Q6600 with 750ti, core i3 4160 or g3258 for gaming?

[Guest TahaTech]

Hey guys! I am looking to upgrade my build from Core 2 duo 3.00ghz e8400 and dell motherboard. I already got a new case, powersupply(EVGA 500W 80+ bronze), hard drive, DVD drive, windows and all I need now is to upgrade processor, motherboard and graphics card from gigabye gt630 2gb graphics card(2 years used). I have a budget of $180 and I am pretty strict on it. Right now I am thinking of getting an i3 4160 with asus h81m-e, 8gb ddr3, g3258 with h81m-e or asus b85m-g, 8gb ddr3 or if i just upgrade to q6600, I'll just have to pay 30 bucks more as i have suitable motherboard for it and get a 750ti. However if i get and i3, I won't have money to buy graphics card but will not have to change the motherboard or ram if i wanna upgrade. With g3258 it would cost around 140-150$ and it's a dual core and i guess for 50-60$ i couldn't get a decent graphics card.

I would be playing latest games on 900x1600p single monitor. Help me guys would the i3 4160 with gigabyte gt630 2gb a better option for gaming or core 2 quad q6600 with gtx 750ti/r7 370 a better option for gaming. Thank you for all your advice and please send a link to benchmarks if u find any!

[dragoon20005]

slap a Q6600 with the 750Ti or GTX950 and you got a monster gaming rig

[don_svetlio]

i3 is around double the Q6600 and the Pentium is crap. i3 or bust

[dragoon20005]

i3 is around double the Q6600 and the Pentium is crap. i3 or bust

choose i3 and wont have budget for the GPU

 

Q6600 and still get a 750Ti

 

i think i will pick the Q6600 since he doesnt need to swap the mobo

[XDroidie626]

i3, if you used a q6600 it would bottleneck the 750ti unless you OC its nuts off.

Pentiums are good, but again need OCing extremely high.

 

Unless you can afford an i5 get the i3, hyperthreading is also a good advantage

[comicsansms]

choose i3 and wont have budget for the GPU

 

Q6600 and still get a 750Ti

 

i think i will pick the Q6600 since he doesnt need to swap the mobo

Not necessarily true about the motherboard. 

 

I have 6 LGA 775 motherboard, one Only supports P4's, one supports P4's and PD's 8xx, the rest support P4's-Core2 Duos,

None of them support Core2 Quads.

[Guest TahaTech]

i3, if you used a q6600 it would bottleneck the 750ti unless you OC its nuts off.

Pentiums are good, but again need OCing extremely high.

 

Unless you can afford an i5 get the i3, hyperthreading is also a good advantage

The problem is if i get an i3, i would have to use gt630 2gb, my old card. If it outperforms the q6600 with 750ti, i would go for it then, any ideas? The thing is most games nowadays simply don't run on dual cores, yes you could patch them. I would overclock q6600 and g3258 if i take them and i3 is not overclockable 

[Yahfz]

I had a Core 2 Quad Q6600 a while ago, its a good processor even for BF3-BF4, but keep in mind that you'll not be able to upgrade and you'll be stuck at LGA 775 which is kinda bad.  So if you want to be happy for a while go for the Q6600+750Ti, but if you want to be more future proof go to the 1155 socket or higher. A good thing to keep in mind is that the Q6600+750TI will perform way better than GT630+I3. 

[iHardware Shelden]

What motherboard do you have? You said it is a Dell one so just the model of the system and we can tell you if it supports a Q6600. I had a 650ti with the Q6600 for a while and it kicked some butt, if you go with that configuration you can save up and make a nice jump to an i5 6xxx or something down the road.

Edit: If you want me to benchmark some games with it I can get you a good idea of what you would expect in terms of performance.

[iHardware Shelden]

Not necessarily true about the motherboard.

I have 6 LGA 775 motherboard, one Only supports P4's, one supports P4's and PD's 8xx, the rest support P4's-Core2 Duos,

None of them support Core2 Quads.

Yea comes down to the power delivery and chipset, since LGA 775 had such a long life span many chips came out after motherboards that came out 3+ years prior for example and vise versa. This results in various FSB speeds, TDPs and power requirements. Most boards that support Core 2 Duos but not Q6600s are unable to supply the needed power to the 105w chip unlike the Core 2 Duos with a 65w TDP, and boards that support the Q6600 but not most Core 2 Duos have a max FSB of 1066. Seeing the particular chip that the OP has he should be able to support the Q6600 as long as the board meets the power requirements for the hungry chip. I assume you know this already but mainly explaining this to others who are under the miss consumption that any 775 chip works on any 775 board.

[LokiFire]

I vote Phenom II + AM3+.... cheap as cookies n milk now and well you don't need to OC them as far as a Q6600.

[LokiFire]

Oh wait you already have a 775 board... well Q6600 wins the day.

[iHardware Shelden]

@TahaTech make sure to follow your post/topics and welcome to the forum!

[Guest TahaTech]

What motherboard do you have? You said it is a Dell one so just the model of the system and we can tell you if it supports a Q6600. I had a 650ti with the Q6600 for a while and it kicked some butt, if you go with that configuration you can save up and make a nice jump to an i5 6xxx or something down the road.

Edit: If you want me to benchmark some games with it I can get you a good idea of what you would expect in terms of performance.

I have a dell 0Y958C motherboard. Please tell me could i use ddr3 ram with it and one more thing, 650ti boost, 7950 or 750ti in price to performance ratio?

