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LOADING...  5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Amazing QUAD Core 2013 and i just got myself the Q6600, paired with a micro ATX ASRock G41 mobo. gotta say its a sweet little combo. for the people complaining about the price... its worth it. i paid 90 plus shipping for a used one, don't pay more then 140 for one new OR used. unless your still with the 775 socket. mind you even though its an older outdated socket type/CPU it kicks A$$! upgraded my Pentium dual core E2160 running at 2.8Ghz with a windows rating of 6.2 and took it to a 7.1! at the stock clock 2.4Ghz, i currently run it at 2.8Ghz "1333 FSB limits anything higher on MY mobo"CPU mark score of 3255.only cons i can think of offhand is lack of L3 cache. but the 8MB makes up for what it lacks. 105 watts is pretty high but with all the cores loaded, after using Antec diamond formula 7 thermal paste it stays nice n warm around 120-130F with a stock,not so good condition HSF. for the price id say if you don't want to go with the intel i series, i3 etc, stick with this CPU. its on par with my old AMD quad core which was a Athlon II 640 stock at 3Ghz. which got a CPU mark of 3500. with a good board and water cooling, a 3.4Ghz clock on this bad boy will surely crunch out some impressive scores in many aspects! Reviews with images
Top reviews from the United StatesThere was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2021 Arrived today, Early which is Great. Very nice packing job. Over sized box for what it is, CPU in its plastic clam shell cover like retail, secured in an Anti static bag. then well wrapped in in Large cell bubble wrap. There was no way this was getting damaged by flopping around in the Box. Seller did a Great packing JOB.! FYI I did not say packed as Intel retail might do it, Blue box and all. The STARS are because of no time to install and test it yet.... If the packing Job is an example, I should be very happy. Edit: Got the this CPU installed, it replaced a iCore 2 duo. E7300 with same bus speed... She works great..!! Bios picked it up first try.. Win 10 took a few moments of work. Works Great.. Thanks Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2011 My Dell Dimension came with an Intel® Core2 Duo Processor E6420 with 4M Cache, running at 2.13 GHz with a 1066 MHz FSB (a 65 nm Conroe chip). According to Dell and various chat rooms, I could upgrade this processor on the stock Dell motherboard and current bios up to a Core2 Quad Q6700 processor. What I found that I could easily afford was the Intel® Core2 Quad Processor Q6600 with 8M Cache, running at 2.40 GHz, with a 1066 MHz FSB (a 65 nm Kentsfield chip). These links are to the Intel product pages for each chip. My Windows Experience Index for my processor and RAM were both at 5.4 with the Duo. With the Quad, both scores jumped up to 7.1! Note - I have Win 7 Home Premium on this computer, with 4 GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM (Kingston HyperX), and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 video card. So far, I'm very happy with the Quad 6600, and I expect it to "future proof" my computer for a couple more years. Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2013 2013 and i just got myself the Q6600, paired with a micro ATX ASRock G41 mobo. gotta say its a sweet little combo. for the people complaining about the
price... its worth it. i paid 90 plus shipping for a used one, don't pay more then 140 for one new OR used. unless your still with the 775 socket. mind you even though its an older outdated socket type/CPU it kicks A$$! upgraded my Pentium dual core E2160 running at 2.8Ghz with a windows rating of 6.2 and took it to a 7.1! at the stock clock 2.4Ghz, i currently run it at 2.8Ghz "1333 FSB limits anything higher on MY mobo" 5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Amazing QUAD Core 2013 and i
just got myself the Q6600, paired with a micro ATX ASRock G41 mobo. gotta say its a sweet little combo. for the people complaining about the price... its worth it. i paid 90 plus shipping for a used one, don't pay more then 140 for one new OR used. unless your still with the 775 socket. mind you even though its an older outdated socket type/CPU it kicks A$$! upgraded my Pentium dual core E2160 running at 2.8Ghz with a windows rating of 6.2 and took it to a 7.1! at the stock clock 2.4Ghz, i
currently run it at 2.8Ghz "1333 FSB limits anything higher on MY mobo" Images in this review
