread on by a 4 year old. Who sends you need to stick to the $8us budget, why not go all out and get proper thermal paste.

Are you the guy that runs his pc in a bucket of oil ?

kid41212003 · Dec 18, 2008

When your CPU reach a certain speed, more MHz won't give you many FPS.
Seriously, If I was you, I would buy a second GTX260.

Wile E · Dec 18, 2008

G-wiz said:
yea i'm using vetable oil as we speak it keeps my athlon 3800+ X2 OC from 2.0 to 2.35 28C idle and 38 load

So? Mine did that with the stock cooler and TIM.

lollerskater69 · Dec 18, 2008

Wile E said:
So? Mine did that with the stock cooler and TIM.

show us your temps.

trickson · Dec 18, 2008

OK enough with the vegetable oil I use AS5 and that will never change .
Hwever I am still looking for more advice on this I am tourn , I can not get any more from this Q6600 and am looking for a CPU that can reach 4GHz like most people have .

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Motherboard	Asus TUF X570 Gaming Plus
Cooling	Noctua
Memory	Gskill RipJaws 3466MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF 1650 Super Clocked.
Storage	CB 1T M.2 Drive.
Display(s)	73" Soney 4K.
Case	Antech LanAir Pro.
Audio Device(s)	Denon AVR-S750H
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Mouse	Optical
Keyboard	K120 Logitech
Software	Windows 10 64 bit Home OEM

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Memory	4GB DDR2 OCZ @ 1066MHz 2.1V
Video Card(s)	HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 800 on core, 1000 on memory (overclocked in CCC)
Storage	500GB Maxtor Diamondmax 22 SATA II 32MB Cache
Display(s)	Samsung 24" SM245B
Case	SilverStone TJ07 black/windowed version
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty + Logitech Z-5500
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Modular
Software	Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Retail

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Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
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Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
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Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

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Processor	AMD Ryzen7 3700X
Motherboard	Asus TUF X570 Gaming Plus
Cooling	Noctua
Memory	Gskill RipJaws 3466MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF 1650 Super Clocked.
Storage	CB 1T M.2 Drive.
Display(s)	73" Soney 4K.
Case	Antech LanAir Pro.
Audio Device(s)	Denon AVR-S750H
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Mouse	Optical
Keyboard	K120 Logitech
Software	Windows 10 64 bit Home OEM

System Name	_Speedforce_ (Successor to Strike-X, 4LI3NBR33D-H, Core-iH7 & Nemesis-H)
Processor	Intel Core i9 7980XE (Lapped) @ 5.2Ghz With XSPC Raystorm (Lapped)
Motherboard	Asus Rampage VI Extreme (XSPC Watercooled) - Custom Heatsinks (Lapped)
Cooling	XSPC Custom Water Cooling + Custom Air Cooling (From Delta 220's TFB1212GHE to Spal 30101504&5)
Memory	8x 8Gb G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4266MHz @ 4667Mhz (2x F4-4266C17Q-32GTZR)
Video Card(s)	3x Asus GTX1080 Ti (Lapped) With Customised EK Waterblock (Lapped) + Custom heatsinks (Lapped)
Storage	1x Samsung 970 EVO 2TB - 2280 (Hyper M.2 x16 Card), 7x Samsung 860 Pro 4Tb
Display(s)	6x Asus ROG Swift PG348Q
Case	Aerocool Strike X (Modified)
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 & Aurvana XFi Headphones
Power Supply	2x Corsair AX1500i With Custom Sheilding, Custom Switching Unit. Braided Cables.
Mouse	Razer Copperhead + R.A.T 9
Keyboard	Ideazon Zboard + Optimus Maximus. Logitech G13.
Software	w10 Pro x64.
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Processor	C2Q6600 @ 1.6 GHz
Motherboard	Anus PQ5
Cooling	ACFPro
Memory	GEiL2 x 1 GB PC2 6400
Video Card(s)	MSi 4830 (RIP)
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB Perpendicular Recording
Display(s)	Dell 17'
Case	El Cheepo
Audio Device(s)	7.1 Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Software	MCE2K5

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
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Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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Processor	Phenom II X3 720BE @ 33501Ghz
Motherboard	MSI 790FX GD70
Cooling	Cooler Master V8
Memory	4GB Patriot Viper DDR3 1333@ 1400Mhz
Video Card(s)	2 XFX 4850 512MB Crossfire X
Storage	2 sata 160 GB
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Case	COOLER MASTER Centurion 590
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Power Supply	Corsair TX 850Watt PSU
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Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
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Case	Technofront Bench Station
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