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e6400 review
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can you post the gist of the review dude, stuck at work and the site falls under games and is banned 
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Firing Squad gave it 92% and Firing Squad's Bull's eye award.
FiringSquad says:
Intel’s pulled off quite a coup with Core 2. As shown by today’s Core 2 E6400 benchmarks, from the top of the Core 2 lineup to the bottom Intel’s clearly delivering performance leadership.
The extent of Intel’s victory varies depending on the application tested, in fact Core 2 Duo E6400 fell behind AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 4600+ in our testing with Cinebench. Media encoding tasks such as MP3 encoding and video encoding with Windows Media Encoder clearly favored Core 2 Duo E6400 though, as did our DivX conversion testing -- where Core 2 Duo came out over a minute ahead of the Athlon 64 X2 4600+.
In gaming, the E6400’s greatest advantage is seen in flight sims like Pacific Fighters, at 800x600 the E6400 ran 23% faster than the X2 4600+. The gap closed significantly (to within single digits) in all the other games we tested with however. Considering that the 4MB Core 2 parts were able to fairly consistently put up a double-digit performance advantage over Athlon 64 X2/FX (with the exception of a few games like Call of Duty 2), this illustrates that the smaller cache and lower clock speed found in the Core 2 Duo E6400 allows AMD to play catch up a little, although the more expensive Athlon 64 X2 4600+ is never able to completely catch up to Core 2 Duo E6400 until you hit resolutions where you’re GPU-bound like 1600x1200.
Due to that performance, Intel’s Core 2 Duo E6400 in particular should definitely appeal to CPU shoppers on a budget, hence it most definitely earns our Bull’s Eye Award for delivering such an incredible price/performance ratio. (Again, keep in mind that our pricing data is based on AMD/Intel’s official list prices, not street prices. Street prices for CPUs are particularly volatile right now, fluctuating practically on a daily basis, as both the AM2-based 4600+ and Core 2 E6400 are fairly new to the market, while the 4600+ just recently had its price slashed. In fact, street prices for the X2 4600+ are $5 lower than the Core 2 Duo E6400 at the time of this article’s writing based on information gathered on PriceGrabber.)
Once again we can’t help but feel amazed at the top-to-bottom performance of Intel’s new Core 2 CPUs. Based on all the hubbub and performance demos surrounding Core 2 at IDF, many wouldn’t have been surprised to see Intel reclaim the top performance spot, and perhaps even release two or three additional high-end SKUs on top of that, but no one expected Intel to release slower Core 2 CPUs at price points as low as $183 on launch day. AMD was forced to slash prices on their entire lineup of X2 CPUs to keep up.
As a result of these sweeping changes, it’s never been a better time to buy a new CPU. Those of you who have been on the fence about upgrading to dual-core no longer have an excuse – you can buy dual-core Pentium D 805 CPUs for less than $100 online while X2 and Core 2 Duo chips carry list prices of under $185.
For a little bit more, Intel’s Core 2 Duo E6400 delivers a nice amount of performance, and with a little bit of overclocking, you should be able to turn your 2.13GHz Core 2 E6400 into a 3GHz+ monster capable of taking down the fastest $1,000 CPUs. You can make an argument that the CPU world hasn’t seen a processor like this since the Pentium III 700E to 1GHz, or going back even further still, the beloved Celeron 300A to 450MHz. Now if Core 2 supply can just catch up to demand…
FiringSquad says:
Intel’s pulled off quite a coup with Core 2. As shown by today’s Core 2 E6400 benchmarks, from the top of the Core 2 lineup to the bottom Intel’s clearly delivering performance leadership.
The extent of Intel’s victory varies depending on the application tested, in fact Core 2 Duo E6400 fell behind AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 4600+ in our testing with Cinebench. Media encoding tasks such as MP3 encoding and video encoding with Windows Media Encoder clearly favored Core 2 Duo E6400 though, as did our DivX conversion testing -- where Core 2 Duo came out over a minute ahead of the Athlon 64 X2 4600+.
In gaming, the E6400’s greatest advantage is seen in flight sims like Pacific Fighters, at 800x600 the E6400 ran 23% faster than the X2 4600+. The gap closed significantly (to within single digits) in all the other games we tested with however. Considering that the 4MB Core 2 parts were able to fairly consistently put up a double-digit performance advantage over Athlon 64 X2/FX (with the exception of a few games like Call of Duty 2), this illustrates that the smaller cache and lower clock speed found in the Core 2 Duo E6400 allows AMD to play catch up a little, although the more expensive Athlon 64 X2 4600+ is never able to completely catch up to Core 2 Duo E6400 until you hit resolutions where you’re GPU-bound like 1600x1200.
Due to that performance, Intel’s Core 2 Duo E6400 in particular should definitely appeal to CPU shoppers on a budget, hence it most definitely earns our Bull’s Eye Award for delivering such an incredible price/performance ratio. (Again, keep in mind that our pricing data is based on AMD/Intel’s official list prices, not street prices. Street prices for CPUs are particularly volatile right now, fluctuating practically on a daily basis, as both the AM2-based 4600+ and Core 2 E6400 are fairly new to the market, while the 4600+ just recently had its price slashed. In fact, street prices for the X2 4600+ are $5 lower than the Core 2 Duo E6400 at the time of this article’s writing based on information gathered on PriceGrabber.)