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2016 I have been an avid AMD fan for years, but with the aging socket type and no major advances until mid 2016 I moved to an intel chip. I was on a budget, a slim budget and had to make due, so I chose to go with this particular chip. For its age this thing works very well on my Windows 10 build. This one chip sold me on intel for any future build I will ever do. I currently have this setup with 4GB of DDR2 (soon to be 8GB), and PNY 120GB SSD, and an EVGA Nvidia Geforce GTX 660SC reference card. I cant play all the newest games and have little desire to do so, however I have played the latest Lara Croft game on this setup and have little complaint with it. Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2012 I needed an upgrade from a Core 2 Duo and I'm very happy I went with this one. There are vendors now selling it for $120, so its pricing is on par with a modern i3. Its performance is, by benchmark, slightly worse than an i3, but one can use the same old 775 motherboard you have and probably keep your old memory. It also have a massive L2 cache (8mb) and 4 cores compared to the smaller l2 (4mb) and 2 cores of the i3. This is an entirely respectable upgrade even now and it should continue to run things rather well for years to come. Everyone seems to love the idea of overclocking it; maybe I'll get to that sometime. Stock, I went from a 5.8 to a 7.1 on the windows 7 experience index; your mileage may vary. Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2018 Great Deal on Intel Core 2 Quad with thermal paste. I used this to upgrade my security camera computer which was running a Dual Core processor and 100% CPU usage after adding more cameras. The CPU usage went from 97-100% to 37-57% which will allow my system to run much cooler and more reliable. A great upgrade for an older PC but make sure that your mother board will support the chip before ordering. Well packaged clean did not even look used. Thanks Much Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2021 I am very happy with this purchase. Fast delivery.. Processor works great and hugh improvement in performance. Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2020 Replace a slow Core 2 Duo E6300 with this, and Windows 10 immediately boost their performance. Excellent buy, price and dealer. Top reviews from other countries4.0 out of 5 stars Works just fine, its a CPU Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2018 Did not arrive with thermal paste which was worrying but if you are buying a cpu then you are probably self building and therefore probably have paste laying
around. 4.0 out of 5 stars Intel Quad 6600 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2022 Little bit disappointed but in done what I wanted, 5.0 out of 5 stars Über 15 Jahre alt aber noch gut Reviewed in Germany on April 10, 2022 Ich weiß nicht was man noch hinzufügen kann, außer das dieser Prozessor immer noch ganz gut mithalten kann für die aktuellen Ansprüche. Ich habe den Prozessor auf 3.8 GHz gebracht. Man sollte natürlich auch ein Mainboard haben was so eine Beanspruchung Umsetzen kann, aber das nur nebenbei. Ich habe mit dem Prozessor keine Probleme games laufen flüssig. Ich behaupte das man auch relativ aktuelle Spiele damit spielen kann. Wenn man ein mainboard mit ddr3 Speicher sollte auch das kein Problem sein 5.0 out of 5 stars cpu usata Reviewed in Italy on July 25, 2019 sostituito il mio vecchio processore intel dual core su socket 775, c'è un effettivo miglioramento delle prestazioni, che risultano più fluide, 5.0 out of 5 stars Upgrade auf 4 Kerner ohne andere Komponenten Reviewed in Germany on September 16, 2016 Ich hatte vorher einen C2D und bin auf diesen C2Q umgestiegen um kein Motherboard wechseln zu müssen. What is a Core 2 Quad in computer?A quad-core processor is a multiprocessor architecture that is designed to provide faster processing power. It is a successor to the dual-core processor, which has two processor cores. Quad-core processors integrate two dual-core processors within a single processor.
What is the difference between Core 2 Quad and quadA Quad Core is a CPU with 4 cores. A Core2Quad is an Intel marketing name for their Core 2 series CPUs with 4 cores.
Is the Intel Core 2 Quad good for gaming?Yes, I do believe you would be able to game with that type of setup. Although your CPU is on the lower end, it shouldn't limit you too much. As previously mentioned a 1050i or 1060 would be slightly better for a GPU, but the 1050 should get you at least 30 FPS at medium settings on any of the newer games.
Which is better Intel Core 2 Quad or i5?Gaming Performance Comparison
In terms of overall gaming performance, the Intel Core i5-650 3.2GHz is marginally better than the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz when it comes to running the latest games.
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