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Much upgrade from E4300 to E8400???

Malazan

Malazan

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I have my E4300 running @ 2.7 GHZ , and i'd imagine i'd be able to get the E8400 to 4 GHZ.

Rig is sig, shortly will be getting another 2 GIG of RAM (only 32 bit system sadly)

Cheers.

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The 4300 you have should do 3.2 - 3.5 ghz have you tried it ? not sure an 8400 is a worthwhile enough upgrade tbh I'd go with a q6600 or other quad.
Dual core to dual core just isn't worth it.
 
Depends really what he is paying and what he is using it for, both would be a big improvement but for normal use an E8400 @ 4ghz or more would be a massive improvement.
 
C64 said:
The 4300 you have should do 3.2 - 3.5 ghz have you tried it ? not sure an 8400 is a worthwhile enough upgrade tbh I'd go with a q6600 or other quad.
Dual core to dual core just isn't worth it.
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You sure? Back when I had a 4400 I thought they pretty much maxed out at 3GHz.
 
I would get a Q6600 or one of the newer socket 775 quad cores.

I went from a E4500 at around 2.9GHZ to a Q6600 at a similar speed and it was a good upgrade IMHO.

Both my E4300 and E4500 processors could hit around 3.1GHZ to 3.2GHZ IIRC.
 
Keep in mind that with an e8400 you get a max cpu multi of 9 so to get to 4+GHz on pc2 6400 ram you'll have to push your ram quite hard or even upgrade to 1066. If you do, however, you can get up to 4GHz no problem, and I found 4.5GHz quite easily even with a £12 cpu cooler lol.
 
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Devrij said:
Keep in mind that with an e8400 you get a max cpu multi of 9 so to get to 4+GHz on pc2 6400 ram you'll have to push your ram quite hard or even upgrade to 1066. If you do, however, you can get up to 4GHz no problem, and I found 4.5GHz quite easily even with a £12 cpu cooler lol.
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I am also upgrading my RAM to 4GIG. I'll be buying a £12 quid type cooler too!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-192-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

How about this RAM with E8400?

If I can get to 4GHZ, that'll be fine for me.
 
Malazan said:
I am also upgrading my RAM to 4GIG. I'll be buying a £12 quid type cooler too!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-192-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

How about this RAM with E8400?

If I can get to 4GHZ, that'll be fine for me.
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That ram will be fine although it's a ridiculous price for old tech. I only paid £52 for my ram in my siggy 6 months ago. For a comparison of a E4300 vs E8500 at various speeds, see my comparison thread here. My old E4300 easily got to 3.4Ghz so they are capable of higher clocks.


Sparx said:
I've just got a new i5 build myself and still have my old Q6600... Wouldn't mind selling you it for £60 before I hit it on Ebay..? :)
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This would be the best buy though.
 
pastymuncher said:
That ram will be fine although it's a ridiculous price for old tech. I only paid £52 for my ram in my siggy 6 months ago. For a comparison of a E4300 vs E8500 at various speeds, see my comparison thread here. My old E4300 easily got to 3.4Ghz so they are capable of higher clocks.




This would be the best buy though.
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I've noticed RAM is a stupid price again, my board won't take DDR3 so i'm stuck with old tech as you say.
 
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