Hi
I'm confused which one of these processors to buy
The three fall almost in the same price range now
My rig is for gaming and should serve me at least 3 years
Motherboard will be Gigaabyte X48T-DQ6 or P5E3 Premium for futureproof
Of course who does not like Core 2 Extreme QX9770
And I'll keep monitoring prices to fall down for upgrade within a year
That's why I prefer to stay away from Q6600 , combined with the fact
that the performance of a 3GHz dual core in gaming is similar to 3GHz overclocked Q6600
Thats why I believe an overclocked 3 GHz dual core to 3.8-4GHz is a better option
So What about E8400 which has 45nm technology and should be overclockable easily ??
Reviews are frustrating as it's reported that missleading core temp is recorded and the
quality differs from a batch to another , some overclockers reached 4GHz with 1.35V core voltage
while other were not not able to get 4GHz with 1.5V core voltage !!!!
Now E6850 which has 65nm technology and can be overclocked to 3.8-4 GHz
Reviews seems good
I intentend to moderately overclock CPU using aircooling Zalman9700 cooler
Another question , my monitor max resolution is 1280X1024 (Viewsonic VX922)
Is it true that Two Graphic cards SLI/CF will shine only on high resolutions ??
And one good card will be enough for me ???
Any help is appreciated
Best thanks
I'm confused which one of these processors to buy
The three fall almost in the same price range now
My rig is for gaming and should serve me at least 3 years
Motherboard will be Gigaabyte X48T-DQ6 or P5E3 Premium for futureproof
Of course who does not like Core 2 Extreme QX9770
And I'll keep monitoring prices to fall down for upgrade within a year
That's why I prefer to stay away from Q6600 , combined with the fact
that the performance of a 3GHz dual core in gaming is similar to 3GHz overclocked Q6600
Thats why I believe an overclocked 3 GHz dual core to 3.8-4GHz is a better option
So What about E8400 which has 45nm technology and should be overclockable easily ??
Reviews are frustrating as it's reported that missleading core temp is recorded and the
quality differs from a batch to another , some overclockers reached 4GHz with 1.35V core voltage
while other were not not able to get 4GHz with 1.5V core voltage !!!!
Now E6850 which has 65nm technology and can be overclocked to 3.8-4 GHz
Reviews seems good
I intentend to moderately overclock CPU using aircooling Zalman9700 cooler
Another question , my monitor max resolution is 1280X1024 (Viewsonic VX922)
Is it true that Two Graphic cards SLI/CF will shine only on high resolutions ??
And one good card will be enough for me ???
Any help is appreciated
Best thanks