q6600 enough?

[Mohenjo]

Is a q6600 enough for things like web browsing and video on windows 7? i mean i know itll do it but will it be smooth? my grandpa doesnt like lag and stuff but i do plan to put an ssd in the PC. It has 7gb of ram. I just want to avoid having to buy a whole new computer. 

[Bananasplit_00]

yes for things like that its "fine" my Q6600 feels a bit slugish when compared to my I5 680 or even my I3 530 but its still enough for what you are asking of it here. 

[whatishacks]

I think it will be fine with an SSD.  I had a q6600 as my first gaming pc.  the hard drive was YEARS old.  I replaced it with an SSD (only had 6gb of ram btw) and it became basically "brand new"  very fast.

[Brennan Price]

If you are going to get an SSD, be sure to buy a decent one of a brand that you already know of such as Kingston, SanDisk or Patriot. I say this because I recently bought an SSD on eBay and it was a brand I had never heard of. When I cloned my HDD to it had a corrupt partition and said that it would fail soon. Now it lies dead on my desk and I am waiting for a reply to say whether or not I get a refund. Please do not cheap out on the SSD... I paid £20 for mine at 60GB but I would now rather have paid £20 for a 30GB Kingston SSD instead.

[Mohenjo]

2 minutes ago, Brennan_Price said:

If you are going to get an SSD, be sure to buy a decent one of a brand that you already know of such as Kingston, SanDisk or Patriot. I say this because I recently bought an SSD on eBay and it was a brand I had never heard of. When I cloned my HDD to it had a corrupt partition and said that it would fail soon. Now it lies dead on my desk and I am waiting for a reply to say whether or not I get a refund. Please do not cheap out on the SSD... I paid £20 for mine at 60GB but I would now rather have paid £20 for a 30GB Kingston SSD instead.

was thinking about getting this one 

http://www.frys.com/product/8919973?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

i can just walk down to frys and get it. 

[Brennan Price]

8 minutes ago, Mohenjo said:

was thinking about getting this one 

http://www.frys.com/product/8919973?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

i can just walk down to frys and get it. 

Looks solid. If you have the money for it then that is your best option.

[Mohenjo]

6 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

 

Is Patriot a reliable brand? Never heard of them

used to have a patriot usb and sd card, no issues there. There not some no name chinese brand at least. 

[Brennan Price]

6 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

 

Is Patriot a reliable brand? Never heard of them

Yeah Patriot are a well known, reliable brand. At least they are in the UK, I don't know about the US or Canada... Anyway, I would say they are about as reliable or decent as a San Disk drive but obviously I don't really have anything to compare it to because these days most decent SSD's have pretty much the same speeds and whatnot. 

[Mohenjo]

1 minute ago, Brennan_Price said:

Yeah Patriot are a well known, reliable brand. At least they are in the UK, I don't know about the US or Canada... Anyway, I would say they are about as reliable or decent as a San Disk drive but obviously I don't really have anything to compare it to because these days most decent SSD's have pretty much the same speeds and whatnot. 

i actually have a sandisk ssd lol. But it ends up costing 10 bucks more so meh. 

[Brennan Price]

5 minutes ago, Mohenjo said:

i actually have a sandisk ssd lol. But it ends up costing 10 bucks more so meh. 

Fair enough, costs have to be made somewhere eh. I tried with my SSD and used to use windows... It broke and currently I use Linux and think that is actually the best way to go now. No turning back.

[Mohenjo]

1 minute ago, Brennan_Price said:

Fair enough, costs have to be made somewhere eh. I tried with my SSD and used to use windows... It broke and currently I use Linux and think that is actually the best way to go now. No turning back.

meh, honestly i use my phone for eveything. So windows suits my gaming needs. Linux is nice though. 

[Brennan Price]

4 minutes ago, Mohenjo said:

meh, honestly i use my phone for eveything. So windows suits my gaming needs. Linux is nice though. 

Haha, I could never live with myself if I used my phone for most things except gaming. It just feels right... However if it is just a small internet search or quick email check then sure I am guilty of that on my phone but anything else... Its easier on PC.