Q6600 DUAL CORE OR E6600 CORE 2 DUO???

Im going to be upgrading my pc shortly
& was wondering what would be the best proccesor:-

a quad core q6600 or a dual core e6600..

i would be mostly using the pc for watching tv,
playing games & listening to music & watching films..

any help is appreciated, thanks

 

the E6600 should be perfect for what you are doing. anything more like Ps, and a Q core would be good. but better and cheaper then the E6600 is the E6750, and its faster at stock.

 

OK cheers mate...

 

Unless you regularly do mega CPU-intensive tasks like editing video using professional software, a Core 2 Duo is much more suitable.

 

Ok,
Looks like ill be getting the E6750, but have one more question.
What's the best motherboard to go with that processor?

Cheers guys

 

Asus P5KC

 

I use the Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R which is an all round excellent board. There is no 'best' motherboard to use, only good ones and bad ones.

 

OK cheers guys.

I cant remember the name of the motherboard i was going to get but,
i think it was a Gigabyte board & was capable of quad core..

 

Well, the one I mentioned falls under that description.