Once again we can’t help but feel amazed at the top-to-bottom performance of Intel’s new Core 2 CPUs. Based on all the hubbub and performance demos surrounding Core 2 at IDF, many wouldn’t have been surprised to see Intel reclaim the top performance spot, and perhaps even release two or three additional high-end SKUs on top of that, but no one expected Intel to release slower Core 2 CPUs at price points as low as $183 on launch day. AMD was forced to slash prices on their entire lineup of X2 CPUs to keep up.
As a result of these sweeping changes, it’s never been a better time to buy a new CPU. Those of you who have been on the fence about upgrading to dual-core no longer have an excuse – you can buy dual-core Pentium D 805 CPUs for less than $100 online while X2 and Core 2 Duo chips carry list prices of under $185.
For a little bit more, Intel’s Core 2 Duo E6400 delivers a nice amount of performance, and with a little bit of overclocking, you should be able to turn your 2.13GHz Core 2 E6400 into a 3GHz+ monster capable of taking down the fastest $1,000 CPUs. You can make an argument that the CPU world hasn’t seen a processor like this since the Pentium III 700E to 1GHz, or going back even further still, the beloved Celeron 300A to 450MHz. Now if Core 2 supply can just catch up to demand…
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It was just a little bit of a confidence boost for me really, i've just this minute placed my order for a whole new Core 2 system! 
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Your not the only one, buying this P4 Prescott was a big mistake, haven't been able to game for months cause the damn heatsink won't sit on properly. It runs at 60 degrees idle! Come Monday (hopefully) I should have a new lease of life so to speak. A long over due gaming session.
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nice one dude,
cheers for posting that, reading it and i just got this email
Dear Mr Datamonkey , Your Order has been packed and is in the process of being shipped.
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Goods Shipped:
£139.95 x 1 - Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Alendalle" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-137-IN)
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Goods Shipped By: City Link LinkLetter Next Day (Saturday Delivery).
So im a happy bunny.
cheers for posting that, reading it and i just got this email
Dear Mr Datamonkey , Your Order has been packed and is in the process of being shipped.
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Goods Shipped:
£139.95 x 1 - Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Alendalle" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-137-IN)
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Goods Shipped By: City Link LinkLetter Next Day (Saturday Delivery).
So im a happy bunny.
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lol you will laugh, its all over kill for a 6400. Im waiting a bit for 6800's to drop a bit in price.
ok here we go.
1 x asus p5w dh
2 x gskil - 6400 hz 2gb kits, so 4gb in total
1 x scythe ninja with 120mm fan
2 x 74gb 16mb cache raptors
2 x 250gb 16mb cache maxtors.
1x saphire x1900xt 512mb
antec neo power, 480w modular psu
In a lian li sb80, currently running my 3.2 at 4ghz.
its all running sweet, just been waiting on the cpu.
I know 4gb is not needed right now, but i'd rather get a matched set both kits are 0606 for i am an early adopter, so i will get vista pretty soon after release.
ok here we go.
1 x asus p5w dh
2 x gskil - 6400 hz 2gb kits, so 4gb in total
1 x scythe ninja with 120mm fan
2 x 74gb 16mb cache raptors
2 x 250gb 16mb cache maxtors.
1x saphire x1900xt 512mb
antec neo power, 480w modular psu
In a lian li sb80, currently running my 3.2 at 4ghz.
its all running sweet, just been waiting on the cpu.
I know 4gb is not needed right now, but i'd rather get a matched set both kits are 0606 for i am an early adopter, so i will get vista pretty soon after release.
Datamonkey said:
Thats a really good spec mate... I'm thinking about doing the same with Vista, but after I upgrade my graphics card to dx10 and get 2Gb extra RAM. You will have to post some benchies when you get that up and running
Stelly
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will do mate,
I will start a thread on it this weekend, probably sat evening when i have had a muck about with it, plus the lass will be at work so i can smuggle it in, spent best part of 2k on the pc in the last month!!
i also have 2 x samsung 20" 203wt widescreen tfts lol
I will start a thread on it this weekend, probably sat evening when i have had a muck about with it, plus the lass will be at work so i can smuggle it in, spent best part of 2k on the pc in the last month!!
i also have 2 x samsung 20" 203wt widescreen tfts lol
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Gone for a pretty different rig to everyone else.
E6600
Abit AB9 Pro (not ordered yet)
2GB G. Skill NR PC2-6400
HIS IceQ 3 X1900XT
250GB WD Caviar 16mb cache
Thermaltake Armour
580W Hiper Type-R Modular PSU
Looking forward to getting it all, should have it up and running by the end of next week.
E6600
Abit AB9 Pro (not ordered yet)
2GB G. Skill NR PC2-6400
HIS IceQ 3 X1900XT
250GB WD Caviar 16mb cache
Thermaltake Armour
580W Hiper Type-R Modular PSU
Looking forward to getting it all, should have it up and running by the end of next week.