# Building a New PC Soon? Take a Peek At This.. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 25, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939 "2007-07-25T10:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/1 "2007-07-25T10:08:26Z")
> **[Overclocking Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600 | bit-tech.net](http://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/cpus/overclocking_intel_core_2_quad_q6600/1/)** > > We take Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600 for a spin on two motherboards to find out if it could be the next Athlon XP 2500+. Read on to find out how we got on... Intel Quad Core Q6600 (2.6Ghz x 4 CPU’s) - ~$299 This thing OC’s pretty well too. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/2 "2007-07-25T10:22:59Z")
nice… does anyone know if directx and the kernal in vista takes advantage of multiple core processors? for instance, if an application wasn’t designed to run on multiple cores, would vista compensate for it and apply the workload to other cores? at 299, that seems like a bargain, but I wonder how useful having 4 cores would be over 2 ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/3 "2007-07-25T10:27:00Z")
[quote=“Dr.Stevil,post:2,topic:32939"”] for instance, if an application wasn’t designed to run on multiple cores, would vista compensate for it and apply the workload to other cores? [/quote] The kernel can take advantage of multiple cores but what your looking for is impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/4 "2007-07-25T10:35:04Z")
well, then I guess my question is… what is the real advantage besides multitasking? having 4 cores for something like 3dsmax sounds very tempting especially to greatly reduce rendering times, but if it can only utilize one core, then it’s really no better than having a dual or even a single. Correct me if I’m wrong ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/5 "2007-07-25T10:47:37Z")
[quote=“Dr.Stevil,post:4,topic:32939"”] well, then I guess my question is… what is the real advantage besides multitasking? having 4 cores for something like 3dsmax sounds very tempting especially to greatly reduce rendering times, but if it can only utilize one core, then it’s really no better than having a dual or even a single. Correct me if I’m wrong [/quote] If the program is multi threaded then it can take advantage of multiple cores. 3dsmax is mutli threaded. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/6 "2007-07-25T10:49:14Z")
ahhhh, gotcha. thanks for the clarification ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/7 "2007-07-25T10:54:19Z")
Software is getting designed now (with “encouragement” from AMD and Intel) with multiple threads in mind. The new DX10 games (Crysis comes to mind) are multi-threaded as well so this purchase is not going to be wasted if gaming is your thing. ---
**Author:** ![Chuck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/chuck/32/7377_2.png) [@Chuck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chuck)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/8 "2007-07-25T11:39:17Z")
Just think of how much porn you can download with that baby ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/9 "2007-07-25T11:47:42Z")
[quote=“Chuck,post:8,topic:32939"”] Just think of how much porn you can download with that baby [/quote] I would say “think of how much porn you can simultaneously play with that baby…” is more appropriate but we get the idea. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/10 "2007-07-25T11:47:58Z")
The same as any other computer? ---
**Author:** ![9c1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1/32/7392_2.png) [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/11 "2007-07-25T13:46:15Z")
I saw that price drop the other day. My issue is, I’d have to upgrade EVERYTHING in my machine as I still have an AGP card in my current box. That means a new proc, mobo, p/s, ram, video card, and hdd’s. That’s what’s holding me back. :\ ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/12 "2007-07-25T14:58:02Z")
Yea, i heard about them doing this last month. Looks like it hit now… Makes me want to build a freeking fast comp. Run one of these phase change cooled to around 3.2-3.6 a core… BWHAAH! 14Ghz yo! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/13 "2007-07-25T15:15:31Z")
[quote=“9c1,post:11,topic:32939"”] I saw that price drop the other day. My issue is, I’d have to upgrade EVERYTHING in my machine as I still have an AGP card in my current box. That means a new proc, mobo, p/s, ram, video card, and hdd’s. That’s what’s holding me back. :\ [/quote] yeah, no shit… hahaha same here 😃 I tried looking for a mobo that supported both agp and pci-e but didn’t really find anything. oh well… my current rig still gets the job done… slowly lol ---
**Author:** ![maverick27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maverick27/32/4946_2.png) [@maverick27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maverick27)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/14 "2007-07-25T19:23:34Z")
The q6600 had been on sale at newegg for 299 for a while, then prices went up along with demand. mwave used to have them for 273 also, but that went up a bit too. either way, its a beast of a processor. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/15 "2007-07-25T21:12:54Z")
[quote=“maverick27,post:14,topic:32939"”] The q6600 had been on sale at newegg for 299 for a while, then prices went up along with demand. mwave used to have them for 273 also, but that went up a bit too. either way, its a beast of a processor. [/quote] That may be true but Intel just recently released a new version of this CPU. The G0 stepping is what you want which will yield greater OC results. [http://www.overclockers.com/tips01183/](http://www.overclockers.com/tips01183/) ---
**Author:** ![maverick27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maverick27/32/4946_2.png) [@maverick27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maverick27)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/building-a-new-pc-soon-take-a-peek-at-this/32939/16 "2007-07-26T13:47:37Z")
[quote=“RuBiCaNT,post:15,topic:32939"”] That may be true but Intel just recently released a new version of this CPU. The G0 stepping is what you want which will yield greater OC results. [http://www.overclockers.com/tips01183/](http://www.overclockers.com/tips01183/) [/quote] True, the new version is better for ocing but not everyone is ocing. The q6600 alone is powerful enough.