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December 23rd, 2008, 08:51 PM

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FSB or memory?

Since few weeks, I'm looking for a desktop computer at dell.com.
I would like to know what is the best choice between:

Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q6600 (8MB L2, 2.4GHz, 1066FSB)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.0GHz, 6M, L2Cache, 1333FSB)

I know that the first one is a Quad core, but the second one has a greater FSB.

I would like to play video games, such as Crysis without any lag or problems.

Would you recommends me a core more than another?

Please answer me!

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December 29th, 2008, 07:31 PM

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What model? Vid card, ram? My xps630 will be in on the 6th. Only thing ill be updating right off the bat is getting 4 or 8 gig of ram. Ill also be playing some Crysis and from other forums i hope ill get 30-40 fps with reasonable resolution. The thing i went for was the biggest cpu without going extreme. Heres the specs

1066/1333MHz FSB, NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI Chipset
Intel® Core™2 Q9550 (12MB,2.83GHz, 1333FSB)
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 DIMMs
500GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
nVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512MB

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February 2nd, 2009, 12:16 AM

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Well, I'm not sure whether or not you made your purchase yet, but I'd personally go for the Q6600. Those processors overclock great, and with stock cooling you should be able to get close to 3Ghz, and with a decent aftermarket cooler, around 3.6Ghz.

Plus a lot of newer games are being optimized for quad cores (GTA4 is a good example). Either way, both processors are a great deal, so I'm sure you'll be happy either way.

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