Athlon x2 6000+ vs intel c2d e6600?

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Will the x2 4600+ overclock to 6000+ speeds, and if so how will it compare to the e6600?

Because the x4600 costs £80 and the e4300 costs almost £100, wether it clocks better though I don't know.

 

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I meant a 4300 at 6600 speads.

Since it costs more than a 4600+.

 

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Is there any links to these 1.2Ghz overclocks on air and what price motherboards they are using? Becuase if the motherboards are £80 or something, I wouldn't bother.

 

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Looking at things the 5000+ is the same price as the e4300 elsewhere. So will the 4300 at the average overclock on air definatley beat the 5000+ at the average air overclock, on the same price mobo?

 

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What motherboard is good for overclocking? Within reason.

 

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Anything cheaper? I'd rather spend the extra money on a faster cpu and get a more moderate overclock, and get a better resale value when I come to sell it, than spend £80 on a mobo.

 

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why spend the extra on a cpu?

Because with a more expensive cpu you dont need as big an overclock to get the same performance. I'm on a budget so it isn't an option anyway, I don't see the point in overclocking if you have to spend loads of extra money on it.

 

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If you are on a budget just upgrade your cpu

I don't want to be stuck with an old socket, with expensive ram, and hard to find cpus.

I want to upgrade to 2gb as well, ddr2 is cheaper than ddr now.

 

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So spending 20 quid extra on a better motherboard is "loads of money"? How on earth do you come to the conclusion that spending more on a CPU is more cost-effective than spending less on a CPU and 20 quid extra on a motherboard? Are you aware that there is generally over a hundred pounds (sometimes way more) between significant speed grades of retail CPU's?

Bizzarre...

It's £40 more for the mobo than a standard one, when your a student it is a lot. Yes there is hundreds of pounds between certain cpus, like the ee, but not between a 6600 and 4300. If I had to spend £40 more I would rather get a 6600 and clock it to the same speed as an overclocked 4300, rather than a better mobo. Anyway It's irrelevant because its out of my budget.

 

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*Difference in price bewteen an E4300 and an E6600 = 75 quid.

*Difference in price between bad mobo and good mobo = 25 quid.

Your overclock will be lower with your "better" CPU with the crappy mobo than if you bought the cheaper CPU with the good mobo. Thus netting you less performance over all, despite having spent more money.

You do the maths...

E6600 is avalible for cheaper than £150 you know and ocuks 4300 has £8 postage on it. Anyway the mobo you reccomended me was £88 delivered, compared to other mobos which cost as low as £35. I'd bet you can still get good clocks on lower mobos anyway. I'll just have to find the best cheap clocker I can.