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I can't tell you which would be better: a dual 3.3Ghz w/6Mb cache or a quad 2.3Ghz w/4Mb cache. My gut tells me the quad, but I really don't know. Hopefully somebody here can give you a definitive answer.


Actually thats what I would assume as well, but according to Tom the Duo 3.3Ghz wins out. (the 3.1GHz E8500 is shown compared to the Quad Q8200 model, so the E8600 would most likely have the edge over the Q2800. I suspect power consumption would be somewhat similar)

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/athlon-64-power,review-31544-6.html

But the Q8200 certainly wins out over the E7500;

I myself would go for the Q8200 and save $189 for the little difference in performance compared to the E8600 and spend the difference on a Network Attached Storage (NAS) for network storage backup such as the BUFFALO 500gb Linkstation mini NAS 250gb x 2 raid 0/1 DLNA Gigabit Ethernet for around $220

http://www.eworldsale.com/buffalo-500gb-...5760_25745.html



Edited by Am_Fear_Liath_Mor (05/13/09 08:30 PM)