Would this be a good idea?

magnethead · 06-24-2008, 09:53 AM

I'm currently running an overclocked E6750 at 3.0 GHz.

For kicks and grins i went looking on the egg for new quad cores...

Would upgrading to a Q6700 kentsfield be much of a gain? I'd probably run it to 3.0 as well but leave it there.

I mostly just game and do video editing when im not internetting. Right now i'm trying to encode a 5 hour clip in high quality DivX format and it's taking just about forever and eventually locks up. task manager says both cores are running at 100% and 55 degrees C.

Mobo is a P965-DS3 and gfx card is a 7800GT. all other specs are in the bar at left.

I'm a stock cooler person. the C2D is still on stock cooler. Would stock be acceptable for a quad core or should i zalmanize it and spend the money?

magnethead · 06-24-2008, 10:30 AM

also, desktop is on XP.

I'm told a quad core optimizer is required for XP to run properly on 4 cores?

magnethead · 06-24-2008, 08:14 PM

remove post- will repost in cpu section myself since i guess going up in cores doesnt count as overclocking :/

06-24-2008, 09:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
magnethead Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,613 OS: XPH, 2K My System Blog Entries: 2	Would this be a good idea? I'm currently running an overclocked E6750 at 3.0 GHz. For kicks and grins i went looking on the egg for new quad cores... Would upgrading to a Q6700 kentsfield be much of a gain? I'd probably run it to 3.0 as well but leave it there. I mostly just game and do video editing when im not internetting. Right now i'm trying to encode a 5 hour clip in high quality DivX format and it's taking just about forever and eventually locks up. task manager says both cores are running at 100% and 55 degrees C. Mobo is a P965-DS3 and gfx card is a 7800GT. all other specs are in the bar at left. I'm a stock cooler person. the C2D is still on stock cooler. Would stock be acceptable for a quad core or should i zalmanize it and spend the money? __________________ AIM me: MAGNET794 For proper support: what are you running? video card, cpu, m/board, ram, power supply, brand, wattage, any error message? PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER Last edited by magnethead : 06-24-2008 at 09:56 AM.

06-24-2008, 10:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
magnethead Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,613 OS: XPH, 2K My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Would this be a good idea? also, desktop is on XP. I'm told a quad core optimizer is required for XP to run properly on 4 cores? __________________ AIM me: MAGNET794 For proper support: what are you running? video card, cpu, m/board, ram, power supply, brand, wattage, any error message? PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER

06-24-2008, 08:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
magnethead Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,613 OS: XPH, 2K My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Would this be a good idea? remove post- will repost in cpu section myself since i guess going up in cores doesnt count as overclocking :/ __________________ AIM me: MAGNET794 For proper support: what are you running? video card, cpu, m/board, ram, power supply, brand, wattage, any error message? PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER