E6800 not for sale at OcUK anymore?

NachT · 12 Jan 2007 at 21:48

As title,

I've just been having a look through the site, and can't find the core 2 duo 6800's?

Have they gone for good?

RJC · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:20

Hi,

I think they have!

The QX6700 is the replacement. ( I think :cool:

)

Rob

NachT · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:28

Damn,

Arn't the quad's slower than the dual cores?

Not many ( none ? ) applications use all 4 cores? so the 6800 would have been faster than the new quad's?

arg!

CarlD · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:33

2.66ghz v 2.91ghz ( i think? )

You can easily overclock the quad core + i would rather have 4 cores than 2

NachT · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:50

If you clocked the quad core to the same speed as the dual core though, would applications run slower because of all the cores.... i mean, no apps or games are going to use all 4 cores surly? lol

Damn, i don't know

had my heart set on a 6800, the quad cores just seem like, witch craft to me, i dont trust them lol.

CarlD · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:51

Wouldn't run any slower if you had the same clock speed..

Some apps still dont support dual core.

it doesnt matter because it still uses one of the cores...

NachT · 12 Jan 2007 at 23:00

I guess,

It's a bit more money though, and it's going to be quite some time before all the cores will get used by apps.

omg they're so expensive :rolleyes:

lol

Massive Attack · 12 Jan 2007 at 23:06

buy an E6400 and clock it to 3.4

joeyjojo · 12 Jan 2007 at 23:07

Massive Attack said:
buy an E6400 and clock it to 3.4

He means a 6300.

NachT · 12 Jan 2007 at 23:10

I might try that.

I've got a question about the quad core's. Because there's 4 cores wouldn't that make the CPU a lot hotter? twice as hot as a dual core?

I'd be overclocking the next CPU i buy, and was thinking so many cores would need an extreme cooling kit to keep the temps down?

HangTime · 12 Jan 2007 at 23:10

I think it was actually the X6800 which ocuk sold rather than the E6800.

It does seem to have disappeared from ocuk which is a shame as it is is still the best gaming cpu on the planet and also has an unlocked multiplier.

Massive Attack · 12 Jan 2007 at 23:15

joeyjojo said:
He means a 6300.

no i mean 6400 as it has a higher multi and clocks the same as the 6300

NachT · 12 Jan 2007 at 23:39

HangTime said:
I think it was actually the X6800 which ocuk sold rather than the E6800.

It does seem to have disappeared from ocuk which is a shame as it is is still the best gaming cpu on the planet and also has an unlocked multiplier.

Damn, i want one more now

lol

tastyweat · 13 Jan 2007 at 00:34

What's MM?

Pigeon_Killer · 13 Jan 2007 at 00:40

tastyweat said:
What's MM?

Members Market

tastyweat · 13 Jan 2007 at 00:42

Pigeon_Killer said:
Members Market

Ahhh... nice one

Bennah · 13 Jan 2007 at 14:46

HangTime said:
I think it was actually the X6800 which ocuk sold rather than the E6800.

It does seem to have disappeared from ocuk which is a shame as it is is still the best gaming cpu on the planet and also has an unlocked multiplier.

Yea I dont remember seing the E6800 getting sold, rather the X6800 instead as you said. I dont think I saw many E6800 about, cant think of anything off the top of my head anyway.

gizmoy2k · 13 Jan 2007 at 14:52

Go for the quad, I did and its easily clocked to 3.2 with a tuniq tower

Idle temp now is 37DegC Running rarely goes above 52DegC on full load.

Just about to buy a 8800gtx to polish my system off

Dolph · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:28

Massive Attack said:
no i mean 6400 as it has a higher multi and clocks the same as the 6300

All other things being equal, a lower multiplier and higher FSB results in higher overall performance at the same clockspeed. The only issue comes if your ram etc isn't up to the task.

Bennah · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:37

That is a point. Overclocked to 3.2GHz for example the E6300 would be slightly faster than the E6400 due to a higher FSB. Ram would be the key though, decent overclocking ram would be needed.