Q9550 vs Q6600

[lazanoz]

Hi I have a rig, found some cheap Q6600 and Q9550
My mobo is P41T-C31
Which one is better in general with OC, which one is better with my mobo ?
The price difference is 24$

 

[lazanoz]

Also the q6600 comes with Deep Cool Ice Blade Pro with Xigmatec 120mm Fan (intel mounting brackets only), is that good for my mobo ?

 

[13thmonkey]

Q9550 is better, but in todays terms they are both poor.

 

[barto]

The 9550 is the faster CPU. I had one and overclocked it to 3.4. Make sure you have an aftermarket cooler.

 

[GhislainG]

Your motherboard may not allow a high overclock; therefore starting with the fastest CPU is best. At the same clock speed, the Q9550 is faster than the Q6600.

 

[spentshells]

GhislainG

Is right that motherboard will not overclock well. Go with the faster cpu. As for bottleneck please read this.

http://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=817

 

[lazanoz]

i might buy the q6600 + cooler bundle and just get a better mobo for OC. If i do that i will be able to set a 2nd rig for my baby brother. What mobo can push Q6600 to 3.2-3.6 and be compatible with the Cooler in the bundle ?

 

[13thmonkey]

how much are you paying for the CPU and the mobo combos? you might find it is cheaper to get an i3 (which will perform just as well, and be cooler).

 

[bmacsys]

Your motherboard may not allow a high overclock; therefore starting with the fastest CPU is best. At the same clock speed, the Q9550 is faster than the Q6600.

Yes, but the fastest cpu even at stock is going to need more volts and more vcore right out of the box.

 

[spentshells]

Your motherboard may not allow a high overclock; therefore starting with the fastest CPU is best. At the same clock speed, the Q9550 is faster than the Q6600.

Yes, but the fastest cpu even at stock is going to need more volts and more vcore right out of the box.

No it will not. It actually uses less voltage do to core revisions, The voltage only remains around the same level due to the additional l2 cache on the q9550 being 12MB vs 8MB on the q6600

q6600 65nm 1.2625v
q9550 45nm 1.25v

 

[GhislainG]

i might buy the q6600 + cooler bundle and just get a better mobo for OC. If i do that i will be able to set a 2nd rig for my baby brother. What mobo can push Q6600 to 3.2-3.6 and be compatible with the Cooler in the bundle ?

Several P45 motherboards would, but you should be able to overclock a Q6600 G0 to 3.0 GHz (or even a bit higher) on your motherboard; the Q9550 overclocks as well as the Q6600 and it runs cooler. In other words, even if you could overclock a Q9550 to only 3.4 GHz, it would still be faster than a Q6600 at 3.6 GHz and you have zero guarantee the Q6600 will run that fast.