Should i swap my E6300 for an E6600?

[sgoaty]

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

 

[sgoaty]

hehe,

the start of cheap MM conroe's already

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

 

[sgoaty]

hurrrr.. why?

because i can is that a no?

 

[sgoaty]

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?

 

[sgoaty]

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?

 

[sgoaty]

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

 

[sgoaty]

yup my E6300 is stable at 3.2ghz im prime mad

 

[sgoaty]

I don't think the conroe's work as well as the allendale's on the DS3.

I have heard that but even if i get 400fsb thats still faster than what i have now

 

[sgoaty]

For the OP - what do you do for which your 3.2GHz Allendale isn't powerful enough?

If the answer is "nothing", then you're looking at spending £250 to get bigger benchmark numbers.

The answer is indeed nothing but my 2.6ghz 165 was plenty fast for me too it didnt stop me buying this though

 

[sgoaty]

Sorry for thread hijack btw!

Jack away matey

 

[sgoaty]

sgoaty: Which is your G.Skill memory? the G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 or the G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-8000? I thinking in buying a similar kit as you have: E6300 Core2Duo @3.2ghz, Gigabyte DS3 2Gb Gskill HZ, + HIS ATI Radeon X1900 GT . do you think I have to changed something? Cheers

I have the HZ PC6400, Your setup sounds good but I dont know much about the X1900GT but the little i have heard leads me to believe that the X1800XT is faster

 

[sgoaty]

My cpu should have been here today but for some reason UPS class where i live as a remote area so it will take an extra day. Strange that OCUK and others provide a next day service to where i live. Its probaby my own fault for not buying from ocuk but this place was over £20 cheaper

 

[sgoaty]

Thank you the X1800XT looks better when activate antialiasing and all the stuff, I will take the x1800XT,

Which PSU and Cooler do you have? do you think I'm going to have problems to archived 3.1-3.2ghz with the e6300 (Air cooled) in the DS4?

I changed my mind about hte DS3 and I will go for the DS4 instead and in 4 months buy another x1800XT to do crossfire, Do you think is a good idea?

Dont know much about the ds4 tbh but i do know finding an X1800XT crossfire mastercard wont be easy and it will cost a fortune (like £400) so its not really a viable upgrade option. I have an Enermax liberty 620w and a skythe ninja

 

[sgoaty]

Thank you for open me the eyes, I will go fo the DS3 and forget abouth the crossfire, I thinking in buying the "Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU" Case, I don't have plan to overclock for a few months and them buy a good PSU and Overclock, Do you think I will be confortable with the 360W PSU that comes with the ASUS without OC?

Im not sure if thats an ATX 2.0 psu but it would be ok if it is although not my first choice

 

[sgoaty]

MY6600 is finally in my hands

 

[sgoaty]

MY6600 is finally in my hands

And im a bit dissapointed with it TBH so far its at 3ghz with 1.4v I cant get 3.2 just now my ds3 is behaving strangely with this cpu. Might put the 6300 back in