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    E4400 to Q6600 upgrade

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by md02geist, Jun 24, 2008.

  1. md02geist

    md02geist Notebook Consultant

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    Found a guy who will sell me his Q6600 and do the installation work for me, for 150.00 for everything. Considering replacing my E4400 with it, then selling the E4400 for 75.00 or so to help cover the cost of the upgrade.



    Do you guys think it's worth it? Will I notice a substantial difference in games and overall performance? I haven't been able to find any solid benchmark comparisons or answers with search or google.
     
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  2. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    If you use softwares that can use more cores,yes you will.
     
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    DFI Fan Notebook Evangelist

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    Should work fine as long as your chipset supports the Q6600, and it should if it supports the E4400. They are both 65nm Core 2 based. The Q6600 is a Kentsfield which is two Conroes in one CPU. The E4400 is a single Conroe with half the L2 cache.
     
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    md02geist Notebook Consultant

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    So the upgrade would be worth it then you think?

    We did some research and the chipset should support it without a hitch.
     
    md02geist, Jun 24, 2008
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