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Worth changing E6300 - E4300

mattpj said:
Thats absolutely fine mate, the next upgrade should be a quadcore but if you can swap around something at hardly any cost and get some satisfaction i do not see the problem
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You said you are happy with your E4300, so relish that fact man. I have. :)

For the sake of your predicament however, you certainly don't need justification as it's common knowledge to most people on here that they'd rather have a E6300 over a E4300 with decent RAM/Mobo combinations.

The E6300 may hit a higher clock and have lower temps, but is it worth the hassle of a few MHz and celsius? If yes, then by all means do it. Just remember to stick to your guns about the price you are selling/buying.
 
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That's a nice overclock, but I think most people here would prefer to see some proper stress-test stable clocks. ;)
 
p4radox said:
That's a nice overclock, but I think most people here would prefer to see some proper stress-test stable clocks. ;)
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I will be stress testing it on either monday or tuesday and then i will post up the results
 
ok simple out right question... i havent got anything yet but my plan is to get some

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
and
Asus P5B Deluxe (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

and basically need to know which chip to shove in there, E6300 or E4300?

i will be wanting to overclock past 3GHz
 
Depends on the RAM and how it overclocks really.

At stock 800mhz RAM speed, an E6300 will be at 2.8Ghz.

To get beyond 3Ghz, you're going to be looking at overclocking your RAM too, and so that may limit you before the CPU does. You also need a fairly good mobo for the high FSB speeds you'd need to get beyond 3Ghz.

With an E4300, at same stock 800Mhz ram speed, in theory, your chip would be at 3.6Ghz, but I've not read of many that will go that far. My E4300 won't go past 3.2Ghz stably.

I actually changed my E6300 to an E4300 recently, purely because I don't really like overclocking my RAM as I've had too many failures in the past when overclocking.

So, with your RAM, with an E6300 you need your RAM and CPU to clock pretty well, and you need a high FSB capable mobo. That's 3 variables.

With an E4300 you're really just at the mercy of the CPU... That's one.

Having said that, plenty of people on here have got E6300's to very quick speeds!

You'll probably need to give an E4300 more voltage, as I have found, but my E4300 runs cooler than my E6300 did - maybe a heat spreader issue with my E6300.

As ever with overclocking, there are no guarantees. You pays your money and takes your choice! :)
 
i opted for the 4300 purely for what is said above, one variable. Although iv only managed 3.0 at the moment, but i havnt sat down for long to fiddle with it etc.
3.0 was a very easy increase :)
 
Thanks for the replies, parently that particular ram is meant to be extremely good for overclocking and people have had it to around 900MHz im pretty sure there was a report of nearly 1000MHz so hopefully that shouldnt be a problem...

by the sounds of it the E4300 is a safe bet, no? think you have helped me too decide so thanks :)
 
its a safe bet if you dont want to fiddle too much with mobo and ram.
Iv only got mine @ 3.0, wouldnt mind a bit more(not like ill notice much performance increase though)
And my temps are a tad high, but i think i just need to refit it etc.
6300 is easier to take beyond the 4300, but yes, you are right, 4300 safe bet.
Both great to be fair.
 
I'm in the exact same dilemna. To go for the 4300 with p5n-e and some 6400 and hit hopefully at least 3.2 (which is by no means a bad speed) with no stress to the motherboard, or go for a 6300 and push everything to the max. The worrying thing is for any good oc for the 6300, the fsb is at least 460, and I'm sure some extra cooling will be needed, and I'm trying to build a near silent rig... The end of the day, it will only be 200mhz or so more I'm guessing for the 6300, assuming I don't run out of fsb first (mem isn't important as the p5n-e has the async speeds)
 
cobxx said:
I'm in the exact same dilemna. To go for the 4300 with p5n-e and some 6400 and hit hopefully at least 3.2 (which is by no means a bad speed) with no stress to the motherboard, or go for a 6300 and push everything to the max. The worrying thing is for any good oc for the 6300, the fsb is at least 460, and I'm sure some extra cooling will be needed, and I'm trying to build a near silent rig... The end of the day, it will only be 200mhz or so more I'm guessing for the 6300, assuming I don't run out of fsb first (mem isn't important as the p5n-e has the async speeds)
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is the p5n-e the asus SLI 650 board? because with those boards you wont be pushing the ram, as you can set its speed seperatly, unlike the gigabyte board where it must run at a ratio to the CPU FSB
 
geff_r said:
Simple do both sit comfortably at 3.0 ghz ? =yes
Which is the cheapest ?
Only one choice=4300.
fin
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If you read the original post - it's going to cost Meatloaf £13 to change his E6300 for an E4300, so I stand by my earlier post. Keep the E6300.
 
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