q6600 or E6850.. for a Web Developer

[thanashyam]

The applications I will be running mostly include
Zend Studio (Java App)
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Adobe Photoshop
Firefox 2 always open with 12-25 Tabs.
IE, Opera, Safari ( Need to test a lot for cross browser compatibility)
A Few messengers always open.
FTP Client - FlashFXP
VMWare

Most of the time, I have all these apps running together. So which processor can I go for?
Q6600 or E6850. I am not interested in overclocking anything.

 

[HopJokey]

I vote Q6600. I think the more cores would outweigh the 600Mhz difference with all the processes you have running.

 

[Idontcare]

Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe Photoshop will enjoy the multi-cores.

2 cores is likely plenty for your needs though.

Once you have >1 core in your system (providing your OS with that snappy feeling) the only compelling reason to move to >2 cores is if you are doing something that actually saturates those 2 cores.

Don't confuse multi-tasking with CPU utlization. Get more ram if you multi-task a lot (to support more apps open without hitting the pagefile at hard-drive speeds).

Only get the quad if you do some stuff with Adobe or Dreamweaver where your CPU utilization is pegged at 100%.

(I have a quad and all four cores are pegged at 100%, if I didn't need the 4 cores then I'd be taking my own advice here and buying a dual-core too)

 

[myocardia]

Using both Dreamweaver and Photoshop, you'll definitely enjoy having the Q6600. Just don't be surprised when the Intel heatsink wasn't anywhere near enough to keep it cool, even at stock speeds.

 

[Denithor]

e6750 and save the $85 toward a faster/cooler Penryn quad mid/late next year (very cheap upgrade if you also resell the e6750 then).

 

[trOver]

4gb ram w/ 64bit ftw

 

[badnewcastle]

Originally posted by: Denithor
e6750 and save the $85 toward a faster/cooler Penryn quad mid/late next year (very cheap upgrade if you also resell the e6750 then).

Well put.

Also, I have e6750 and run all kinds of apps at the same time and no problem... from games to photoshop and of course lots of tabs open in firefox...

 

[thanashyam]

Thanks a lot everyone for your inputs.

Bought Core 2 Quad Q6600 with 3GB RAM..

 

[hans007]

because of photoshop and vmware probably the q6600.

all that other stuff it probably doesnt matter what cpu you buy as long as its a core 2 of some sort.

get 4gb of ram for vmware if you plan to VM vista premium or higher.

its slow in vmware even if you run vista basic with everything turned off.

 

[wwswimming]

http://processorfinder.intel.c...tails.aspx?sSpec=SLA9U

the E6850 consumes approx. 65 watts

the Q6600 consumes approx. 95 watts

they're both very fast.

 

[wwswimming]

http://processorfinder.intel.c...tails.aspx?sSpec=SLA9U

the E6850 consumes approx. 65 watts

the Q6600 consumes approx. 95 watts

they're both very fast.

 

[thanashyam]

I using VM for Win XP , 2000, 98 and Linux (FC7 and Ubuntu). Everything seems to be pretty good. Nothing seems to be slow, when Running Zend Development Environment, Firefox, IE7 and VM with one of the OS turned on in that. I guess 3GB RAM seems to have made the difference.