Are conroes worth it?

[Robert]

I can get:

AMD 939 4600 X2
Asus MVR32 (whatever it's called)

=£260

E6600
Mobo
ram

=£500

Are they that much better to warrant moving over?

 

[Robert]

Guys I don't want to find that I get a bad clocker and i'm stuck with an E6300...could this happen? If so I'll wait a little longer for the E6600.

Edit:

e6300

Geil 6400 (ThisWeekOnly)

Asus P5B Deluxe or Gigabyte DS3

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7

Would the Asus board be ok? I just like asus for some reason.

 

[Robert]

One thing: are these oc's stable? I will be rendering a lot this year and need a stable PC.

 

[Robert]

All i'm going to say is...

unlike the 8800's, the Conroes are WELL worth the performance gain they bring to the table, for the cost involved.

You're going to have to trust us, as it's hard to describe how fast they are, but trust me, you will see a big difference.

I went from a 3400 Athlon64 to an E6300 and to an E6600 and everything feels so much more responsive. The extra core makes quite a difference.

So you had an E6300 and sold it for an E6600?

 

[Robert]

The AMD wouldn't need ram because I already have 2gb of DDR ram, which would work in that motherboard