E6850 or Q6700?

[mmx]

Its for an office use: word, excel, quickbooks, outlook, scanning devices, adobe pdf's - all simultaneous.

Is it worth goin quad core?

 

[trOver]

most def

 

[Gerbil333]

Uhm, why get a Q6700 for office apps when you can get a Q6600 for half the price???

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Gerbil333
Uhm, why get a Q6700 for office apps when you can get a Q6600 for half the price???

Because it's a tax deductible "business expense", and it's faster than the Q6600, and won't need to be overclocked, then verified that the overclock is stable.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: mmx
Its for an office use: word, excel, quickbooks, outlook, scanning devices, adobe pdf's - all simultaneous.

Is it worth goin quad core?

How can you use all of these programs simultaneously? Just because they are all open simultaneously doesn't mean you're using the processor resources with each of them simultaneously, especially with these programs, since they each generally require interactivity. Unless you're using heavy cpu resources with programs that take advantage of multicores, like video encoding and some gaming etc., two cores is enough while four is generally a waste imo.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: Gerbil333
Uhm, why get a Q6700 for office apps when you can get a Q6600 for half the price???

Because it's a tax deductible "business expense", and it's faster than the Q6600, and won't need to be overclocked, then verified that the overclock is stable.

2.4Ghz and 2.66Ghz dont matter much...

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
2.4Ghz and 2.66Ghz dont matter much...

Okay, then drop that Opteron down to 2.23 Ghz, and drop that 3060 down to 3.33 Ghz, then report back.

MMX, you don't need a quad. You'd almost definitely be happier with a 3.0 Ghz E6850, even though an E6550 would be fast enough for your stated uses.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: Gerbil333
Uhm, why get a Q6700 for office apps when you can get a Q6600 for half the price???

Because it's a tax deductible "business expense", and it's faster than the Q6600, and won't need to be overclocked, then verified that the overclock is stable.

And for that matter, if you're self employed and using a 25% tax rate, you're only saving 25% of the net cost as a tax writeoff, which still nets $200 more out of your pocket for a 2.66ghz vs. a 2.4ghz.

Personally tho I don't have much use for 4 processors either, and have an insatiable need for speed, and would go with the 3.0ghz e6850 for $280 (better yet, wait a month and get the e8500 3.16ghz/6mb cache for the same price .)

 

[j0j081]

Originally posted by: trOver
most def

YEAH. GOOD ADVICE MOMO.

 

[mmx]

is it really a month?

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: mmx
Its for an office use: word, excel, quickbooks, outlook, scanning devices, adobe pdf's - all simultaneous.

Is it worth goin quad core?

No.

 

[Acanthus]

Youd be lucky to max out a single core pentium 4 with that usage.

No, you dont need quad core.