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Did I do the right thing ?

I think you did well to sell it.

In my opinion there are only two cpu that should be considered when buying at the moment and they are the e6300 and the e6600.

If you are hopeing to go for quad core i would just get the e6300 and clock away.
 
hyper_piper45 said:
I think you did well to sell it.

In my opinion there are only two cpu that should be considered when buying at the moment and they are the e6300 and the e6600.

If you are hopeing to go for quad core i would just get the e6300 and clock away.
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Um can i ask whats wrong with the e6400? as i intend to buy it ;p

An extra £25 gains nearly 400mhz stock over the e6300, seems gd plan to me.
 
eriedor said:
Um can i ask whats wrong with the e6400? as i intend to buy it ;p

An extra £25 gains nearly 400mhz stock over the e6300, seems gd plan to me.
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I was going for the E6400 as well tbh its only a 30 quid price rise so I think its worth it imo..
Wayne..
 
BigglesPiP said:
Get a PD 805, an OC project for giggles to last you out till kentsfields arrive.
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And be slower than my Athlon XP1700? Where would the fun be in that? ;)

To those thinking of buying 6400s, may I ask why? Granted, there is absolutely nothing wrong if you have no intention of overclocking, so just ignore after this point.

However, the whole point of overclocking is getting the most bang for you buck, i.e. spend £30 less on what is an effectively identical chip and then overclocking it makes economic sense to a lot of people on this forum. The e6300 is the cheapest Core 2 Due with 2Mb of L2 cache; the e6600 is the cheapest 4Mb cache model... considering it will be effectively identical to the x6800, for some, it is a no-brainer.
 
Yeah, but what if your mobo like mine(DS-4) cant do anymore than say 450mhz that (450x7) only gives you an overclock of 3.15ghz..With the higher multi on the e6400, you can squeeze a little more with a low fsb mobo..450x8=3.6ghz is a lot better than 3.15ghz.. :D
 
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mrthingyx said:
And be slower than my Athlon XP1700? Where would the fun be in that? ;)

To those thinking of buying 6400s, may I ask why? Granted, there is absolutely nothing wrong if you have no intention of overclocking, so just ignore after this point.

However, the whole point of overclocking is getting the most bang for you buck, i.e. spend £30 less on what is an effectively identical chip and then overclocking it makes economic sense to a lot of people on this forum. The e6300 is the cheapest Core 2 Due with 2Mb of L2 cache; the e6600 is the cheapest 4Mb cache model... considering it will be effectively identical to the x6800, for some, it is a no-brainer.
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It's because the E6400 is capable of the highest clock speeds in the Core 2 Duo range.

For Allendales:
Bad examples = Bin
Weak examples = E6300
Good examples = E6400

For Conroes:
Bad examples = Bin
Weak examples = E6600
Medium examples = E6700
Good examples = EX6800

And the Allendale has a smaller dies size due to less L2 Cache which is apparently making it a better overclocker then the Conroe.

So the E6400 is the sweet spot.
 
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