Help Please! Pentium D 3.4Ghz or C2D E6300/6400?

[paulsmith109]

I hope someone can spare a couple of minutes to give me some advice. I `m about to get a new rig from Ebay. At the moment I `ve gone for the Pentium D Dual Core 6.4Ghz CPU, but the more I read this forum the more it strikes me that the C2D 6300 or 6400 might be better. Which is the fastest chip, and what would be easiest to overclock using stock cooling?
Thanks in advance guys!

 

[paulsmith109]

Pentium D Dual Core 6.4Ghz CPU? Are you sure? If i'm reading you right, yes, C2D would be FAR better.

Sorry, my mistake. Should have said Pentium D `Dual Core` 6.8Ghz (2 x 3.4).

 

[paulsmith109]

Core 2 Duo is way better!

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Thanks guys! Yes, of course, I should have just described the Pentium D as a 3.4Ghz chip. I `ve now changed my order and am getting a C2D E6400.
I `m also getting 2Gb of DDR2 533Mhz/PC4200 RAM. The motherboard is based on the VIA P4M800 PRO Chipset. I `m told, however, that this board is not very good for overclocking. That`s not a disaster by any means but - does anyone have any experience with this mobo?
Thanks for any advice!