E6300 or E5300?

[Muel]

I can't work out which to go for (Or the varients of each).

The C2D E6300 has a 1066 FSB, but runs at 1.8ghz and tops out at about 2.6ghz from what I've read, and it's also 65nm.

The PDC E5300 has an 800 FSB, but runs at 2.6ghz and tops out around 3.4ghz, and uses 45nm?

Which would be the better one to go for?

(Be aware there are two E6300, they have the same spec apart from one is core 2 duo using 65nm, and the other is pentium dual core using 45nm, the only other difference being that the C2D is 1.8ghz stock, and the PDC is 2.8ghz stock).

 

[Muel]

I thought that'd be the case, I'll stick to the 45nm lot then. Cheers!

Hopefully I can find an PDC E6500, but maybe that's a bit wishful thinking on my budget.

 

[Muel]

Thanks for that, I'll keep an eye out for one!

I'll either be getting an E5200/5300/5400 or an E6300 if I can find one cheap enough.

 

[Muel]

Thanks a lot for the help everyone, if it was for me, I'd go straight for the E6300, but it's not really needed, the computers for my brother/mother, and they're only mild users apart from my brother likes to play a few games, so an E5300 @ 3.6ghz would be ample I'd imagine?

The board will be an ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2, one of these: http://www.asrock.com/MB/overview.asp?Model=4CoreDual-SATA2

I've heard mixed reviews, but I already have a spare brand new AGP card I can use up in it, and a set of IDE optical and hard drives, and I paid £27 including postage for it, so it'll do! Also allows for an upgrade to a PCI-E card if they decide it's needed.

I just bought 2gb of PC2-5300 ram to go with it aswell, so that's that sorted. Just have to find an E6300 that's in my budget!

There is another reason for going for an E5300, I'm guessing this board won't be an amazing overclocker, so I'm not planning on pushing any chip very far. An E5200 or E5300 at 3.6ghz will be more than powerful enough.

Also, there are more E5300s second hand than E6300s. I've found one E6300 second hand for £55 inc postage, and new I've found one for £60 inc VAT and postage, whereas I've seen E5300s second hand for £30 inc postage.

I had thought about the E3200, but decided I wanted at least 2mb of cache for this build, they are very good overclockers those chips, but I reckon that a 1mb cache instead of 2mb will create a bottleneck.

 

[Muel]

I'm planning on doing a build thread, probably something like, "How to get a fairly decent build for £100".


If I can't find an E5300 for £30-35, I'll bite the bullet and buy the E6300. If it was a better board I would anyway, just so I could have a go at some serious overclocking.

EDIT: I'm already thinking of doing another... Something like, "4ghz for £75". (These involve recycling an old 478 machine by the way, most people are giving them away now for free).

 

[Muel]

Damn, i hate locked multis...

If I can be bothered to do this again, I'll look into higher end boards. If I were to build a rig using a PC2-6400 motherboard and ram, that'd give me a max FSB of 400mhz right? In that case a PDC E6300 whould max out at 4.2ghz.

 

[Muel]

I may well do, but I'm more interested in recycling stuff you can get for free on a limited budget, and all the places that give me free computers are on intel!

I went for AMD when I built the computer in my sig, just wish I'd read the news and waited for the 125w 965

Ah well, all the more reason to upgrade to a 6 core when they come out...

EDIT: Just found out that the E5300 uses a multiplier of 13, so for this project it would prove a better overclocker than the E6300, because I wouldn't have to push the FSB so far... (I think anyway). An E5300 in this setup will max out at 4.3ghz! (Not sure I'll trust this motherboard at that though).