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E6600 Vs newer cpus ?

glad I read this as I've got an e6600 at 3.0 and was considering going for an e5200, I'm fsb limited to 333 so can only just scrape 3.0 and figured the lower fsb requirments and higher multi of the 5200 would be a better bet for me.

seems it's not worth it
 
cpatain-chaos said:
glad I read this as I've got an e6600 at 3.0 and was considering going for an e5200, I'm fsb limited to 333 so can only just scrape 3.0 and figured the lower fsb requirments and higher multi of the 5200 would be a better bet for me.

seems it's not worth it
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That would be a step backwards as the E5200 only has half the cache. You would be better off changing the motherboard if that is what is holding you back.
 
cpatain-chaos said:
see this is where I get mighty confused as I've seen reports stating that the cache doesn't have that much of an impact and can be offset by higher clock speeds, but cheers anyway
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Put it this way, you can always overclock but you can never add more cache. I'm guessing you have an Asrock board?
 
I did get my E600 2.4 quad to 3.8, with a little volt increase, but it’s happy at 3.5Ghz With stock volts so not much increase in heat. That little document they send with the chip is handy
I think they sell it, it tells you the bios settings you need to change to bring it up to @ least 3:2Ghz.
I was using the stock cooler but the temps where get high to the point the computer would shut down to be honest I don’t think I placed it right anyhow bought a akasa AK-961 colour blue and the temps are right down 40c max. It’s an excellent processor handles everything I chuck at it.

cheers
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Quad Core Technology, 2.40GHz guaranteed too 3.30GHz clock speed, 8MB L2 Cache, Intel Speedstep Technology, EM64T 64-Bit Technology, Execute Disable Bit, Energy Efficient Version, 3yr Warranty.
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I undervolted my E6600 and it still does 3.2GHz 24/7. I always thought it was a little pointless going for uber high GHz on the c2d's and that seems to be confirmed here.
 
"I always thought it was a little pointless going for uber high GHz on the c2d's and that seems to be confirmed here."

I've done even more benching with crysis with various overclocks and I can confirm that for me at least, 3.2ghz appears to be "sweetspot" any higher and I'm wasting electricity:p. I've got really curious to see how cheap I can put together system for and try to get comparable "gaming" performance with what I have now. Now I know you need high overclocks for loads of other stuff so I'm not saying this would suit everyone, but I feel really confident I can get somewhere approaching the same performance.:)
 
My E6600 @ 2.4Ghz, yeah stock I know, runs crysis fine. Would I feel the benefit of the E84/5/600's probably won't overclock that either. I'm not bothered about 5 or 10% better but more would tempt me.
 
I_M_Weasel said:
My E6600 @ 2.4Ghz, yeah stock I know, runs crysis fine. Would I feel the benefit of the E84/5/600's probably won't overclock that either. I'm not bothered about 5 or 10% better but more would tempt me.
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Look in my siggy. Now go and clock yours. :D It's easy, it's free. The E6600 is a good clocker and you will se big gains. I really don't understand people who have a good cpu already but want to spend over £100 on a new one for minimal gains that could be easily got by clocking. There are loads of us on here to help and a guide in the O/C section. You also get to know what your rig can and can't do and it's fun as well. :D
 
Well has pastymuncher said it should make 3Ghz easy I wasn't too concerned about major probs at 2.6Ghz so had a half hour game and looked at my temps after, if it had been red hot I'd have been back to 2.4Ghz.
Moved up to 2.8GHz, don't think I'll go any further still same tempreture and had no instability, Jumped from 188fps in the source stress test to 266fps I'm quite happy with that.
 
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