Should i swap my E6300 for an E6600?

sgoaty · 6 Aug 2006 at 13:22

Well I bought my E6300 and now the E6600s have come in stock earlier than expected. I have it in my basket but i cant decide whether to go ahead with the order or not. Do you think it would out clock my E6300 in the DS3? I know i wont see a massive performance increase but dou you thik its worth it. Im looking for 5 yeses before i go ahead lol.
cheers
Scott

raitasar · 6 Aug 2006 at 13:26

The rest of your spec sounds absolutely bleeding edge. If you have the cash free, i'd probably go for a 6600, I'm willing to bet unless you've mangled the 6300 in the 4 days you've had it, it'd sell for just under full cost if you shift it fast while the Allendale's are fairly rare...

The 6600s do seem to clock better, and the cache couldn't hurt?

easyrider · 6 Aug 2006 at 13:30

Go for it,

I wanna see what a E6600 does with A DS3.

So you maybe the man for the job!

Its_Me · 6 Aug 2006 at 13:35

hehe,

the start of cheap MM conroe's already

sgoaty · 6 Aug 2006 at 13:38

Its_Me said:
hehe,

the start of cheap MM conroe's already

so thats 2 yes and one looking for a cheap core 2 duo lol

Mr Mister · 6 Aug 2006 at 13:54

yes go for it! 4mb cache w00t..

Spyhop · 6 Aug 2006 at 14:14

hurrrr.. why?

sgoaty · 6 Aug 2006 at 14:16

wush said:
hurrrr.. why?

because i can

is that a no?

Its_Me · 6 Aug 2006 at 14:17

sgoaty said:
because i can is that a no?

why not.
think of those extra multipliers

Spyhop · 6 Aug 2006 at 14:17

Yeah. Sorry, but it seems like a waste of time/money when you're already sitting on a 3.2GHz Conroe.

easyrider · 6 Aug 2006 at 14:21

You wont get past 3.8ghz with a E6600 I wouldn't of thought.I am still trying to get 3.9ghz stable and TBH the extra vcore it needs is not worth it.

sgoaty · 6 Aug 2006 at 14:30

easyrider said:
You wont get past 3.8ghz with a E6600 I wouldn't of thought.I am still trying to get 3.9ghz stable and TBH the extra vcore it needs is not worth it.

what cooling and voltge are you using for 3.8?

easyrider · 6 Aug 2006 at 14:31

Swiftech Apex Ultra water and 1.5 vcore

maddness · 6 Aug 2006 at 15:07

would be good to see a retail 6600 results and see how they clock to the ES samples

easyrider · 6 Aug 2006 at 15:50

<maddness> said:
would be good to see a retail 6600 results and see how they clock to the ES samples

Indeed

sgoaty · 6 Aug 2006 at 16:10

easyrider said:
Indeed

Where is everyone getting the ES from then? I know one guy who intel gave a 6800 EE and a bad axe but are they handing them out like sweeties?

ryansm · 6 Aug 2006 at 17:01

I would possbly keep the E6300. I have an E6300 and E6600, and I too am unsure which too keep. It will probably be the E6600 as thats what is in my machine now and I cant be bothered taking it out.

If your E6300 is stable at 3.2Ghz, how much further for the money will you take the E6600? I thought the E6600 would be far superior, but its not that much better...apart from the 4mb cache! They are both amazing cpu's.

sgoaty · 6 Aug 2006 at 17:15

ryansm said:
I would possbly keep the E6300. I have an E6300 and E6600, and I too am unsure which too keep. It will probably be the E6600 as thats what is in my machine now and I cant be bothered taking it out.

If your E6300 is stable at 3.2Ghz, how much further for the money will you take the E6600? I thought the E6600 would be far superior, but its not that much better...apart from the 4mb cache! They are both amazing cpu's.

well i will be in same boat. My 6600 is ordered i will see how it clocks and sell one of them

pieman109 · 6 Aug 2006 at 17:17

I'm also thinking about getting a conroe but I really can't make me mind up wether to get the 6300 or 6600? I like the cheapness of the 6300 and I'm sure one of these would clock well, though not as high as the 6600, but would it get close enough so's not worth bothering with the 6600 (ie: is the increase in overclock between these two cpus worth the cost difference, £125)?
Also, does the 4meg L2 cache make a noticeable difference, especially in gaming?

ryansm · 6 Aug 2006 at 17:23

I could be wrong here, but I thought games did not take advantage of the large cache size.

The way I see it, if you buy an E6300, clock it to atleast 2.6ghz, then basically you have yourself a chip comparable to the FX-62 (which also only has 2mb cache. Thats not bad for £130!

You would possibly get, with good cooling, good ram etc etc upto 400-600mhz more with e6600. Thats maybe however, have not seen enough e6600 overclocking results to say. My E6600 is only at 3.24ghz and thats fast enough! The E6600 is 2.4ghz out the box though with a multiplier of 9, which is also nice as requires less overclocking...