E6400 or E6600?

codex · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:54

Should I go for the e6400 or e6600 as the better overclocker, I know the 6400 has a 4mb cache as the only difference other than benchmark speed, how much difference does this make?

I thought the 6600 would clock higher than the 6400?

If I opt for the slower processor do I still go for the Gigabyte DS3 MoBo?

I want the max I can get from the Chip so that I can happily run my machine without crashes for a longtime to come.

IceShock · 23 Nov 2006 at 17:04

personally id go for 6600

iraiguana · 23 Nov 2006 at 17:10

6600 should* overclock further than the 6400 but not always the case, just depends how lucky u get.

Also the 6600 should be used with the DS4 rather than the DS3 which works best with 6400/6300's.

Have fun overclocking.

Dr_Evil · 23 Nov 2006 at 17:13

E6600

StevenG · 23 Nov 2006 at 17:27

if i could have afforded one i would have went with the 6600 as it has more cache

Darg · 23 Nov 2006 at 18:17

If you have the cash go for the E6600. If not then save a bundle and get the E6300 and the DS3. No point getting the E6400 as the E6300 will overclock just as high as it anyway.

SpudMaster · 23 Nov 2006 at 18:59

well i went for the 6400 over the 6600, decided to save myself 50 quid as i mainly use my pc for games n the extra cache doesnt really make much difference in this department

ReeceKB · 23 Nov 2006 at 20:57

I would go for the E6600

vocch · 23 Nov 2006 at 21:36

Save your money and get a 6300 and DS3/4 and you will be more than happy....have had both E6600 and now E6300 and very happy....if you got money to simply waste then just waste it....cause that's all you'll be doing!.

codex · 24 Nov 2006 at 10:27

Guys that's not a definitive answer!

I can't stretch to a ds4, so would I get 3.5/3.6 ghz from a 6300 in a DS3 or should I just stick to the 6600 in that MoBo.

I'm a bit lost as to what I should do.

Rroff · 24 Nov 2006 at 10:30

Go for the cheaper one then if you do kill it overclocking its not so much money to lose... and its bigger performance gains for the money spent... unless your going for 4+gig then the CPU multi difference shouldn't be that important and you won't notice the difference cache wise in gaming once you get the core above 2.6gig or so.

codex · 24 Nov 2006 at 10:57

Rroff said:
Go for the cheaper one then if you do kill it overclocking its not so much money to lose...

Now that's got me scared, how fragile are these things, haven't got much money to lose at the mo.

Can anyone with a 6300 and ds3 let me know how far they've managed to reliably overclock to?

Cheers

RadoX · 24 Nov 2006 at 11:13

oc table

firstly learn how to use search

secondly oc table is here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17611316

thirdly you will not "Kill" your cpu aslong as your not a tard and send trillions of valts thru it.

also you might want to consider a good cooling soultuion

Rroff · 24 Nov 2006 at 11:31

I managed to kill my first E6600 with only an extra 0.05 volts on it and 3gig clock - fairly conservative overclock... I'm thinking it was a dodgy CPU from the start tho as most people have managed to get the E6600 stable on 3gig with stock voltage...

harris1986 · 24 Nov 2006 at 12:27

6400 all the way, mine runs up to 3.4ghz on stock volts, don't see many 6600's doing this! the cache won't make a big difference in real world apps

vocch · 24 Nov 2006 at 15:22

harris1986 said:
6400 all the way, mine runs up to 3.4ghz on stock volts, don't see many 6600's doing this! the cache won't make a big difference in real world apps

So why you only @ 3.2ghz and how high can you actually go compared to my 6300 which does 3.5ghz?....and your losing out on the extra mem bandwidth by using 8x multi.

codex · 24 Nov 2006 at 15:29

vocch, what config settings are you using to get 3.5 and will I be able to do the same with a ds3?

harris1986 · 24 Nov 2006 at 15:58

vocch said:
So why you only @ 3.2ghz and how high can you actually go compared to my 6300 which does 3.5ghz?....and your losing out on the extra mem bandwidth by using 8x multi.

because my pc5300 is limiting me, and my geil pc6400 that i got is borked so that's on it's way back!

vocch · 24 Nov 2006 at 16:02

Hi codex...first off i can't guarantee you'll get 3.5ghz with a 63,64,or even a 66 as it's down to how good the rest of your setup is....but truthfully i'd go for the lowest price....as in Ds3, E6300 and some good ram.....should get you a very decent o/c even if you don't get 3.5ghz at least you ain't spent over the odds....and that is the best bang you can get.

My settings used is the same as i used in this thread with my E6600 but with Vcore @ 1.425 bios....1.39 in windows.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8031172#post8031172

@ Harris1984....so we have to wait to see what you got when you get a replacement then lol.

jNive · 24 Nov 2006 at 16:13

my motherboards max FSB appears to be 474MHz ( S3 , which is a DS3 with different capacitors )

So, i have it currently at 470MHz with PC5300C4 ram on 1:1 and 2.1V, CPU is the E6300 at stock volts ( 1.312V in CPU-z)

This gives 940MHz on 667MHz rated ram, and 3.3GHz on a 1.86GHz Core. Not bad at all is it lol.

Oh and thats with scythe ninja plus revB & AS5