Strimer Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 vs. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600! Can anybody tell me, what the cpu is better for Hackintosh!? I need your suggestion! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h0tw1r3 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Depends if you can overclock the Q6600 with your motherboard. With a Q6600 (g0 stepping) the 2 extra cores will make a difference if you multitask a lot. I run two setups, one with a Q6600 @ 3ghz and another E8400 @ 3ghz. I find the quad feels snappier when I have a lot of stuff going on (simul: EyeTV recording 2 HD shows, Photoshop, browsing, compiling, file/web serving). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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candykane Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 apple doesnt use SSE4.1 yet. in europe the Q6600 is only 25 euro cheaper but gives way more bang for a Buck. maby not in games yet. but in the rest it does! if you look to the future apple is going all out on multy core support in snow tiger. so sse4.1 well is not that important more core's are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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