Processor Differences

[Georgelemmons]

I'm buying a Dell, and have these two processor options:

 

Intel® Core 2 Quad processor Q6600 - 65nm construction, 8Mb L2 cache, 2.4Ghz clock speed, and a front side bus speed of 1066Mhz

 

Intel® Core 2 Quad processor Q9300 - 45nm construction, 6Mb L2 cache, 2.5Ghz clock speed, and a front side bus speed of 1333Mhz

 

The upgrade from the 6600 to the 9300 is $150.

 

 

 

 

 

To me, the differences seem minimal. What am I getting for that extra $150? Is it worth it to upgrade?

 

All help and advice is greatly appreciated.

[OldJoe]

Wasn't it you posting a while ago about a whole computer? Or am i remembering wrong?

 

Go with the Q6600. It overclocks great (if you like that!). I wouldn't choose the Q9300 at all, rather Q9450 or Q9550.

 

You see what differs them, 9300 is 45nm compared to 65nm, smaller cache, slightly higher stock speed, multiplier of 7.5 compared to Q6600's 9 and higher bus speed. It isn't worth the 150 extra.

 

You should know Intel is coming out with new enthusiast cpu's in october was it? And mainstream ones next year. AMD is also coming out with new CPU's next year (not talking about the Phenom 45nm ones).

[Georgelemmons]

Wasn't it you posting a while ago about a whole computer? Or am i remembering wrong?

 

Go with the Q6600. It overclocks great (if you like that!). I wouldn't choose the Q9300 at all, rather Q9450 or Q9550.

 

You see what differs them, 9300 is 45nm compared to 65nm, smaller cache, slightly higher stock speed, multiplier of 7.5 compared to Q6600's 9 and higher bus speed. It isn't worth the 150 extra.

 

You should know Intel is coming out with new enthusiast cpu's in october was it? And mainstream ones next year. AMD is also coming out with new CPU's next year (not talking about the Phenom 45nm ones).

 

Yeah, that was me about the whole computer. Thanks, I'll probably get the Q6600.