For gaming, I'd go E6850. More speed per core is almost universally better than more cores for current games. I anticipate that will change, but it'll remain that way for a while.
Hands down, P35 Express, unless you just absolutely need SLI. The 680i has a fantastic feature set, but I've just generally had bad luck with it....network adapters that are either slow or disappear and require a reboot, general instability after running for a few months, high temperatures (not just NB, the SB runs blazing hot too), immature drivers/BIOS (these have largely been worked out on the BIOS side, but c'mon), poor quad-core overclockability, very finicky memory controller, etc. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Decker > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:48 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Looking for advice on new system. > > Which CPU would you choose for a gaming PC, the Q6600 or the E6850? > For the chipset, would you go with the P35 Express or nForce 600i? > Why? > > On 7/16/07, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With the Intel quad-core Q6600 (2.4GHz) hitting $266 next week > (7/22), and > > the new E6850 (3.0GHz) dual-core running at $266 now, along with the > rather > > nice P35 Express chipset, why would anyone even consider an AMD-based > > machine for anything but an ultra-budget box? > [snip]
