Which CPU? E6??? series?

[Belisarius]

Hi,

Just bought an Asrock Dual-VSTA mobo as need to upgrade my PC from an AMD3200(single core) with 2GB RAM and can't afford new GPU yet.

Couple of questions:

As much as I'd like to go Quad Core can't really push the boat out yet so...

Would I be better chasing an E6300 or E6400 to pop in short term?
Would I get a significant boost over my current setup?
Would I get any overclock with this mobo?

Given I want to run some VMs I assume I should avoid the E4??? series as they don't have the Virtual support?

Is it worth bothering with the E6600 or should I just go Quad if I end up stretching to that amount?

Do I have any other options?

Comments gratefully received

Andy

 

[Belisarius]

Hi Jon,

Well

How many VMs are you going to be running?

Probably only a couple at any one time

the difference in the E4XXX series is that it has less cache, 2mb as opposed to 4mb.

I'm pretty sure that is the only difference?

Thought the 6000 series and above had the virtualisation stuff added?

Would I be better chasing an E6300 or E6400 to pop in short term? No, since they overclock easily by like 500mhz!

Wasn't sure what you mean here? They overclock well so I shouldn't get one?

Would I get a significant boost over my current setup? YES

Good

Would I get any overclock with this mobo? I am not sure, but you can easily squeeze out minimum 400mhz, probably more. It's an Asrock, they are quite a good make.

I'd hard the dual vsta were limited in OC'ing. I'm not after huge boost but I'll take what I can get until I can afford a better mobo

How much are you looking to spend, max?

Well I was looking on keeping this side of £100 for the CPU as I may need to get extra RAM as well. I've seen E6600 going for about £100 and E6400/6300 for a bit less. Just wasn't sure on what was the best option.

Cheers for the reply

Andy

 

[Belisarius]

Thanks.

Wasn't sure on how the Virtualisation stuff in the E6000 series would affect my VM use? Would I notice a big difference in running the E2200?

Andy