Can Core 2 CPUs still be used???

[Dabombinable]

5 hours ago, TheLaserCucumber said:

The Q9400 is a Yorkfield CPU, which is 2x Wolfdale dies in 1 package.

Don't Quote me on this, but i think every C2Q CPU has 2 dies on 1 package.

 

I can game pretty well with the Q9450 in my HTPC.

I would say that Core2 Quads are usable for gaming. The Q9650 can beat the i3 6100 in some games.

But the C2D aren't that well anymore. I had a C2D E6550 in my HTPC before, and it struggled very hard.

They don't, 45nm is where Intel started making proper uad cores. As for the 9650....when you overclock it to 4GHz, it definitely should beat the i3 6100 in some games (I love my Xeon X5450, shame its good motherboard has damaged pins)

[Dackzy]

I would personally only use dual cores for very very basic things, like a NAS or a simple note taking machine. I would not use them for anything that could benefit from a quad core i5 or i7.

 

We are going to be stuck with dual cores for a long time, since we have ULV CPUs in laptop, but those are fine for basic things like taking notes and browsing the web.

[SLAYR]

You can, but it isn't worth it.

 

With lga 775 you have to consider that there is no sata 6gbps which will hold back an ssd, and some older motherboards only have pcie 1.1 which will hinder modern gpus especially anything better then a rx 460 or a gtx 1050.

 

Also a decent 775 overclockable board will set yu back $50-75USD used, and a $20-25 quad core cpu, (the dual cores are worthless for really anything now)

And for tge quad cores to even be "usable" for decently intensive tasks you want them to be 3+GHz.

 

for that price you can get more modern amd fx cpus and motherboards for that price microcenter has an fx 8320e and board for $85, or get a cheaper nehelam i5/i7 or a sandybridge i3/i5 for even cheaper. You can find $15-$20 oem lga 1155 boards, and get a $35-$40 i3 2100, or $50 2300/2400 the 1155 i5s are a big improvement over the 775 quad cores.

 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E5472-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2300/m20269vsm291

 

[TheLaserCucumber]

2 hours ago, Dabombinable said:

They don't, 45nm is where Intel started making proper uad cores.

Are you sure? "Yorkfield features a dual-die quad core design with two unified level-two (L2) caches of 6 MB each" 

(from Wikipedia)

[Space Reptile]

as just a webbrowse and entertaiment (netflix and such) pc totally fine 

[Daniel Z.]

21 hours ago, Glenwing said:

I have a T61 with a T7300 too. Runs Windows 10 just fine, very snappy with an SSD. As long as I don't open games, it does pretty much everything smoothly.

Did you have to install any drivers, or is it a very straight forward windows installation? I have a win 10 key and windows usb. Also would you recommend getting a 250 ish gb MX300 for it?

[kaiju_wars]

I mean, I still have a Core 2 Quad.

[kaiju_wars]

20 hours ago, SLAYR said:

You can, but it isn't worth it.

 

With lga 775 you have to consider that there is no sata 6gbps which will hold back an ssd, and some older motherboards only have pcie 1.1 which will hinder modern gpus especially anything better then a rx 460 or a gtx 1050.

 

Also a decent 775 overclockable board will set yu back $50-75USD used, and a $20-25 quad core cpu, (the dual cores are worthless for really anything now)

And for tge quad cores to even be "usable" for decently intensive tasks you want them to be 3+GHz.

 

for that price you can get more modern amd fx cpus and motherboards for that price microcenter has an fx 8320e and board for $85, or get a cheaper nehelam i5/i7 or a sandybridge i3/i5 for even cheaper. You can find $15-$20 oem lga 1155 boards, and get a $35-$40 i3 2100, or $50 2300/2400 the 1155 i5s are a big improvement over the 775 quad cores.

 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E5472-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2300/m20269vsm291

 

I don't know why you are buying a $25 C2Q.  I got mine for $14.

[SLAYR]

21 minutes ago, kaiju_wars said:

I don't know why you are buying a $25 C2Q.  I got mine for $14.

I haven't bought one for that price, but that is the average values for the one like the q6600, or the e5450/x5450 used. The q9xxx ones go for even more upwards of $40-$60USD.

[kaiju_wars]

52 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

I haven't bought one for that price, but that is the average values for the one like the q6600, or the e5450/x5450 used. The q9xxx ones go for even more upwards of $40-$60USD.

All the Q6600s on eBay are averaging like $14.  My Q8300 was only $14.

Here's a Q6600 for $12:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q6600-2-40-GHz-8M-Cache-1066-MHz-FSB-SLACR-/322348750075?hash=item4b0d7b94fb:g:k9sAAOSwmLlX-Ag-

Here's a Q8300 for $11.99:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q8300-2-5GHz-4M-1333MHz-Processor-SLB5W-/322273667416?hash=item4b0901e958:g:xaYAAOSwzaJYB5wu

 

Also, here's a Q9550 for $35:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q9550-2-83GHz-1333MHz-12MB-Cache-LGA775-CPU-SLB8V-Processor-/162302944307?hash=item25ca026433:g:POkAAOSwcUBYPz4m