Q6600, E6750, E6600

[jazzyb]

Hi All,
I am planning to upgrade my computer CPU. I have E6600 and have two options for upgrade i.e. E6750 and Q6600. My motherboard is ABIT IP35 Pro.

I generally use computer for games and little bit of office work.

Please suggest.

Thanks.

 

[myocardia]

Welcome to anandtech. Why not overclock your E6600? It will overclock to a much higher speed than the E6750's stock speed, for much less money (since you already own it).

 

[jazzyb]

Thanks. But what about the FSB speed difference. E6750 is at 1333. Does it really make a difference in overall speed?

 

[MooMooCow]

Originally posted by: jazzyb
Thanks. But what about the FSB speed difference. E6750 is at 1333. Does it really make a difference in overall speed?

The difference is minute. Certainly not worth buying another processor.

 

[jazzyb]

I think you are right. But what about Q6600. Will it make any difference?

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: jazzyb

I generally use computer for games and little bit of office work.

Please suggest.

Thanks.

I suggest changing nothing. OC that E6600.

The quad wouldn't hurt i suppose, but i suspect the gain in games will be relatively small, though there are games coming that should be a bit better with quads.

 

[tigersty1e]

You already have a fast CPU.

Just overclock that or use it for now until the next crop of processors come out.

 

[jjmIII]

Raise your FSB to 333 to get a nice 3ghz (e6850 w/o the 4mb cache).

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: jjmIII
Raise your FSB to 333 to get a nice 3ghz (e6850 w/o the 4mb cache).

E6600 is 4 MB L2.

And most E6600s will do over 3 GHz w/ good cooling too

 

[jazzyb]

Thanks. Then I will stay with my E6600 for now and overclock it to 3GHz.

My cooler is Zalman CNPS9700LED. Will this be enough for cooling E6600 at 3GHz or I will have to invest in some other cooler? And I hope ABIT IP35 Pro can give me stable oveclocks. Because P5N32-E SLI (My previous board) was very fussy, Always giving me booting problems. I even upgraded the BIOS.

 

[MooMooCow]

9700 will be able to get you 3 GHZ.

 

[myocardia]

A CNPS9700 will keep your E6600 ice cold at 3 Ghz.

 

[RaptureMe]

Or if your really brave you could padmod your 6600 and get a much higher overclock!!
Its not all that hard and it would be like upgrading from a E6600 to a E6650.

 

[jazzyb]

Is there really a way to do that?

 

[PCTC2]

Originally posted by: RaptureMe
Or if your really brave you could padmod your 6600 and get a much higher overclock!!
Its not all that hard and it would be like upgrading from a E6600 to a E6650.

pin-modding/pad modding.

you need to connect the BSEL "pins" using a conductive substance to default to the 3.0GHz E6850 (333*9). Theoretically it will get you a higher overclock b/c it will relax the chipset timings.

But without the pin-mod, i'd still expect you to get to 3.3GHz (366.67*9).

 

[hans007]

unless you really have a desire to set money on fire, i would just stick with what you have.

 

[jmmtn4aj]

Originally posted by: jazzyb
Thanks. But what about the FSB speed difference. E6750 is at 1333. Does it really make a difference in overall speed?

By overclocking you also bump up the FSB, unless you overclock by raising the multiplier, which isn't possible since the E6600 doesn't have unlocked multis.

 

[Mario2k]

I just ordered my new intel platform , P5K-E + C2D 6750
I wonder how much OC I can expect with C2D 6750 ??
with memory Crucial 1066MHz
I guess 8x450MHz should be an average standard ? if I'm wrong
please feel free to correct me
by the way , CPU will be cooled by WC

*****Update*******

Now Everything is Clear

CPU is perfectly stable working 8x453MHz it means 3624MHz
Ram Crucial BallistiX PC6400 CL-4-4-4-12 543MHz it means 1086
All tested over 2 hours in Orthos .
I'm very glad for bought my first Intel after six years using of AMD .
only one problem is voltage of CPU , it need 1.525 Vcore for stable working .
Max temperatures on stress is 62'C