 

What motherboard do you have? You said it is a Dell one so just the model of the system and we can tell you if it supports a Q6600. I had a 650ti with the Q6600 for a while and it kicked some butt, if you go with that configuration you can save up and make a nice jump to an i5 6xxx or something down the road.

Edit: If you want me to benchmark some games with it I can get you a good idea of what you would expect in terms of performance.

I would like to know about benchmarks and it's performance, aswell as approx. how much time would it last in gaming? Maybe after 2-5 years i am gonna upgrade to an i5 if my graphics card would be able to keep up with the games that time, I mean if it would lag, i ll have to upgrade it then?

[Guest TahaTech]

And i have dell optiplex 960

[bomerr]

i3, if you used a q6600 it would bottleneck the 750ti unless you OC its nuts off.

Pentiums are good, but again need OCing extremely high.

 

Unless you can afford an i5 get the i3, hyperthreading is also a good advantage

Used Q9400 with a 750 TI OC'd. Can confirm it bottlenecked hard. 

 

 

 

I have a dell 0Y958C motherboard. Please tell me could i use ddr3 ram with it and one more thing, 650ti boost, 7950 or 750ti in price to performance ratio?

 

I would like to know about benchmarks and it's performance, aswell as approx. how much time would it last in gaming? Maybe after 2-5 years i am gonna upgrade to an i5 if my graphics card would be able to keep up with the games that time, I mean if it would lag, i ll have to upgrade it then?

 

Since you said money is a big issue OP I would get the Q9400 on ebay for 25 dollars with a 750 Ti. 

 

As for longevity. It's already gonna bottleneck and you'd be much better off with an i3 / GTX 960 rig. 

[iHardware Shelden]

I have a dell 0Y958C motherboard. Please tell me could i use ddr3 ram with it and one more thing, 650ti boost, 7950 or 750ti in price to performance ratio?

I would like to know about benchmarks and it's performance, aswell as approx. how much time would it last in gaming? Maybe after 2-5 years i am gonna upgrade to an i5 if my graphics card would be able to keep up with the games that time, I mean if it would lag, i ll have to upgrade it then?

I would say get the 650ti if you can find one for under $100, then use whatever you have left for the CPU such as a Q9xxx series since your board supports it. That should give you decent performance and time to save up for a new rig. As for time it depends on the games you plan on playing, at a lower resolution if your fine with it you should be fine for a couple years. I played GTA V @ 1920x1080 and normal quality settings and performance was more than exceptional for what it was (50-70FPS). Also make sure you have 8GB of RAM to eliminate that bottleneck

[Guest TahaTech]

Used Q9400 with a 750 TI OC'd. Can confirm it bottlenecked hard. 

 

 

 

 

Since you said money is a big issue OP I would get the Q9400 on ebay for 25 dollars with a 750 Ti. 

 

As for longevity. It's already gonna bottleneck and you'd be much better off with an i3 / GTX 960 rig. 

I know i would be better off with i3/960, but they don't fit in budget do they, so stop recommending stuff like that. That way i would say i would be better off with 2 titan x's and i7 6700k.

 

I would say get the 650ti if you can find one for under $100, then use whatever you have left for the CPU such as a Q9xxx series since your board supports it. That should give you decent performance and time to save up for a new rig. As for time it depends on the games you plan on playing, at a lower resolution if your fine with it you should be fine for a couple years. I played GTA V @ 1920x1080 and normal quality settings and performance was more than exceptional for what it was (50-70FPS). Also make sure you have 8GB of RAM to eliminate that bottleneck

Thanks alot mate. BTW Can i use ddr3 ram on that board with q9xxx

[iHardware Shelden]

I know i would be better off with i3/960, but they don't fit in budget do they, so stop recommending stuff like that. That way i would say i would be better off with 2 titan x's and i7 6700k.

Thanks alot mate. BTW Can i use ddr3 ram on that board with q9xxx

Depends on the board, if it uses DDR3 yes, DDR2 then no. CPU-Z can tell you if your using DDR3 or DDR2

[iHardware Shelden]

Just looked, only supports DDR2 so you would need a new board to use DDR3 so not worth that. I assume you have 4GB in the system right now? 2x2GB or 4x1GB.

[Nena Trinity]

slap a Q6600 with the 750Ti or GTX950 and you got a monster gaming rig

This!

 

Here ya see what to expect?

[Guest TahaTech]

Just looked, only supports DDR2 so you would need a new board to use DDR3 so not worth that. I assume you have 4GB in the system right now? 2x2GB or 4x1GB.

Umm its actually 1x4 gb for dual channel, but don't worry about that. And how much of a difference in q6600 and q9xxx?

[iHardware Shelden]

Umm its actually 1x4 gb for dual channel, but don't worry about that. And how much of a difference in q6600 and q9xxx?

45nm instead of 65nm, 95watt TDP over 105watt, faster single thread. Pretty much overall better chip but if your paying $40+ for one it's not worth it over the Q6600 or X3220.

[thatguy321]

i3, if you used a q6600 it would bottleneck the 750ti unless you OC its nuts off.

Pentiums are good, but again need OCing extremely high.

 

Unless you can afford an i5 get the i3, hyperthreading is also a good advantage

You only got to OC the Q6600 to 3.00GHz to match a G3258@4.2GHz...

 

Can do that easy enough with even a pad mod even on non-oc'ing boards.

 

See if you can find a Xeon X3220, it'll probably cost lest then a Q6600, and is essentially just a better binned Q6600.