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• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor

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  $189.99 - $355.61
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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: karaktu

  Updated:08-30-07

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: Really fast...I mean, really, really fast

  Weaknesses: Old stepping (B3) consumes up to 120 watts under load; not a "true" quad core CPU as it is really two e6600s electrically bonded; Vista is still too slow with this CPU installed!

  Overall Evaluation: If you need computational speed above all else, this CPU should definitely be at the top of your list. After the recent price cuts, OEM version can commonly be had for around $250 -- that's what we were paying for AMD64 and P4 CPUs not so long ago! -Also, try to get the newer G0 stepping as it consumes a maximum of 95 watts under load -- that savings can add up if you leave your PC on 24/7!-Even with this CPU, 2 GB of DDR2-1066 RAM and a 3-drive RAID0 SATA strip, Vista still runs slow! LOL... :D-All of the Q6600s I've had (B3 stepping) have had no problem hitting 3.0GHz at stock voltage. This is insanely fast processing power, but keep in mind that you will need components to keep up with what it can do. A single hard drive probably won't be able to feed data to the Q6600 fast enough! :)

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  4 Star Review

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  Updated:08-21-07

  Duration of ownership:7 Days

  Strengths: Runs cool. Retail comes with a nice stock fan/heatsink that should be good unless you are o/c'ing like crazy. Great performance by what I can tell. Read weaknesses.

  Weaknesses: Intel does not provide a way to monitor how much each cpu is being used so you don't know what software is taking advantage of the quad core unless you use task manager.

  Overall Evaluation: I just upgraded? from Intel's competitor, which was a dual-core, and I don't see a lot of difference and most likely won't until software takes better advantage of multi-core cpu's. Since I have twice as many cpu's it got to be better right? Well.....

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: xdr4gon

  Updated:08-19-07

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  Strengths: Very Fast2 Dual Cores = Quad Core!Great for encoding videos and gaming

  Weaknesses: A little HotNoisy / mediocre stock fan

  Overall Evaluation: This is the best processor I've ever bought. It is very overclockable and easy to install. My g0 SLACR runs much cooler than the b3 stepping. Haven't overclocked it much. I have it running on a p5k deluxe and it's been working great. Vista shows it as a 5.9 :D. Now with the July 22 price cuts, it's definitely the time to buy!No more AMD for me!

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: tealong

  Updated:08-15-07

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  Strengths: Overclocks, fast

  Weaknesses: Stock hsf

  Overall Evaluation: I patiently or i should say impatiently waited for the price drop, then I paired the Q6600 (G0) with the P-35 DS3R motherboard and so far so good. Recommend the newer G0; SLACR stepping as the TPF is 95watts instead of 105 watts in the B3, SL9UM stepping. Now you can multi-task to your heart's content. Great performance.

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  5 Star Review

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  Updated:08-12-07

  Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

  Strengths: Definitely a great buy. All the power for a cheap price. Future proof

  Weaknesses: Runs hot if you do not take precautions

  Overall Evaluation: I paired my q6600 with an asus p5kc and 2 gigs of high speed ram and the 8800 gtx! Some advice, I also bought an asus arctic silent square heatsink, and I have not seen the temperature pass 42 degrees

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: SDTechDeals

  Updated:08-06-07

  Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

  Strengths: Fantastic value for a quad-core; 3-year warranty; stock fan should work for non-overclocked

  Weaknesses: Limited motherboard support

  Overall Evaluation: I upgraded from an Intel Core2 Duo E6600 CPU once the recent price-drops kicked in. What an unbelievable price for a quad-core CPU!! Bravo, Intel, on making quad core CPU available to the masses at under $300 (pretty much a 50% price cut). While I obviously don't notice any performance differences for web-surfing, email, etc. I do notice a difference while using both Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements. They open quicker, and the tool responds to my commands quicker. I'm not a gamer, so can't comment on that. I use the stock CPU heatsink/fan, and have not had any issues. I'm not over-clocking, so the stock cooler is fine. The only problem I had was in performing the upgrade. I mistakenly believed my motherboard supported the Q6600, as it already supported the E6600. So, after replacing the CPU, my computer wouldn't boot! Doh! I read up on some forums and realized I should have upgraded the motherboard BIOS. I had to replace the CPU with my old E6600 (good thing I didn't sell it already!), update the BIOS, then put the Q6600 back in. It worked!

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: tihsu

  Updated:08-02-07

  Duration of ownership:15 Days

  Strengths: Very Fast and have 4 cores

  Weaknesses: None.

  Overall Evaluation: I love this CPU. Very fast. Used it in my gaming as well as my work. very productive. It is very amazing how it has 4 cores and over 10GHz of computing power. Must get and must have Processor

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: DaffyDuck

  Updated:07-27-07

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  Strengths: 4 Processors... so multi tasking is easy, it works faster then you can depending on what you are multitasking

  Weaknesses: Heats up, so you would need something better then what it comes with for cooling if you plan on OCing

  Overall Evaluation: I like it, I didn't OC it since I don't really need to. Try to get the processor with G0 stepping since it takes less energy and heats up less than the one I got. Overall I love it, works well with Vista premium and XP.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: Rainking430

  Updated:07-25-07

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: Churns out audio/video encoding projects like it's going out of style, very affordable after recent price drops, quite overclockable

  Weaknesses: Price dropped (stinks for me), not true quad-core (two dual-core dies, basically) so not as efficient as upcoming AMD quads

  Overall Evaluation: This CPU is good money spent. It has turned previous 4-hour encode wait times to half an hour in some cases (over my previous OC'd AMD Athlon 64 3800+). I have been running it rock-stable at a 25% overclock, to 3.0 GHz, no problem. If you do a lot of video/audio editing or encoding, this is your chip. Now that the price has dropped significantly, get one now!

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: trinityhsu

  Updated:07-18-07

  Duration of ownership:15 Days

  Strengths: 4 cores, very fast speed, overclockable

  Weaknesses: OS and software not taking advantage of the 4 cores

  Overall Evaluation: I have used and like the Quad Core Q6600. However, speedwise, it is almost the same performance as my E6600. In fact E6600 overclock more than Q6600. Also, there are not many softwares out there that can use all 4 cores. It is great to have and I am sure in the future all 4 cores will be used. Unfortunately, for now, it is a bit useless. CPU is pretty low power and overclockable with correct motherboard combination.

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor

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