qx6700, q8400, or other?

[nickgibboni1]

Hello all. I'm currently building an lga 775 system. Which processor should I go with? I found a qx6700 for $26 and a q8400 for $11. Which one should I go for, or is there another option that's even better? thanks

[themctipers]

xeon -> 771 to 775 pin mod

[gr82banautiger]

For around $65 you could get a QX9650, which can be overclocked to 4ghz if you have a decent LGA775 board.

[nickgibboni1]

1 minute ago, gr82banautiger said:

For around $65 you could get a QX9650, which can be overclocked to 4ghz if you have a decent LGA775 board.

that's $40-$50 extra for a small performance gain. Ghz isn't everything dude.

[gr82banautiger]

Was just a thought/suggestion since you were looking at those two processors.  As for the $40, it would depend on what you were trying to do with the rig as to whether it would be worth it or not.

[Ground]

which board do you have?

[SkylakeAlex6700k]

4 hours ago, nickgibboni1 said:

Hello all. I'm currently building an lga 775 system. Which processor should I go with? I found a qx6700 for $26 and a q8400 for $11. Which one should I go for, or is there another option that's even better? thanks

I just bought a q9500 to upgrade a friends old pentium d 830 system.

I don’t know if that helps, but I think I made the right choice. I doubt the extra 2mb of cache justifies more than double the price.

[nickgibboni1]

Just now, Ground said:

which board do you have?

asus p5ql-vm do      I already decided to go with the q8400. It was only $12 so if a different one is absolutely worth it, I will get a different cpu and save the 8400 for a different project. What's your suggestion?