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#1 stupid_toaster
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Hey guys I am deciding between the e8500 and q6600, the e8500 is at face value better but will the q6600 OC sufficiently compensate for this? thanks for teh help
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#2 machiavell8x8
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your money would be better spent on a phenom 2 rather than the above 2 choices.
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#3 chilidogg94
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your money would be better spent on a phenom 2 rather than the above 2 choices.machiavell8x8

I agree with this 100%

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#4 pukmok
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Phenom definitely. While AMD processors do not score as high as their Intel counterparts, the difference is neglible and they are much cheaper. Buying at newegg.com saves you a bunch of money also.
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#5 machiavell8x8
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yah and don't forget to do the combo deals on newegg, most people prob don't know about them but after you view a product it lists 1 combo deal...but if you click "view all" and look you can save some money that way

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#6 Daytona_178
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Do you already have an Intel motherboard?

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#7 superchronik
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Out of the 2 you listed I would go for Q6600, yea it won't OC as far but it's still gonna be plenty fast enough and anything that can use the extra cores will see a good benefit.
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#8 marcthpro
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http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=807&p=9
In Majority of game it won't compensate As much would do e8500 is still to go or Q9650 (320$US)
How Ever Il show more benchmark trying to figure out by how much fps Q6600 3.4ghz would fall behind E8500 Overclock at same % 3.8/4.0ghz

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2008/11/06/overclocking-intel-core-i7-920/6
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2009/02/11/amd-phenom-820-810-720-710-am3-cpus/5
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-920-945-965-review/4
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