I sold my G0 Q6600, I only could get 2.8 stable out of it and the spare 2 cores were idle 99% of the time.

I got an E8500 and it runs at 3.5 solid as heck.

" THE LEGEND WILL NEVER DIE. "

jeeze... i remember when multi core processors came out not too long ago and people were pre ordering these things for over $1000

My Q6600 over-clocked 333x9=3000MHz run great, also at 400x8=3200MHz run well as well. No need for 45nm Core 2 Quad Q8200. My over-clocked Q6600 beats hands down.

Here's why the Q6600 will be an oc'ing legend: it was the first relatively mainstream-priced quad core. Maybe not one of the top great CPUs but it's unique for the previous reason. The G0 oc'd really well too but managing the heat still wasn't easy.

I WANT ONE!

RIP Q6600, we hardly knew ye...

The ideal time to buy the Q6600 was ~18 months ago right after the G0 core came out and Intel made the huge price cuts. Since then the price drops haven't been that significant.

I bought an Allendale last year with the thought of upgrading to a quad, but I'm still holding out on the dual core. With overclocking taken into account, quad core performance/cost hasn't gone up by any substantial margin lately.

I currently have a Q6600, but my motherboard (Asus P5BW-LA) is not very overclocking friendly (can't change any bios settings - that's what you get when you buy an HP). I am wondering what the highest performing replacement cpu (if any?) is that could easily replace the Q6600, that still fits the socket 775 and a FSB of 1066 MHz?

by the way, it's an Intel P965 chipset with a Micro-ATX form factor : 9.6 in X 9.6 in. Another option would be to find a better (overclockable) micro-ATX board that would fit the case and allow for the use of newer quads with faster FSB (1333 MHz?).

Any suggestions?

I've been on the fence about getting a Q6600 for the past year now. I have an Abit P35 board with a 6320 in it now, but a Q6600 would hold it over for quite a while longer. What kind of price drop are we looking at here? Is it worth it to wait a bit longer? I'd love to move up to quad cores.

Whatever happened to Abit? I can't find them on the Egg anymore. Or am I somehow missing something?

This Legend will stay and serve me for atleast 2 years to come... I am glad it OCed to 3.7 Ghz for me, so i don't have to look for options anymore.

Q8200 for only $179.99 shipped, and this 2.33GHz offering has more power-efficient cores, better clock-for-clock performance, and a speedier front-side bus than the Q6600.

Forgot to mention the smaller cache and lack of overall performance when compared to the Q6600.

The Q6600 has had a very good run, if they had just done a die shrink and left everything as it was previously it could have lived even longer, but i guess Intel want to shift more of their higher margin quads now.

WRT E6600/Q6600 hall of fame status: I would say so. So far in the Core2 world I've purchased the E6600, the Q6600, and the Q9450. Still waiting to see the killer model of Core i7 or i7mk2.

WRT Abit: They are dying. They're closing up shop in multiple different fashions, and it's only a matter of time till one of the other Chinese mobo cranker-outers assimilates them. The good talent left and the mobo quality dropped off steadily afterwards.

The E6600 Conroe dual core and the Q6600 quad will go into the Hall of Fame for CPUs(if there is such a thing).
Very good performance out of the box,awesome overclockers on stock voltage and pretty cool running to boot.Great CPUs.