Which is cooler - the Q6600 or Q9300? Enough to matter?

potsy · Post by **potsy** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:46 pm

Hi all,
Tomorrow I'm going to update the Mobo/cpu in my system, which you can see here: viewtopic.php?t=43893&highlight=0db

I'll use a Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R Mobo and I'm trying to decide between the Q6600 and Q9300 processors. Both will do what I need easily, but I turn all the fans off in my system for short periods while I'm recording music. I think the Q6600 runs hotter, just because it comes with a bigger stock heatsink is 65nm rather than 45nm. If the Q6600 runs significantly hotter then I'll pay the extra cash for a Q9300. Does anyone have an opinion about what the difference is and whether it's enough to worry about?
Thanks heaps,
Potsy

line · Post by **line** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:07 am

The difference is huge. See Anand's numbers here:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh ... =3272&p=13

potsy · Post by **potsy** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:43 am

Thank you line. A third again in power consumption - well, I'd have to notice that! The Q9300 is the one to get.
Potsy

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:19 am

Jeez.

that's a sweet chip. I noticed also the existence of the 9450. 12 megs cache.

BOI-OI-OI-OING!!!

looking for stats on that hm

smilingcrow · Post by **smilingcrow** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:33 pm

I have some very preliminary data on running a Q6600 (G0) v Q9300 on a Gigabyte G33 board. Below is the difference in system power draw at idle/load with Q9300 being the lower:

At stock speeds 2.4 v 2.5 GHz
Stock VCore â€“ 10/21.5W
RMClock (lowest) â€“ 9/12.5W
BIOS undervolting â€“ 3.5/13W

At 3GHz
Stock VCore â€“ 6.5/24.5W

Rewdoalb · Post by **Rewdoalb** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:05 pm

perhaps if you picked up a tower heatsink CPU cooler, you wouldn't have to worry as much about having your fans off. The Scythe ninja or Thermalright 120 come to mind.

potsy · Post by **potsy** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:07 am

Hi all, thanks for your help. Just thought I'd let you know I ended up with a dual core E8200 instead. I'm mostly doing audio recording/editing and the general consensus is that this type of software runs better on dual cores at the moment. I'll tell you what, it runs nice and cool!