Core 2 Q8200 Quad-Core or Core 2 Duo E7300

[Huxley]

hi,
i have DDR2 SDRAM memory Dual channel 3072 MB [2x1.024/2x512], 800 MHz,Graphics Card ATI ® Radeon ™ HD 3450 256 MB.SATA hard disk from 500 GB to 7200 rpm, i need advice which processor is better.Intel ® Core ™ 2 Duo E7300 (2.66 GHz, 1066 MHz, 3 MB cache) or Intel ® Core ™ 2 Q8200 Quad-Core (2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, 4 MB cache)

[MattyBoy]

DELL was always reliable ... I have the following quote:

• Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q8200 (2.33GHz, 1333MHz, 4MB)
• Resource DVD: Studio Desktop 540ST Diagnostics and Drivers
• Ship Accessory: English Docs with Italian Power Cord
• Memory 3GB Dual Channel (2x1024MB + 2x512MB) 800Mhz DDR2
• 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
• Hard Drive 500GB Serial ATA non Raid (7200 Rpm)
• Roxio Software for Vista - Creator / MyDVD 10.2
• Optical Drive: 16X DVD + /-RW Drive
• Display: 17in S1709W Italian Black Widescreen Value (1440 x 900)
• Graphics: 256 MB ATI Radeon HD 3450
• Features integrated audio with Dolby Digital 7.1
• Speakers not included
• Modem not included
• Wireless Network Card 1505 PCIe 802.11n
• Dell Black 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse
• Keyboard: English (QWERTY) Dell Multimedia USB Black
• Operating System: English Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (32Bit OS) with Recovery DVD
• Dell Support Center 2.0
• English McAfee Security Center 30 Day Trial Version (No Recovery CD)

[Baltazar]

hi,
The dell are the only ones, in my opinion, still a good middle way between an assembled and branded. certainly are much better than an acer, and they are certainly more "comfortable" in an assembled.

[Russell]

e5000 series (dual) = number q8000 (quad) (2x2MB cache)
e7000 series (dual) = number q9000 (quad) (3x3MB cache)
e8000 series (dual) = number q9050 (quad) (6x6MB cache)

the q8000 could be much better than the e8000 series, as it could be much worse. the cpu are all based on the same technology, same same, changing only "the amount of cache, frequency, bus (almost irrelevant) and the presence or absence of certain features. the quad core should be taken ONLY if you use heavy applications of rendering, video conversion, programs for calculating complex and strange, things like that where the code is very scalable by the number of processors because it is "easy" that things are parallel.