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Q8400 vs E7500

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A question, which is the better buy of these two cpus? The price difference is marginal, so dont let that effect matters TOO much. My motherboard can take either of them apparently. I see the E7500 "only" has a 3mb cache, but my E6600 has a 4mb ( I think! ). Whats that all about? :)

My E6600 is giving me jip and I feel like an upgrade, what are peoples opinions?

Thank you!
 
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A question, which is the better buy of these two cpus? The price difference is marginal, so dont let that effect matters TOO much. My motherboard can take either of them apparently. I see the E7500 "only" has a 3mb cache, but my E6600 has a 4mb ( I think! ). Whats that all about? :)

My E6600 is giving me jip and I feel like an upgrade, what are peoples opinions?

Thank you!

In what way is it giving you gip?
 
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I overclock it, it runs hot and noisy, at stock it's quiet and cool, but kind of slow :(

I was considering another that might run at a similar speed but quieter, and cooler. Not completely decided yet, I've had my current mobo/cpu for three years, yet when I look at specifications of current cpus they dont look much different, which of course is probably because I dont know enough about it I expect :)
 
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