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e6750 to e8500?

Cru54d3r

Cru54d3r

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would a move from the 2.6ghz e6750 to the 3.16ghz e8500 be worth it? granted this would be an 'end of line' upgrade as im running a 680i sli mobo and that only support the newer duo cpus - else id have to hold off and upgrade the lot for i7/ddr3

thanks :D
 
id stick with what you have already and overclock it. i think you'd easily reach 3.8ghz on that chip. When I overclocked my e6400 from 2.13 to 3.4ghz there was a big jump in performance, especially in games.
something like arctic freezer pro is a decent air cooler and a good price. then when the whole new line up of 'i' cpus are available go from there.
 
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baked188 said:
id stick with what you have already and overclock it. i think you'd easily reach 3.8ghz on that chip. When I overclocked my e6400 from 2.13 to 3.4ghz there was a big jump in performance, especially in games.
something like arctic freezer pro is a decent air cooler and a good price. then when the whole new line up of 'i' cpus are available go from there.
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Hey Cru54d3r,

the Intel® Core™2 Duo E6750 is a nice chip and should be able to overclock quite well if you know what your doing . . . so in some respect I agree with what the lads have already said, there is sense in keeping what you have and adding some extra speed via overclock! :)

Having said that if you are able to get reasonable money for your older 65nm 4MB Conroe chip and replace it with a 45nm 6MB Wolfdale chip then I would certainly be considering it myself but that's because I'm an obsessive tweaker who has a strange interest in playing with silicon! :D

For those people who just plop in a new chip and run it at stock and pretty much use the PC to get things done then a Intel® Core™2 Duo E6750 is more than capable of getting the job done, but for the other folks who devote a large portion of their leisure time playing around with the hardware itself (overclocking, tweaking, benching etc) then I would say the upgrade is definitely worth it if the [micro] upgrade price is right! :cool:

Wolfdale is a bit faster, a bit cooler, overclocks a bit better and uses a bit less power, if it was a free upgrade everyone would take it, if it was a £10 upgrade most people would still take it so really the only disadvantage to the upgrade is the expense and the time it take you to flog your old chip and get the new one installed and tweaked!

Have you got better things to do with your time and money! :p
 
xiphrex said:
Have you overclocked that e6750 at all?
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I haven't nope - was going to but its only recently that I've started playing more games again - got a thermalright ultra-92 on it with a 56cfm 92mm fan on it so guess there is plenty of potential there

was just thinking along the lines of how much extra it would really cost if i ebayd my old proc and got an e8500 - the difference might not be so great
 
Cru54d3r said:
was just thinking along the lines of how much extra it would really cost if i ebayd my old proc and got an e8500 - the difference might not be so great
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That's the only thing that needs considering really! :)

Having said that your duty bound to at least test your current Intel® Core™2 Duo E6750 to see how it overclocks, it might be an amazing overclocker! . . . if so that will reduce the temptation to [micro] upgrade! :p

The only last thread of logic involved is running costs . . . If your gonna sit on that system for another 6-12 months then the reduced power needs of the 45nm chip will save you some electricty £££ costs, to really make the most of this your motherboard would need to support setting a low vCore. The two 6MB Wolfdales I've tested run at stock 3GHz with really low 1.00vCore which is a pretty big reduction in power usage over time! :cool:
 
That would be the logical 1st move, happy clocking! :)

p.s: if you can be bothered then some undervolting @ stock may be a good place to start i.e leave almost everything on auto and just dial down the vCore slowly but surely until the machine gets unstable or reboots then bump in back up slightly. Then you will have a baseline vCore to work from and see how your chip scales as you push the frequency :cool:
 
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my 680i sli mobo wont support the new quad core cpus unfortunately so if im going to upgrade my mobo and cpu i might as well move to i7/x58/ddr3
 
Cru54d3r said:
my 680i sli mobo wont support the new quad core cpus unfortunately so if im going to upgrade my mobo and cpu i might as well move to i7/x58/ddr3
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Hm, if I were you, I wouldn't buy another proc now, I think, you should wait some time and then buy a new mobo, i7 etc. E8500 is higher FSB only, oh, and 45nm, but not really great improvement... ;)
 
Big.Wayne said:
Hey Cru54d3r,

did you start trying to get your Intel® Core™2 Duo E6750to 3.2GHz yet! :p

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need to take cpu core voltage off auto though - seems happy at 3.2ghz though - will play around more with it in abit

setter said:
Hi Cru54d3r, id suggest having a glance through this guide from nvidia on overclocking an intel core2 duo on an nforce 680i:)

http://www.nvidia.com/docs/CP/45121/nforce_680i_sli_overclocking.pdf

Found it extremely useful when i ran an E6600 in an evga 680i a1.
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thanks for that link - found it useful too :)
 
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