Processor Comparison

phuschnickensphuschnickens Beverly Hills, Michigan Member
edited January 2009 in Hardware
I'm feeling a desire to upgrade my cpu and mobo. Just looking for a suggestion.

I'm currently running with this:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

and thinking about going to this:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
or this
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor

I'm running Vista 64-bit and OSX 10.5.5 (hacintosh style) dual-booted

I generally just surf, email, etc... occasional adobe suite use. Will I see improvement? Is it worth it?

Thanks!

Comments

  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    9550. Huge improvement and incredible overclockability. Gogogogogo
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Yorkfield or bust!
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    What motherboard do you have?
  • phuschnickensphuschnickens Beverly Hills, Michigan Member
    edited January 2009
    Buddy J wrote:
    What motherboard do you have?

    ABit Ab9 Pro... it's poopface to me now b/c Abit went under AND removed their website so drivers went bye bye
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    What about Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor?
    I've been out-of-the-loop since intel took charge so I'm investigating these things as well.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    He'd have to revamp his memory and motherboard to do that. Not terribly cost-conscious given that he can get a cheap chip and a good Core2 for about 1/2 the price.
  • phuschnickensphuschnickens Beverly Hills, Michigan Member
    edited January 2009
    Yeah... i plan to keep my mems b/c i'm rocking some 6GB OCZ DDR2 800. My mobo is, however under question b/c I don't know if the AB9 Pro can handle the Yorkfield. Anybody know how I can find out?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Check the BIOS update history or the CPU support table on their website. It'll say something about Q8000, Q9000 or Yorkfield.
  • phuschnickensphuschnickens Beverly Hills, Michigan Member
    edited January 2009
    Thrax wrote:
    Check the BIOS update history or the CPU support table on their website. It'll say something about Q8000, Q9000 or Yorkfield.
    phuschnickens wrote:
    Abit went under AND removed their website so drivers went bye bye

    But alas, i will hunt
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Google web cache!
  • phuschnickensphuschnickens Beverly Hills, Michigan Member
    edited January 2009
    Thrax wrote:
    Google web cache!

    you're awesome. good idea. thanks!

    and if it doesn't specifically mention Q8000 or Q9000, it probably won't work?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    More than likely, that's the case.
  • phuschnickensphuschnickens Beverly Hills, Michigan Member
    edited January 2009
    great news for me!!1! AB9 Proc CPU Support List

    AND apparently their site is up again so I won't have to search for drivers if I ever reinstall. This really is exciting for me.

    thanks again
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