Fx 74 Vs Q6600

Sirius_GTO · 09-18-2007, 12:48 AM

I've been talking to a buddy who is knowledgeable on computers, and he tells me that FX 74 will be a much more responsive system than the Q6600. What do you think?

b1gapl · 09-18-2007, 01:07 AM

Maybe...But I think you have to buy them in pairs, because they're meant to go in a dual socket motherboard. And that would cost more than a Q6600 setup.

Sirius_GTO · 09-18-2007, 01:32 AM

that's really interesting. Can you explain more?

So socket F is dual socket?

maroon1 · 09-18-2007, 05:58 AM

Don't waste your money on FX-74

Just get Q6600 because it is much cheaper

And it seems that Q6600 beats it most of time
AnandTech: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 and Massive Price Cuts

Not to mention that Q6600 consume less power, and overclocks much better than two FX-74

Invisible · 09-18-2007, 07:41 AM

fx-74, is about even in the 3d rendering with the q6600, but the q6600 can overclock much better

gurusan · 09-18-2007, 09:23 AM

the FX 74 pair is an absolute waste of money...

Sirius_GTO · 09-18-2007, 01:52 PM

but one FX 74 is also as good as a q6600, so shouldn't two be better?

maroon1 · 09-18-2007, 02:02 PM

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but one FX 74 is also as good as a q6600, so shouldn't two be better?

One FX-74 is just a dual core processor. One FX-74 would be much slower than Q6600 in multi-threaded applications and the applications that utilize quad cores

There is no reason to get pair of FX-74 because Q6600 is much cheaper and overclocks much better

Sirius_GTO · 09-18-2007, 02:16 PM

the FX 74 is at 3.0, it has a faster FSB and more cache. Has their been any overclocking articles on this processor? Thanks

maroon1 · 09-18-2007, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirius_GTO

the FX 74 is at 3.0, it has a faster FSB and more cache

First: FX-74 doesn't use FSB, it uses Hypertransport instead

Second: Q6600 have 8MB L2 cache, much more than FX-74

Third: Having higher GHz doesn't mean that the processor is better. The older Pentium 4 processors had much higher GHz than Athlon64 but they performed worse. The new Intel core 2 processors can do more instruction per Hz than AMD processors.

Just look at the review I posted above, Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz (E6550) outperformed AMD 2.8GHz (5600+).

Quote:

Has their been any overclocking articles on this processor?

I'm not sure if there is overclocking articles for FX-74 but there is power consumption article for FX-74

Click here to see the article

FX-74 consume too much power

And since they consume too much power, I think they are not good for overclocking

09-18-2007, 12:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
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09-18-2007, 01:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sirius_GTO Super Techie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 243	Re: Fx 74 Vs Q6600 that's really interesting. Can you explain more? So socket F is dual socket?

09-18-2007, 05:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
maroon1 Wizard Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,403	Re: Fx 74 Vs Q6600 Don't waste your money on FX-74 Just get Q6600 because it is much cheaper And it seems that Q6600 beats it most of time AnandTech: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 and Massive Price Cuts Not to mention that Q6600 consume less power, and overclocks much better than two FX-74 __________________ CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 MOBO: Intel DP35DP Video card: eVGA 8800GTS 320MB Hard drive: WD 500GB Monitor: Samsung 206BW 20" Wide OS: Windows XP Professional SP2 Last edited by maroon1; 09-18-2007 at 07:46 AM.

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Sirius_GTO Super Techie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 243	Re: Fx 74 Vs Q6600 but one FX 74 is also as good as a q6600, so shouldn't two be better?

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