sunny
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Not really no, it wouldn't hurt anything (other than your wallet).But would it hurt to have the extra cores there?
Whats best though? Two cores at 3GHz, both of which you're more likely to use, or the quad core 2.66GHz, where in most cases you're only going to use a maximum of 2 of the 4 cores anyway?I'm going to pay the same amount anyway so i might as well get what's best XD
I have a Q6600 (quad core 2.4GHz) and got it when it was hitting some rock bottom prices late last year. AFAIK, the only time I've actually only used all 4 cores was when I was executing some image processing with a program I wrote. I've thought about getting a dual core with a higher clock speed to replace the Q6600 as I much rather have the higher speed than the extra cores I don't need, but I don't have the extra money to spend that way atm