Is FSB/cache important

[QlimaxUK]

thinkin bout upgrading my system and have chosen the Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz (1333FSB) for it fsb mainly but am told its better to get the Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) cuz its cheaper and can be oc'ed to 2.33GHz or higher, I also find that cache is not so high on this one 1mb v 4mb)
The P4 3ghz i got now is 800FSB and has 2 mb cache (higher then E2180), so i thinkin this wont be much of an upgrade

What shall i do?

 

[QlimaxUK]

1 problem, i never overclock, too much risk for me
unless someone can tell me how to do it safly?

 

[QlimaxUK]

ok so now the Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) is in the basket now, different to the one i was on about at the start of this thread, so now i might wanna choose another board
so far i got the EVGA nForce 650i Ultra (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard, that was to allow for the fsb in my first choise, should i change?

 

[QlimaxUK]

1 thing left: my P4 3GHz 800FSB 2 MB CACHE cpu .v. E2140 will i see much different, can i run UT3DEMO Perfectly with the E2140, and i mean perfect (like ut04 or ut99 runs)

 

[QlimaxUK]

gonna get 8600GT

currently got 7300GS

 

[QlimaxUK]

so at stock values, with no overclock on both sides which is better P4 or E2140

 

[QlimaxUK]

wouldnt it b 4 times as many? ok the P4 has 2 'virtual cores' but the E2140 has 4 physical core? dosnt it?

so will i notices the difference, and b able to smoothly run the nxt few months worth of games (crysis, UT3, NFS ProStreet...)

 

[QlimaxUK]

I was a beginner overclocker, i went for the E2160 (before OcUk had 2180 or i would have got that)

Just follow the sticky and ask on here for help. I now have mine rock solid at 3ghz.

E2140 is a dual core, and its faster.

yeh iv read in some posts that people r reporting around the 3ghz mark from stock only, and thats on these cheap cpu's

 

[QlimaxUK]

nooo. gettin the evga 650i ultra (unless thers a better/cheaper alternative), cuz im havin 2nd thoughts bout this board cuz iv just read a post elsewher bout sound issues on this board

for the record: RS400-A will not take any duel core or c2d (only P4/celeron 775)

 

[QlimaxUK]

ok... but wanted to buy one from oc since i trust this site, used to shop at pcworld for my stuff but ther more expensive then this site + u get lots of choise and detailed spec listing on oc

 

[QlimaxUK]

sounds good only £2 extra then mine, iv been told the P35 is a better chip. every1 agree

 

[QlimaxUK]

ok so for running the latest games which C2d chip is the best choise with a £110 or less price limit just for cpu? (not inc other components)

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as for mobo its gotta b Abit IP35-E after reading comments on it

 

[QlimaxUK]

i was told that a x1950 is better then 8600GT

 

[QlimaxUK]

so far i got:
Corsair VX 450W
Abit IP35-E
E2180
x1950
loaded in my basket totalling £252.52, id say that £250 is my budget so ill accept this, however id say the £300 is my absolute limit

 

[QlimaxUK]

...oh and i dont need ram i already got that sorted

 

[QlimaxUK]

i just wanna b able to run everything i put on it, same as this p4 i got now has done for a whole year since i had it, but nows its falling behind

 

[QlimaxUK]

thanks, finally a compliment on my basket