new Q6600 Quad Core CPU or
8gb PC2-6400 quad kit?
both are coming in around the same dosh..
Depends - what CPU/memory have you got at the moment?
he has e6600 and pc 8500 ocz 4x 1gb sli
same socket as mine lga 775 and to be honest the q6600 is the best for that socket as theres nothing more powerful.
Maybe the qx6700/ qx6800 were i think more powerful but they are rare and still expensive often with no warranty.
Quote from: GhostMjr;295893he has e6600 and pc 8500 ocz 4x 1gb sli
same socket as mine lga 775 and to be honest the q6600 is the best for that socket as theres nothing more powerful.
Maybe the qx6700/ qx6800 were i think more powerful but they are rare and still expensive often with no warranty.
Yeah, with that setup, I'd go with the processor too. :)
cheers fellas.. I'm thinking the CPU's a better option..
I guess it depends on how much RAM your normal usage consumes. I'd *guess* the CPU would be the better option though. I've got 8GB RAM in my machine simply because sometimes, when playing WoW on Vista/Windows 7, i'd max out the 4GB I had at the time. With 8GB, I never seem to use more than about 4.5/5GB of it, but had to get 8 to keep it all matched nicely.
Outside of WoW, i've never seen anything push me over 4GB. CoD4 with all settings maxed out, even Crysis with everything turned up quite high, no probs at all. Unless you're doing hires photo or video editing, CPU is almost certainly your best bet.
I dunno... I'd get a little extra reasonably priced ram myself, or put it in the bank for the next upgrade!
I chose a q6600 when they 1st became cheaper (300ish?) and paired it with 4gb of reasonably priced ram. Not sure *any* apps i have use all 4 cores, let alone just 2 of them, but i'm ever hopeful! :-)
Really? WoW, Dragon Age: Origins, CoD4. All of these I see using a fair whack of CPU across all 4 of my cores when gaming. It probably also helps because I run extra apps while gaming - IRC, TweetDeck, MSN, iTunes etc etc, and they can all use other cores leaving 1 or 2 to pretty much be used solely by the game (If the core allocation stuff in Windows is doing it's job right).
I'd go with neither. Wait till after christmas and pick up a processor when the price drops. This time of year it's better to wait. Especially as that new ram wouldn't be compatible with new computers and the CPU you're considering is a dead end chipset wise (I've got one with 4GB ram, my next upgrade will be i7 or i5 with DDR 3 when the price is right).
went for the 6600