New Intel Penryn...

[jbiggs09]

ok so i was just about to purchase the Q6600 processor when i heard about the new Penryn's. I was looking at the E5420 model of the Penryn thats clocked at 2.5ghz - 1333MHz FSB

If my only purpose for the computer im buying is to play games on it would there be a noticeable difference between the Q6600 and the E5420 Penryn?

I want to get a new comp now to play games such as CoD4, Crysis, etc.

Let me know what i should do, thanks.

 

[RedFox911]

I have a q6600 and its great, and future proof. Between intel penyrn and the q6600 you wont really see that much of a performance difference, due to the fact that there are nt many games/ programs out there that even use more than 2 cores. But if the E5420 is cheaper than the q660o( wich is around 270) then i would get penryn.