I currently have the E6600 overclocked nicely to 3.2GHz, and I've been quite happy with it, though now I'm a bit concerned that it may begin bottlenecking my gaming performance as I move to a newer GPU.
Processors I've been looking at to replace it are the E8400 and Q6600
The E8400 has a stock speed almost equal to my current overclock, and a larger cache, so assuming I can overclock it a bit, it will outperform my current CPU in frequency.
The Q6600 has the same stock speed as my current chip, and assuming it overcolocks just as well, would have the same OC frequency, but has 4 cores over 2.
How are the benefits of these two choices going to impact the performance of my PC in gaming and everyday use? Are either going to be an improvement enough to prevent bottlenecking or justify cost?
I've also had my eye on the Q9550 Yorkfield, but at twice the cost, I have my doubts that the performance increase over the Q6600 Kentsfield would be worth it... any opinions of how they compare?
Or should I just wait for High-K?
Processors I've been looking at to replace it are the E8400 and Q6600
The E8400 has a stock speed almost equal to my current overclock, and a larger cache, so assuming I can overclock it a bit, it will outperform my current CPU in frequency.
The Q6600 has the same stock speed as my current chip, and assuming it overcolocks just as well, would have the same OC frequency, but has 4 cores over 2.
How are the benefits of these two choices going to impact the performance of my PC in gaming and everyday use? Are either going to be an improvement enough to prevent bottlenecking or justify cost?
I've also had my eye on the Q9550 Yorkfield, but at twice the cost, I have my doubts that the performance increase over the Q6600 Kentsfield would be worth it... any opinions of how they compare?
Or should I just wait for High-K?