INTEL CORE 2 DUO E8500 or INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q9400 ?

[manhunt]

AoA

Guys I just want to know that which processor is good for multi tasking + gaming ??

I wana use Adobe, Maya and Video studio softwares + some new games too !


Note : I am not Over clocker .but maybe in future I will try it.


please post your suggestions ..thanks

[AI Protech]

Go for Quad core if u want to buy now and u cant wait...... but my suggestion is u shud wait and go for core i5..... it is better than q9400......... the reason i m suggesting u q9400 is because of the apps u mentioned otherwise for gaming E8500 is more than enough

[abobobilly]

The Release date of i5 is September 8.
And If you cannot wait for that long then i prefer getting an i7.

[Kane]

Quad all the way but wait for i5

[reaper]

depends on the apps ,,

most audio n video support quads n u will see better results there

gamers havnt had much support from quad cores uptill now ,, but upcoming games will have em

,, personally i perfer the quad

[Voodoo]

Q9400 is better

[AFQ]

go for q9400!!

[roxen]

go for q9400!!! or if u can w8 some days then buy core i5

[mave3]

dont go for a corei5....its not upgradable to a corei7..
if u want the real deal done go for a corei7..
if u have budget probs then Q9400 is the best buy!!!

[hasanJ]

dont go for a corei5....its not upgradable to a corei7..
if u want the real deal done go for a corei7..

LGA1156 will have Corei5s aswell as the Corei7 800 Series

difference between Corei7 800 and 900 iz not much
as benchmarks show they r equal in most cases

Corei7 lacks QPI and Triple Channel Memory but it gains an On-Chip PCI-E Controller lalong with Corei5s

LGA1366 Platform iz for enthusiast who wuld be moving on to Corei9 Gulftown

while LGA1156 iz for Mainstream users with alot of Processors choices
Corei7 800 4Cores/8Threads
Corei5 700 4Cores/4Threads
Corei5 600 2Cores/4Threads
Corei3 500 2Cores/4Threads

i wuld suggest u w8 for Corei5 Processor as one to be released "Corei5 750 2.66GHz" will retail for 196$ and iz faster than Q9550