q6600

[hennessy1]

Have a small case with only one 80mm fan. Will the q6600 work ok with the ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm w/ no oc. Will I have to worry about heat? or should I go with the e6850. these will both be overkill but thats ok I just want to know which would be better speed wise and which will be tollerable on heat? There will be no oc on either

 

[genec57]

You may well need more air circulation for overclocking but you should be fine at stock, maybe even a slight overclock.

 

[JAG87]

since you dont plan on overclocking, unless you absolutely need the cores for crunching, encoding, or 3d rendering, I would get the E6850. more speed and less heat.

 

[hennessy1]

well yeah but also the quad is cheaper now then the dual

 

[Lnsean]

your two main concerns are speed and heat...so its very easy

1. speed= E6850 wins here...eventhough the q6600 has 2 more cores...those cores will almost always remain idle...unless you're encoding video and doing a lot of animation editing.

2. Heat= E6850 wins again here...its known that the q6600 spews out more heat...especially with the older BX version.

The only reason I would suggest that anyone buy the q6600 is if they wont be able to upgrade for another 3-5 years...otherwise the E6850 is clearly the better choice...especially when your not overclocking.

 

[Lnsean]

oops...forgot my specs...its only fair u know where i stand...lol...i dont overclock either...and i plan on making my system almost completely silent...in the process of selecting a good heatsink for the push/pull config.

Intel E6850 | MSI P6N Platinum | 2GB 6400 Patriots | WD Raptor 150GB | EVGA 7900GS