E6600 or E6700

[camel99]

Hi

As part of my new build I am still trying to choose between the E6600 and the E6700. The £90 price drop on the E6700 makes it seem very appetizing.

Theres is now only £61 difference in price between these processors.

Is it madness not to buy the E6700 ?

 

[Shaye87]

I would advise not to add the extra 61 pounds on the 6700.

 

[elite]

Well id say if your planning not to overclock and dont mind spending the extra on the e6700 then go for it, but if your going to clock it then stick with the e6600 as its a very good clocking cpu.

 

[Durzel]

I wouldn't recommend the E6700 unless you're using high end water, or phase cooling - or aren't overclocking at all.

You'll get much the same overclock out of an E6600 on air as you will with an E6700. What memory are you speccing up?

 

[camel99]

I am looking to use the

Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-6400C4D 2x1gb

or

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit

Still not decided between yet.

Thanks

 

[Will_3rd]

Would go for the E6600 since you can make it easily run at 6700 speeds.

 

[Strider]

Couldn't agree more, you get more bangs for your buck with the E6600 =D

 

[camel99]

Hi

Are your opinions based on price or performance?.

The price is not an issue for me in this case.

I really would like to know if its worth overclocking the E6600 to E6700 speeds when I can buy the E6700?

Will the E6700 not also overclock well also?

Thanks guys

 

[camel99]

So If I decide not to overclock at all you still think its better to get the E6600?

 

[SkeeterUK]

4mb cache just 200 mhz less or so and cheaper.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-146-IN

 

[Typhoon]

So If I decide not to overclock at all you still think its better to get the E6600?

If your not overclocking, E6700 is obviously faster, if your air cooling they both will probably overclock the same (temps will be your limiting factor) so get the cheaper E6600. If your water cooling the E6700 may give you a higher clock espcially if your FSB limited on your mother board (say you cant get more than FSB350). But with most MB's able to reach 450FSB they will probably clock the same even under water (your unlikely to reach 450x9 on the E6600 and definately not 450x10 on the E6700)

 

[camel99]

Does an E6700 without Overclocking run at the same temperature as an E6600?

Are we looking at much difference in temp when overclocked?

 

[Typhoon]

Does an E6700 without Overclocking run at the same temperature as an E6600?

Are we looking at much difference in temp when overclocked?

For any given voltage, the faster the chip runs, the more heat it produces, so yes the E6700 will be run at a higher temp without overclocking (though its so small to be significant). If you overclock the E6600 and E6700 to run at the same speed then they should run at the same temps.

 

[Durzel]

Does an E6700 without Overclocking run at the same temperature as an E6600?

Are we looking at much difference in temp when overclocked?

They're likely to be exactly the same chip, but with a different maximum multiplier, I doubt there is any difference even in the silicon given that a E6600 will do 2.66Ghz without any issues whatsoever.

An E6700 will run the same temperature at the same speeds as the E6600.

Even if money is not an object if you are only using air cooling then chances are you're not going to get much more than 3.6Ghz on either chip. You can in theory get away with lower spec memory with an E6700 as you don't have to clock the FSB as high (10x multiplier vs 9x) but it's a false economy really - the money you save on the memory you pay on the CPU.

 

[Durzel]

I am looking to use the

Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-6400C4D 2x1gb

or

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit

Still not decided between yet.

Thanks

Unless I'm mistaken that ram is rated for 400FSB, so you'll be looking at 3.6Ghz on an E6600, or 4Ghz on an E6700. You're not going to get 4Ghz on air cooling, I can tell you that for nothing. I "only" get 4.3Ghz on modded single-stage phase cooling.

 

[Vicar]

Agree with majority,

Although I had the cash to burn on a 6700 and went for it, I really wish I had opted for the 6600 now.... I can clock me 6700 to 3.5 but I get uneasy as the temps arent brilliant, and going by 6600 its a better buy all round. Still opting for a Quad core in the next few months now.

Regards

Vic

 

[Big.Wayne]

Is it madness [edit] to buy the E6700 ?

yup!

I really would like to know if its worth overclocking the E6600 to E6700 speeds when I can buy the E6700?

I think the humble e4300 (£75.19) overclocked would be faster than the e6700 (£207.96).

That's a saving of £132.77 and you would never even know the difference in actual use.

 

[Cir108]

Madness is not relative ....

“Is it madness not to buy the E6700 ? …”

Dearest “Loaded”. Evaluate this scenario: Go to bank and get £50 worth of £1 coins. Now, with 50 of these meaningless metallic bits, start throwing one coin at a time every 10 metres or so onto the road next to you. After you’ve finished with the last coin, just take a look back at what you’ve done and witness the ensuing mayhem. Are kids fighting each other for their free pocket money? Are down-and-outs engaging in fist-fights for their next bout of free booze? Are you now feeling lighter because madness had struck you or left you.

Now, ponder this: Would you pay more for that very same greasy burger just because McGenuine told you that it tastes better because the new part-time slave is a real good and caring burger-boy? You would !!! It would, then, be madness not to buy that E6700 just because Intel told you that it is faster than a E6600 and the icing on the cake is that Intel had just declared that it is now cheaper than before. If you care to query the silicon atoms in any E6600 and E6700, you’ll be surprised to find that they’ve not noticed any difference since being spun. Why not do your own bidding instead of lapping it off Intel’s hands. If you can find one single E6600 that won’t clock at the E6700 frequency, let me know and I’ll gladly pay you the cost difference between the two. Including interest charges @ 10%/month from now until you’d found that limp E6600. Honest, I will. To the undecided, madness is relative but for those who are certain, it’s sheer madness.