Overclocked e6300 compared to stock x6800

[el_brato]

has anyone got a comparison or review/link of a clocked e6300 @ e.g 3.0ghz or greater compared with a stock 2.93ghz x6800 - cheers

 

[harris1986]

think i've seen people do a similar thing and there's like a max of 5% performance increase in the 6800 due to the cache, so hardly noticeable! definately not worth the extra £500 lol

 

[Explicit]

The difference between the two would be negligible.

That's what overclocking is all about - making a dirt-cheap processor perform as good as or better than the most expensive one.

 

[stoofa]

The difference between the two would be negligible.

That's what overclocking is all about - making a dirt-cheap processor perform as good as or better than the most expensive one.

True - however at the same time the X6800 could then in turn be clocked even higher....

My goal with my E6600 was always to make it perform like a stock X6800.
I've got it 100% stable at 3.2Ghz which is cool for me.
Of course if I had an X6800 I'd be wanting to take it to silly heights.

 

[Lovejoy!]

stoofa, what cooling and mobo are you using?

 

[harris1986]

True - however at the same time the X6800 could then in turn be clocked even higher....

My goal with my E6600 was always to make it perform like a stock X6800.
I've got it 100% stable at 3.2Ghz which is cool for me.
Of course if I had an X6800 I'd be wanting to take it to silly heights.

3.2ghz is just a starting block at the minute, and just because you start with a higher clocked chip doesn't mean that it will then go higher! this was proven with the opteron series with the 144's and 146's out clocking the 148's!

 

[Nelly]

I've read a few topics on people with the X6800 achieving 3.5ghz on air, you dont have to pay £700 for one either Ive seen them for just over £400, thats £170 extra than a E6600 - not sure what it will do on water though, probally similar clocks.

 

[Durzel]

3.5Ghz on air is nothing, most E6600 or E6700s will do that without much hassle.

The big advantage with XE is the multipliers - if you have a sucky board that can't do very high FSB then you could just crank up the multiplier instead. Having said that, why would you be buying a budget motherboard if you could afford a £700 CPU?

If I was paying £700 for a CPU I'd want it to do well over 4Ghz on air, because otherwise I'd just buy one for £350 and spend the rest on a phase changer.

(which is actually what I did)

 

[harris1986]

most of the other core2's are doing 3.5ghz on air though nelly ? my 6400 is at stock volts and is at 3.2ghz on air! i personally think the limits of the 6800 are very similar to those of the 6300-6700, IMHO the 6800 is not worth any penny of hits high tag price if you are going to overclock anyway!

 

[Nelly]

Ahh good stuff, I'll order my E6600 now then!

 

[harris1986]

wise words

 

[sunama]

3.5Ghz on air is nothing, most E6600 or E6700s will do that without much hassle.

The big advantage with XE is the multipliers - if you have a sucky board that can't do very high FSB then you could just crank up the multiplier instead. Having said that, why would you be buying a budget motherboard if you could afford a £700 CPU?

If I was paying £700 for a CPU I'd want it to do well over 4Ghz on air, because otherwise I'd just buy one for £350 and spend the rest on a phase changer.

(which is actually what I did)

Durzel what is your e6700 overclocking to under phase change cooling?

 

[yannis76]

has anyone got a comparison or review/link of a clocked e6300 @ e.g 3.0ghz or greater compared with a stock 2.93ghz x6800 - cheers

If you an email I can send you some benchs which I made for a greek article I just wrote...E6300 OC to 3150 seems to be equal or better to the X6800.