How Many Cores\Threads Does Your CPU Have?

If your G0 is running hot, you have a cooling issue. Mine runs around 28*C idle, and it's overclocked.

it is definitely a cooling issue, i have a Evercool Sharks..not sufficient cooling for the quadcores. I need to get something with a 120mm fan like a xigmatek or something. I just dont have the money atm. Mine idles around 40C, peaks at 60C. I know it shouldn't go that high but the chip will shutdown automatically at 72 and the max for the chip before damage occurs is 105 so I'm not too concerned about it. I would like to overclock though, which I cant do until i get the temps under control.

The combo of my mobo and the Q6600 G0 has been proven to go to 3.86GHz on air... so I'm bummed I'm still at 2.4GHz

Lets get this thread back to the top.

I voted for the cpu I'll have in a few days. 4 cores, 8 threads.

I just completed my HTPC last night. It has the new Wolfdale Pentium E6300 Dual Core. My old PC was a P4 3.0ghz and this was my first multi-core CPU. I am very pleased with this CPU, plus, it was only $15 more than the P4 chip I bought last, but is so much faster. If the Q9550 or Q9660 is still around next year or the year after, I'm going to pick up one of those. Right now, I can't justify paying $215+ for the Q9550 and over $300 for the Q9660 knowing that they price will drop drastically soon. The E6300 is easily overclockable to 3.4ghz and only costs $82.

I was comparing the playback of Windows 7 Media Player vs VLC 1.0.1 and it was simply amazing have two 720p videos playing side by side without so much of a hiccup (like the P4 playing just 1 720p video).

Here's the video I used: Link Removed due to 404 Error