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E8400 or E5200

lynchy6789

lynchy6789

lynchy6789

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Hey,

I want to know which was it better bang for buck? Is it worth the extra £100?

and if the E8400 would be a better finical investment in long run?

will be overclocking - tuniq tower on a biostar p45

will be used for games - Left 4 dead, bf2, FSX
and general internet browsing etc.

Thanks
 
hi i have just recently dropped in an e8400 into my board and have it clocked to 3.8 ghz on air it works for me and plays my games and video editing OK for me :) Steve
 
The E8400 is more or less a certain 4Ghz+. The E5200 is a bit hit and miss. Some clock well and will hit 3.6-3.75Ghz but other's do not and struggle to hit 3.2Ghz. Mine does 3.6Ghz and it is a good budget chip. The E8400 on the other hand, has 3x the amount of cache which will come in handy in games and apps that make use of it. Personally, for a main rig, especially a gaming one, i would go with the E8400.
 
How much actual, real world, difference is there between a 4GHz E8400 and a 3.4GHz E5200? I suspect there isn't really much difference you'd notice outside of benchmarking. If that's the case, take the £100 and do something more fun instead. Take your girl out for a night... or any other a dozen other things more fun than a 10% faster PC.
 
get a e8400! got mine off (edit: an popular online marketplace) for (edit: below retail price):D


edit: hope thats good enough for the mods;)
 
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Wouldn't buy components like that off ebay. This is what i think i have settled on. Will be housed in an Antec p180, gameXstream OCZ pus 600w, Vista home premium 64 bit, with another 2GB OCZ DRRII ram that already have purchased .


 
I ve decided against it going for an e7400 don't feel the extra £50 is worth it and im not bothered if i cant run games at Billion fps. Been running BF2 last year on low aroun 15-25 fps. I think this will be a massive improvement :)
 
Toms Hardware have put some naff articles up in the last year, but yesterdays 5200 vs 7300 one was quite good.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/overclock-e5200-radeon,review-31509.html

I went for a 5200 last week, and spent the diference on a second hard drive and nicer Lian Li case. I guess the choice was easy, as I see myself upgrading the cpu a lot sooner than the other stuff. 5200s are cheap enough, that you could expect it to last you less than a year and not worry about the cost.

I just dont need a quad now. £50 is better spent on components I want to last a lot longer than an interim short term dual core.
 
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