OC'd E5500 vs Q9650!
OC'd E5500 vs Q9650!
Hi, guys! I'm checking these two processors and trying to decide which one would work best with my GTX 750 Ti. I remember the E5500 has two fewer cores than the Q9650, but it's a great clock speed—I think I could get it up to around 4.5 GHz with a good cooler. On the other hand, the Q9650 is limited to a max of 3.6 GHz because of my old XFX motherboard, and I'm worried it might not run smoothly beyond 400 FSB speeds. So, which one do you think would give better performance? More cores or higher clock speed?
Xsanchi :
Hey everyone! I have these two processors and am trying to decide which one would work best with my GTX 750 Ti. I remember the e5500 has fewer cores than the Q9650, but it’s a solid clocker and I think I can get it to run at around 4.5 GHz with a good cooler. The Q9650 is limited to about 3.6 GHz max, which I believe would be too slow with an older XFX motherboard. In my opinion, more cores are better than higher clock speed.