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Aug 21^st, 2010 at 9:56am

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currently I run a core 2 duo E8500, unsure whether to upgrade to a core 2 quad Q6600. I dont want any "you should buy these" kind of answers, just responses to this particular hardware setup.

Core 2 Duo E8500 3gb, Gigabyte S-Series mainboard, Sapphire HD5870 Vapor X 1gb GRaphics card, 4GB pc8500

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Reply #1 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 12:51pm

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If it's strictly for gaming and those games don't utilize the extra cores then keep what you have.

Food for thought:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252232-28-q6600-e8500-benchmarks-only

Hope this helps.

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Reply #2 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 3:49am

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coreservers wrote on Aug 21^st, 2010 at 9:56am:

currently I run a core 2 duo E8500, unsure whether to upgrade to a core 2 quad Q6600. I dont want any "you should buy these" kind of answers, just responses to this particular hardware setup.

First off whats your motherboard?

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Reply #3 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 4:50am

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No, keep the E8500. Better yet, overclock it to >4.0ghz

Or get an i7.

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