Is the X6800 worth the price??

cjayjay · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:59

Hey guys.

Purchasing one of the new conroe processors and if i choose to i could justtt about squeeze one of these into my budget.....

CP-130-IN Intel Core 2 DUO Extreme Edition X6800 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-130-IN)
£659.95 £659.95

HOWEVER - This is literally £300 pounds more expensive than edition below, now unless the extreme edition has some amazing unique benefits which the other models dont pocess - i feel the extra money isn't worth the extra 0.26Ghz of processing power and could be better spent on other things E.g:

1) Amazing 5.1 sound system
2) Very good water cooling system
3) ****Insert Here Good Money Spending Option****

In your oppinions do you think i should go for the X6800 or the edition below and balance out my computer with other stuff?

Thankyou!

Cjay

trojan698 · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:03

No, it's not worth it, wait another week buy the E6600 and go on holiday too

cymatty · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:12

No, not unless you can really afford it and £300 means little to you.

cjayjay · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:14

Had a sneaky suspision that was the case

Just curious..Is there any difference in the overclockability of the E6600 compaired to the E6700?

Cjay

Stelly · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:15

I hope and think so

Stelly

Digital Punk · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:18

Looking at the reviews, it really aint worth it.

cjayjay · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:20

Well what i mean is..

Im guessing the E6700 can overclock a little higher than the E6600 due to its higher base clock - However im curious to whether it can overclock higher relative to its base??

Cjay

SimonMaltby · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:21

What it gives is...

Marginal better overclock (or better chance)
Unlocked Multi - meaning more flexability when oveclocking

Thats about it.

Despite having ordered one.... No its not worth it. :eek:

Jimbo · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:36

Not a chance, E6700 and x6800 theres nothing in it, speed wise anyway.

GStueyXR · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:40

I think, although I dont know, that the 6800 EE has an unlocked multiplier...

Could be very useful seeing as you are most likely to reach your FSB limits before you reach the proc limits of overclocking.

It has yet to be seen if M/Bs and Ram are up to the extremely high FSB speeds

fenderbass86 · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:00

Unless you buy really good DDR2 memory to go with it, the X6800 isn't worth it. Get the E6600 or E6700.

stoofa · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:06

I'd even argue that in a lot of cases the £175 premium for the E6700 isn't really worth it over the E6600 - just personal opinion.
But that £175 extra gets you your motherboard....

Tigjaw · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:23

stoofa said:
I'd even argue that in a lot of cases the £175 premium for the E6700 isn't really worth it over the E6600 - just personal opinion.
But that £175 extra gets you your motherboard....

From some reviews and benchmarks I've seen the 6700 and 6600 are almost identical, the 6600 looks like the winner.

Heartless_King · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:32

SimonMaltby said:
What it gives is...

Marginal better overclock (or better chance)
Unlocked Multi - meaning more flexability when oveclocking

Thats about it.

Despite having ordered one.... No its not worth it.

Don't forget the small Intel "Extreme" Sticker

AMDPower · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:34

From some reviews and benchmarks I've seen the 6700 and 6600 are almost identical, the 6600 looks like the winner.

yeah its true, but on the flip side there is no good motherboard that will give you 450fsb that you will need to max it unless you mod it, add this or that fan and so on.

trojan698 · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:37

ignore

Participant · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:38

But if the E6800 is multiplier unlocked, then it will give far more than .26GHz advantage over the 67?

Are any of the other Conroe's unlocked?

easyrider · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:53

Tigjaw said:
From some reviews and benchmarks I've seen the 6700 and 6600 are almost identical, the 6600 looks like the winner.

Agreed,

The E6600 is the sweet chip out of the line up.
I should know,I have one lol

AMDPower · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:54

Are any of the other Conroe's unlocked?

no there is not, only the E6800 is, hence the £700+ price tag.

it depends on what you want, if you want to overclock like mad ie cascade, or other extreme cooling methods, then the unlocked multi provide you with a degree of flexibility.

now if you are on air, then since the conroes max out @ 4000mhz(lucky if you get this on air) you are left between the e6600(9x multi) or e6700(10x multi). so to get 4000mhz you would need 450x9 or 450x10 for the respective cpu. Therefor it all boils down to a motherboard that can do either 450fsb easily everyday with no stability problems.

so its really a motherboard choice rather than a cpu, i am personally after a e6700, am really after stability more than mad mhz, 400x10 is good for me on this generation of mobo, six months down the link i am sure we will see motherboards that will do 450mhz with everyday use no problem, just right now i don't see it.

SimonMaltby · 14 Jul 2006 at 17:57

AMDPower said:
so its really a motherboard choice rather than a cpu, i am personally after a e6700, am really after stability more than mad mhz, 400x10 is good for me on this generation of mobo, six months down the link i am sure we will see motherboards that will do 450mhz with everyday use no problem, just right now i don't see it.

My point exactly, but its actually not at all certain that 400FSB is 100% stable atm