E6300 Or E6600 plus Spec check pls

Matrix · 6 Nov 2006 at 07:25

I'm about to buy a new set up and I'm not sure if it worth me paying the extra £100 for a E6600 i know it's faster than the E6300 and has a 4mb cache but am i really going to notice that playing games and running programs like photoshop?

If i am going to notice a better improve in things then i'll buy on but if not am i best sticking with a E6300 :confused:

. I'm not really planing to overclock either.

Going to be using the CPU with either a a DS4 or a Asus P5W DH Deluxe. Also with a set up as below ( i think)

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU ( want a psu with cable management system like this has)

Don't need hard drives or anything as i already have them.

Any advice please is very welcomed.

Thank you.

semi-pro waster · 6 Nov 2006 at 08:02

If you aren't planning to overclock then my general advice is always to go for the fastest CPU you can afford(within reason) so I'd pick the 6600, the 6300 is a good chip on it's own and great value if you are overclocking but I think in a direct comparison you would notice the difference between the two. That said either one will be a jump from what you have I'm sure.

Matrix · 6 Nov 2006 at 08:13

semi-pro waster said:
If you aren't planning to overclock then my general advice is always to go for the fastest CPU you can afford(within reason) so I'd pick the 6600, the 6300 is a good chip on it's own and great value if you are overclocking but I think in a direct comparison you would notice the difference between the two. That said either one will be a jump from what you have I'm sure.

Yep it will be a big jump i own a AMD 3200+ CPU at the moment.

dosk3n · 6 Nov 2006 at 08:48

This is a biased opinion on my part lol but id say go for the E6600 with ASUS P5W DH Delux also as thats what I just upgraded to on saturday its amazing especially since I upgraded from an AMD athlon XP 2800+ and a £30 asrock Mother Board. You may aswell try overclocking aswell as your not using the stock cooler you could easily get more from the processor and if your a bit worried about the complications of overclocking then just use the overclocking program that comes with the P5W as it will make things simple for you to gain a little extra.

Matrix · 6 Nov 2006 at 09:08

dosk3n said:
This is a biased opinion on my part lol but id say go for the E6600 with ASUS P5W DH Delux also as thats what I just upgraded to on saturday its amazing especially since I upgraded from an AMD athlon XP 2800+ and a £30 asrock Mother Board. You may aswell try overclocking aswell as your not using the stock cooler you could easily get more from the processor and if your a bit worried about the complications of overclocking then just use the overclocking program that comes with the P5W as it will make things simple for you to gain a little extra.

Thats handy it comes with a program then. Did you update your Bios as soon as you set your system up?If so what version are you?