Alacszander

Looking to build a budget pc, cheap as possible but the most performance I can get out of it. Just wondering what card you think I should go with (I will get a beefier psu for the gtx 680 for a couple extra bucks if you guys think I should for the gtx 680). Any information and suggestions help. Forgot to mention that this is for gaming.

Based on the article, im assuming they ran all the cpus at stockspeed. So isnt the data not truly accurate if im planning to OC the q6600 or qx6700 ?

forgot to mention was for gaming, whoops.

Im looking strictly as of right now bang for the buck performance, not about future proofing and all that jazz, also building from scratch. So I was thinking about buying a used qx6700 or q6600 and OC them, or getting a new pentium g4560. The q6600 I can get for $17.57 CAD, the qx6700 about $45 CAD, or a pentium g4560 for $90 CAD. I tried looking at benchmarks on generic cpu comparison sites but they usually run the cpus at stock speed so its not exactly indicative of the performance i would get if i OC'd the q6600 or qx6700. Any info and tips help. Edit: Based on research I feel like getting an OC to about 3.3-3.5 ghz on the q6600 and qx6700 would be possible, which is close to the clockspeed of the pentium, but I dont know if the current gen architecture will help the pentium have an edge over the few years old lga 775 cpus. Also forgot to mention was for gaming

probably gonna go with the qx6700, thanks for the input though guys.

can you overclock xeons ? An overclock to mid 3 ghz would be nice

I thought xeon were server class cpu's. Can i use xeon in a desktop motherboard ? And do you know if certain xeons are close to price (a little more expensive is fine) and better in performance than the q6600 ?

Any C2Q that are better than the q6600 that I can get for just a bit more expense ?

Ive been watching the old scrapyard wards for fun and decided I was gonna build a used pc. Im trying to spend about like $250-$300 CAD (im a university student so saving money anywhere I can is nice). Wanted advice on what kind of CPU i should get. I was thinking a Q6600 like they did. I can get a q6600 (planning to overclock) for like $15 but I was wondering if I should maybe spend a little more on a different cpu because the q6600 might be too old now for gaming.Any advice or input helps, ty.