6300/6400 or 6600 c2d

Rob43 · 22 Nov 2006 at 17:10

Going to go conroe,at last

6300/6400 or 6600 c2d

What to go for,it will be going under water,so hoping for a decent overclock.

Is the 6600 worth the extra ?

Rob

Cob · 22 Nov 2006 at 17:32

If you're on a budget get the e6300. If you're not, then get the e6600.

harris1986 · 22 Nov 2006 at 17:35

what board are you using? if you are overclocking then ther's no point getting the 6600!

Rob43 · 22 Nov 2006 at 17:50

I've not picked out a board yet,but was looking at the DS3 or 4 or the P5B Deluxe. Will be ordering tonight or tomorrow

I certainly will be overclocking the nuts of it,i hope

Will be running with 6400 corsair

So better to go with the 6400 then,you reckon ?

Thanks guys,

Rob

vocch · 22 Nov 2006 at 17:58

A 6300 will be fine.

harris1986 · 22 Nov 2006 at 18:03

with the said boards i'd go with a 6400 as the higher multiplier will allow you to get closer to the cpu's max without hitting the motherboards fsb wall!

Rob43 · 22 Nov 2006 at 18:21

Thanks for the advice

Rob

Biohazard · 22 Nov 2006 at 18:42

Multi locked all the c2d range yeah?

Cob · 22 Nov 2006 at 18:52

Biohazard said:
Multi locked all the c2d range yeah?

Upwards yeah (other than the x6800). You can lower them to x6.

Its_Me · 22 Nov 2006 at 19:37

Seconded for the 6400 (its a true Conroe too).

vocch · 22 Nov 2006 at 22:57

Its_Me said:
Seconded for the 6400 (its a true Conroe too).

Don't you mean Allendale....its a true waste of extra money which can be put towards better ram.

harris1986 · 23 Nov 2006 at 09:01

vocch said:
Don't you mean Allendale....its a true waste of extra money which can be put towards better ram.

no actually they are conroe's according to intel

sneakyd · 23 Nov 2006 at 10:16

I'd go for the 6400 (better for overclocking because of the multiplier) and use the rest on Ram(you can't have enough).

easyrider · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:15

6300
DS3
Geil DDR2 6400

will allow

7x 500 FSB = 3.5ghz 1ghz ram @ 1:1

ReeceKB · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:29

easyrider said:
6300
DS3
Geil DDR2 6400

will allow

7x 500 FSB = 3.5ghz 1ghz ram @ 1:1

Thats exactly what I need to get allthough I will be using air.

Thanks for that easyrider now that made me decide mobo as I want 6400ram.

HeX · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:30

easyrider said:
6300
DS3
Geil DDR2 6400

will allow

7x 500 FSB = 3.5ghz 1ghz ram @ 1:1

Excatly what I have, though getting 500FSB is a pain (for me anyway) and requires a lot of extra volts over 3.33-3.4Ghz so i've stuck with 3.33 for now which is plenty fast enough (16s SuperPI

)

vocch · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:44

harris1986 said:
no actually they are conroe's according to intel

So the codename in CPU-Z 1.37 is wrong?

harris1986 · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:50

well as intel have released a statement saying so i'd presume yes, if i could be bothered i would dig it out for you but i can't! i'm pretty sure someone else can clear this up for me? also iirc the newer lower powered c2d's that will be coming out are going to be codenamed allendale

easyrider · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:52

Allendale 2mb cache
Conroe 4mb cache.
Kentsfield 8mb cache

easyrider · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:53

HeX said:
Excatly what I have, though getting 500FSB is a pain (for me anyway) and requires a lot of extra volts over 3.33-3.4Ghz so i've stuck with 3.33 for now which is plenty fast enough (16s SuperPI

How much more vcore is needed for 500fsb?