Conroe. Is it worth?

gary996 · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:20

Is it worth buying the 6800? Would you see much advantage over say the 6700 or lower? Yes I would be overclocking it

daven1986 · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:22

not worth it in my opinion, they all clock to about the same i think.

Duke · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:23

6300 and 6600 seem best for price/overclocking ability.

Jokester · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:25

Just make sure you get one of the better overclocking boards if you get a 6300/6600.

Jokester

Digital Punk · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:28

The top of the range cpu's are always overpriced and not very good value for money.

Get a cheaper one and spend the saved cash on something else.

Richdog · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:30

Jokester said:
Just make sure you get one of the better overclocking boards if you get a 6300/6600.

Jokester

Which ones are those?

Jokester · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:43

The Asus P5W DH Deluxe seems to be the better one for the 6600, the Gigabyte DS3 or DS4 seemed to be the choice for the 6300. Not sure of others but there are some more out there.

Jokester

gary996 · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:45

ok so even the 6700 is not worth it then over the cheaper ones?

daven1986 · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:47

nope

Jokester · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:48

The extra multiplier doesn't seem to be worth it in the case of the 6700, if you have a decent board it'll be the chip that gives up first not the board. You could possibly warrant going for a 6400 over a 6300.

Jokester

easyrider · 2 Sep 2006 at 19:31

Best to get either the E6600 or the E6300 the two sweet spots in the core duo 2 range.

easyrider

Boogle · 3 Sep 2006 at 03:45

Asus P4B Deluxe can unlock the multiplier of most Conroes: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2822&p=1

HeadlessChicken · 3 Sep 2006 at 06:02

Boogle said:
Asus P4B Deluxe can unlock the multiplier of most Conroes: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2822&p=1

From what I read it's just downwards...........

techmonkey · 4 Sep 2006 at 10:01

shadydelboy said:
From what I read it's just downwards...........

Correct.

But that can come in handy if you intentially want to have higher FSB for example overclocking your memory further.

Or have I misunderstood something regarding higher FSBs vs higher Multipliers? :confused:

Beenom · 4 Sep 2006 at 10:29

gary996 said:
ok so even the 6700 is not worth it then over the cheaper ones?

The best to go for is the E6600, i did!

And even a newbie-first-timer overclockers like me got the E6600 to 3.4ghz without even trying

. No doubt someone with more experience could easily take it up higher

Stelly · 4 Sep 2006 at 10:33

Beenom said:
The best to go for is the E6600, i did! And even a newbie-first-timer overclockers like me got the E6600 to 3.4ghz without even trying . No doubt someone with more experience could easily take it up higher

totally agree even though I got a E6600

Stelly

Sinister · 4 Sep 2006 at 10:37

Stelly said:
totally agree even though I got a E6600

Stelly

did you not buy a x6800 conroe also

PikKOn · 4 Sep 2006 at 22:25

Jokester for saying that I would give you a BIG kiss on the cheek! I just bought a ASUS P5W along with the E6600 scheduled to arrive on Friday WHOOP DA WHOOP WHOOP!

Going to overclock as if Santa was on drugs

Pr0t0c0L · 4 Sep 2006 at 23:15

yeh 6600 or 6300. the 6400 is also good