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Originally Posted by Cman333
I'm using EVEREST ULTIMATE to determine temps and speeds.
I was gaming. L4D and Far Cry 2. FC2 sucks btw. 
So you think 3.4 is safe if I ran aftermarket cooling? Something to consider.
I find that even though I upgraded, I don't think it's that much faster in terms of loading up programs and stuff. I can multitask better for sure, but somethings take awhile to load which either didn't take that long before. I might be on crack. My comp defrags/virus check couple times a week. Just hoping for an easy tweak maybe to get this thing running a little quicker.
To be exact
Q6600 oc'd to 3ghz
4g ddr2 ram
9800 gtx (stock)
p5k mobo
vista ultimate 64
corsair 650W PSU
Kinda wish I didn't listen to whoever on RS recommended the Q6600 over the E8400. Someone on here was saying they had that OC'd to 3.8 ghz.
I'm not too savvy with comps. So pardon my ignorance if someone I said didn't make too much sense. I'm a Car/Home Audio/Theatre type of guy.  |
I wouldn't attempt 3.4GHz without GOOD aftermarket cooling. 3.4GHz is pretty much on the extreme side of the scale on an air-cooled system. And truth be told....a 400MHz difference won't be noticeable, unless you're going for bragging rights
L4D? You should be able to play that with maximum details with ease on your system. Overclocking won't make things better (I'm playing L4D alot, too!). And yea...Farcry 2 sucks.
Unless your primary goal was to overclock, you shouldn't regret going with a Q6600 over a E8400....stock vs stock, you won't notice a difference between the 2 in basic windows navigation...However, the E8400 does run cooler and overclocks better.
If you're using apps that support multiple cores, then your Q6600 will outperform it with ease. However, for apps that don't support multiple cores, clock speed plays a bigger role....so with the Q6600, you'll win in some apps, but you'll lose some. But goddamn, I'll say it again...those E8400s overclock like crazy!
As for your slow responsiveness....My system responds fast...no lag at all...with any modern processor, you shouldn't have to wait longer than 2 seconds for anything to load...even my laptop launches firefox in a second.
It might be something else causing the slow-ness.
Use coretemp and the other apps i mentioned in my first post to double check your temps....maybe Everest is mis-reporting, and if your temps are too high, the CPU will automatically throttle back performance to prevent self-destruction.