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E6600 Core2Duo worth upgrading?

zo1d

zo1d

zo1d

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Hi,

Just wondering on others opinions, currently I have a GA-965P-DS3P (rev. 2.0) motherboard and an E6600 cpu clocked @ 2.4Ghz and undervolted to 1v.
The system runs wells and cool and has been extremely reliable, it's mainly used for general office, web browsing, and 3d gaming powered by an ATI 4850.

I know the E6600 is a solid cpu, and anecdotally should happily clock to 3.0Ghz on air. My plan was to keep this system for another year or so, with an overclock on the cpu and a memory upgrade to 4GB to keep me going.

Would this be a sensible plan or would I see a dramatic performance upgrade moving to a newer cpu, which I assume will require a new board and DDR3?
 
I had that board, same revision too. I got a 1.8ghz E4300 to 3.4Ghz prime stable on it. It should easily get your E6600 past 3Ghz. I had a E6600 that did 3.8Ghz. It's still a good board and cpu combo.
 
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Yep oc the e6600 a bit and itll last a while, had one on a 680i which clocked to 3.7ghz. still a pretty decent chip.
 
I've got an E6600 @ 3Ghz and hoping to not have to need to upgrade til tis time next year. My weekend, apart from house-hunting, will be spent trying to get a little more speed out it.
 
If you can get your E6600 anywhere over 3Ghz which should probably be no problem, it will still last you a while. Whilst the 65nm CPU's heat and power consumption may be slightler more than the 45nm CPUs, any of the high end C2D's over 3Ghz should still be plenty enough. Save yourself the money until the mainstream version of the i7 comes out or something, and that probably won't be till Q3/Q4 of this year due to the current state of things.
 
in all honesty -> not worth it. I also have a e6600 and overclocked I can't see any real difference except temps a little cooler but nothing major anyway the C2D were all rather cool especially when you compare to P4.

I upgraded because I had planned to do a major i7 upgrade, but seeing that there was no major gains for games I decided to wait for i7 in 32nm. instead still wanting something new, I treated myself to a e8600, great chip, but honestly it's a luxury and not needed if you have a e6600, which is a legendary chip imo.
 
Yeah, I upgraded to a E8400 and while it overclocks to 4Ghz rather than the 3.6 I got my 6600 up to, it wasn't worth it. Stick with it, it's a great CPU.
 
I have the exact set up as you, except rev 3.3 board. What kind of temps should I be looking at at stock and what are the maxs temps you guys would be happy with? I'm using a Arctic Cooling Freezer (non extreme model).
 
For information, what temperature should i go by? My MB (Asus P5K deluxe) program gives readings around 39 for the cpu and 35 for the mb, but the intel thermal analysis tool give the core temps around the 30-35 mark (34 and 29).

I want to try ocing this chip and want to know vaguely safe operating temperatures.
 
I use the E6600 @ 3.6 for when I game over long periods and then under volt it to 1.3 or so and it still runs at 3.2 for fast office type stuff..

So keep it :D
 
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