AMD 3700+/ Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 differences

[SameSuspect]

i want to upgrade my computer. Do you think an Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 would be a lot faster than my a64 3700+ at 2.6ghz???

 

[fenderbass86]

Not worth it imo. You'd see an improvement but not a great deal, the 3700+ San Diego is still a very good CPU to have.

 

[Jabbs]

It all depends what you want i guess, from what i was reading a 6300 @ 2.5 beats a fx62 easily seeing as these can easily hit 3 gig+ its a pretty big improvement.

 

[hohum]

If you plan to overclock it, then yes. At stock, I doubt you'd see much difference at all (except better multitasking I guess).

 

[wellibob]

The Duo chip is better in the respect its daul core, and it`ll most likely clock upto 3 gig with the right board and ram. So if you change all that, then the difference will be pretty big.

 

[SameSuspect]

yeah im changing everything!

CA-028-AN Antec TruePower 2.0 550W PSU (CA-028-AN)
£67.99 £67.99
MB-073-MS MSI 965P NEO (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-073-MS)
£64.99 £64.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.99 £107.99
HS-011-TT Thermaltake Silent 775 (Socket 775) CPU Cooler (CL-P0092) (HS-011-TT)
£13.95 £13.95
MY-079-CR Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Ballistix Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) (MY-079-CR)
£134.99 £134.99
GX-053-HT HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-HT)
£199.99 £199.99
HD-023-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD)
£27.50 £27.50
Subtotal £617.40
VAT £108.05
Total £725.45


what you think? should get a thew more fps out of bf2

 

[dante6491]

change the mobo to a gigabyte DS3 , the ram to the gskill hz (i think) and the hard drive to a seagate 7200.10

 

[Tetras]

Would also change the PSU to a Seasonic or other brand.

 

[Justintime]

Would avoid the DS3/HZ combo, sometimes it works sometimes it dosen't, this with 6 DS3s so far i've built up, all latest BIOS. Same set of HZ works in 2 of the lot, reallly weird tbh, all work fine with Geil Low latency DDR2 800.

 

[SameSuspect]

yeah that is strange, i think i will avoid that then

 

[UKTopGun]

change the mobo to a gigabyte DS3 , the ram to the gskill hz (i think) and the hard drive to a seagate 7200.10

And PSU and CPU cooler

Seasonic and artic freezer or something

 

[Jabbs]

I got that psu on a 6300@ 2.6, 2 gig ram , x1900xt, 1 raptor, 200gig sata and usual stuff and had no probs at all.

 

[SameSuspect]

CA-027-AN Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
£28.95 £28.95
CA-028-AN Antec TruePower 2.0 550W PSU (CA-028-AN)
£67.99 £67.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99 £91.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.99 £107.99
MY-108-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-108-CS)
£159.99 £159.99
GX-053-HT HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-HT)
£199.99 £199.99
HD-051-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST3808110AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-051-SE)
£28.95 £28.95
HS-010-ZA Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - Retail (HS-010-ZA)
£22.50 £22.50

Subtotal £708.35
VAT £123.97
Total £832.32

 

[Jabbs]

Just noticed you have a x1800xt why dont' you keep this card ? can't see a x1900xt offering more only in higher resolutions. Maybe then get a faster conroe 6600 for example with 4 meg cache.

 

[UKTopGun]

CA-027-AN Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
£28.95 £28.95
CA-028-AN Antec TruePower 2.0 550W PSU (CA-028-AN)
£67.99 £67.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99 £91.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.99 £107.99
MY-108-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-108-CS)
£159.99 £159.99
GX-053-HT HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-HT)
£199.99 £199.99
HD-051-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST3808110AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-051-SE)
£28.95 £28.95
HS-010-ZA Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - Retail (HS-010-ZA)
£22.50 £22.50

Subtotal £708.35
VAT £123.97
Total £832.32

Change: HD to a 7200.10 and surely 80GB isnt enough?
Change: GFX - As above (good spotting btw Jabbs) as X1900XT will offer hardly any noticeable performance gains over a X1800XT
Change: CPU Cooler to Sythe Ninja
Change: RAM to GeIL 2GB Ultra low latency

 

[SameSuspect]

well i have this stuttering issue with the comp im using now, i have tried so many things to fix it but nothing works so thats why im getting rid of the graphs.

also in bf2 it seriously does struggle with everything on high and medium

and in hl2 episode 1, i cant play with high dynamic range or whatever its called turned on because the framerate drops. I cant stand gaming without v-sync on and havin an fps drop below 50

i shall be ordering this within the next fortnight, its looking ok then?

 

[Jabbs]

Somethings deffo not right with your system then my bro is on a 3800 am2(2.4 stock) 2 gig ddr2 ram, x1800xt and his runs bf2 fine with everything on max, aa and af on too.

 

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[SameSuspect]

i really need to sell the pc i have now to help pay for my new system, Just the stuttering issue will cause problems

 

[MoBo]

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nice!

what heatskink / fan did you use?