E6600 --> Q6600

[Gustave5436]

overclock the q6600 to e8400 speeds... sure.. stock. you can get the e8400 up past 4ghz no problem. do that with a q6600 (for 24/7 with hardly an vcore increase)

Get an E8400 past 4 ghz on a motherboard that was released before C2D, one which as I said I'm not even sure if it supports 45nm processors. IIRC many people get stuck around 380 FSB or so, which isn't much room for overclocking an E8400.

 

[nOcLuE98]

I run my q6600 at 3.6ghz 24/7 and i'm willing to put money on it that i get way more performance from that than i would from a 4ghz e8400. If you do any sort of multitasking, a q6600 is going to blow away a dual core. And games are only going to start using multicores more and more.

well yeah, but that wasnt the argument. I totally agree with you though.

Get an E8400 past 4 ghz on a motherboard that was released before C2D, one which as I said I'm not even sure if it supports 45nm processors. IIRC many people get stuck around 380 FSB or so, which isn't much room for overclocking an E8400.

the p35 with a bios update does. and you didnt specify if you could use an x38 or not. so i was going on the idea that any board, with the e8400