I'm building a new system for my Mum. I'm ordering up an E5200 for her, but noticed that it runs on 12x multiplier as opposed to the 8x multiplier on my E6400.
I have overclocked my E6400 to 3Ghz, but am wary of taking the fsb further due to the hot NB on my Asus PN32-e SLI (I have already fried one of these boards by taking it beyond 400MHz). I understand that the E5200 can easily do 3.4 to 3.6Ghz on air at stock voltages.
It seems that the E5200 will run faster and cooler whilst using less power, but I'm aware that the E6400 has some additional features like Virtualisation and Trusted Execution Technologies. As well as being a true Core2Duo as opposed to the E5200 being "dual core". I'm not sure if these feature differences will make much differences over the raw speed potential of the E5200.
So I was thinking should I give her the E6400 and use the E5200 myself?
Thanks in advance.
I have overclocked my E6400 to 3Ghz, but am wary of taking the fsb further due to the hot NB on my Asus PN32-e SLI (I have already fried one of these boards by taking it beyond 400MHz). I understand that the E5200 can easily do 3.4 to 3.6Ghz on air at stock voltages.
It seems that the E5200 will run faster and cooler whilst using less power, but I'm aware that the E6400 has some additional features like Virtualisation and Trusted Execution Technologies. As well as being a true Core2Duo as opposed to the E5200 being "dual core". I'm not sure if these feature differences will make much differences over the raw speed potential of the E5200.
So I was thinking should I give her the E6400 and use the E5200 myself?
Thanks in advance.