2 HD4870X2 crossfire with a core 2 duo e8600????

[cmeyvin]

Will it be wise to use two HD4870X2 with a e8600 processor?

[George Hallam]

with that budget you would be better off with a high end quad core such as a Qx9650 or Q9650

[cmeyvin]

Okies am replacing my e8600 with quad QX9770

[cmeyvin]

Hey George can i remove my e8600 from my mob and put qx9770 in it. My mobo supports QX9770 i fink

[George Hallam]

ooo nooo dont get a Q9770 waste of money dont go higher than a Qx9650 even then i would say get a Q9650 and OC it to 3.2Ghz or 3.6Ghz it will easly do it


but if you are insistent yes your board will support that CPU

[cmeyvin]

Yer your right george, i fink it's not worth the money. But Do you fink i should stick to my e8600 @ 4.2Ghz or get a Q9650, i fink it's $549, the e8600 is $284. So it's almost double. Do u fink it's worth the money? But will the e8600 be the bottleneck for the 2 HD4870X2 gpus. If not, i may consider sticking to e8600.

[cmeyvin]

I just went through Amazon.com, i fink i'll be good with the Q9550. I can easily overclock it from 2.83 to 3.2 with Air cooling right? Can I overclock more than that? I wn't need more than 3.4Ghz per core

[George Hallam]

a Q9550 will easily OC to 3.2Ghz on air :) and get a quad core over a dual core