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C2D E6600 or X2 6000 ?

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Hi guys I've done a little searching but not much has popped up, building a new system in about a month or so for gaming, and I don't know which to pop for. They're both similar price and the 6000 seems to outperform the 6600 by a little. But I heard somewhere Intel are doing price cuts soon? Are AMD likely to match that?
 
I don't plan to, no. I heard because of the voltages temps can get high on the AMD... But I'm past overclocking now, just want a system I can build and get straight to playing :)
 
bah, maybe I will overclock, used to love it, took my 1.8GHz Athlon to 2.44GHz on air :D

I probably wont take it that far with a C2D though, anyone have any unclocked/overclocked E6600 benchmarks? There's not many people with a 6000 to have got any feedback from :confused:
 
The main reason I dont want to overclock is that I'm wanting a mainly silent, so not going to have a high performance CPU cooler and quieter case fans.

What coolers are you guys using for overclocking the C2Ds? and how loud are they?
 
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