Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad-Core Processor, 2.40 GHz, 8M L2 Cache, LGA 775
by Intel
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Customer Review: So fast you barely see the boot screen.
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are going to update to this processor you might as well just get a new rig. Your mobo needs to support Quad processing to have this. This means if you have a Pentium 4 machine or a Duo, leave it as is and concentrate on a completely new system instead. Now is the time to upgrade anyway so for most this spells a new PC. Many of the latest games such as Crysis, COD4 and Bioshock put demands even on high-end rigs. To top it off you need Vista for Directx 10 (only 9 is available on XP) and it in turn is processor demanding. The Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 turns these problems on their head. Combine this processor with the GeForce 8800 and up to 4GB of RAM and you will be running top end games on their best settings. Overclock and you max those settings out but even without overclocking this processor is very satisfactory. Vista can boot in under 30 seconds. Office opens instantly and PDF files with 300 pages of color can be page flipped throughout without any freezing or visible refreshing. Oh yeah and in case you missed it did we add that it is so fast you barely see the boot screen? That says it all.Customer Review: THE BEST VALUE FOR THE MONEY
Summary: 5 Stars
I totally agree with Brendan Getchel's review of the Intel Q6600. I bought the first generation Macpro quad 2.66 running Bootcamp and Windows XP for $2500.00. After seeing the price of the Q6600, I sold the Macpro a few months later for the same price and I built 2 Q6600 machines using the MSI p35 platinum and the GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R motherboards for about $1650.00 and I have never been more satisfied. Both machines are running at 3ghz. I do music so I have one computer just for recording in protools and one just running my virtual instruments. Of course both machines have the same software installed so that means that I also have a backup machine in case one goes down. What would be nice is if this chip could be used in a dual cpu motherboard...8 cores...I'm not sure if the architecture of the chip allows this but I cannot see myself even buying the Intel Extreme chips because every session that I had done on my Macpro which has Xenon chips, even sessions which had my useage meter in protools over 60% opened and worked fine on my quad machines. The best cpu for the money.Customer Review: Great stock, OC it and it will FLY!
Summary: 5 Stars
After some shipping issues (USPS idiocy, not Amazon's), I finally got this processor and fired it up. Stock it's really nice, but OC it a little and it FLIES. I was pleased when I received the GO stepping of this (newer edition) as it OC's much better than the earlier edition. With just the stock heat sink and a decent thermal paste, I was able to get this up to a stable 2.82 Ghz from the stock 2.4, with reasonable heat levels (during stress testing it never exceeded 59C), and didn't even have to mess with voltages to get it there. With water cooling you can easily get this well over 3 Ghz. Stable as hell, and the performance gains are incredible. If you've got a decent mobo, you can OC this to (and past) the performance of the more expensive "Extreme" processors, for about half the price. Bottom line: get this processor and you will not be sorry.
*EDIT* With some tinkering regarding my mobo, this baby is up to 3.2GHz with stock cooling (with Arctic Silver paste) and voltages at 1.32. Bottom line is this baby is a hell of a deal.
Customer Review: Quads Rule!!!!!!, Duals Drule!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Just buy it, at this price is insane!!!!, forget the e8400, or the e6750, or any dual cores, i have them both and i still feel the quad much stronger and running vista ultimate with 3% of resources and 0-1% of resource on each core, is insane, while the dual core e8400 is always running 5-7% resources because it has lower cores, the quad core q9450 will be another great buy, not because of the ghz, but because of the new arquitecture, it will improve many things, but this baby for the price is unbelievable. buy it. REMEMBER A BETTER STEPPING RULES!!! NOT A C1 LIKE E8400 AND WITH THE TEMP ISSUES WHO WANTS IT?, i'll talk to amazon if they can let me return it again to buy another quad for another system.
system specs
msi p35d3 (DDR3)
ocz reaper 1333 mhz cl6 ddr3
9800 nvidia gtx+ 512mb
q6600 (KNOW) , E8400 AND E6750 (THEN)
500 gb x2- 1tb wd sata II
wd external 250 gb usb 2
windows ultimate sp1
zalman 9700 fan.
Customer Review: WOOOOW
Summary: 5 Stars
indeeed, WOOOOW, just make sure to get a little cooler something, like ceramic paste or such, this baby runs hot. I was thinking on gettting a nice set up, and then overclooking. but this has exeeded my expectation, I don't even need to overclock. I might later when I install my games. but right now, for school, it runs the CS3 adobe suite like nothing, seamesly, I can work on video editin no problem, and all the aplications and programs run lightning fast. I mean, FAST. so, if you0re a gamer on a budget, get it, you really don't need to overclock, but if you do, tell e about it, I am pletny happy with the way it is. I don't think it could be anyfaster. Booting up the first time was like. I pressed the on button and the BIOS POST appeared, I turned my back on the monitor to pick up somehting from the flor, when I turned around windows was loaded and ready to go. I was like, WAT? but very happy!