At 01:55 PM 1/25/2007, you wrote:
Am confused, why would I prefer the E4300 over the E6600 and why
would they basically cost the same thing when the E6600 had faster
FSB and Virtualization Tech?
Thank you.
Ken
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Intel Core 2 Duo Socket LGA 775 Processor - Retail L1
Cache 32KB+32KB Manufacturing Tech 65 NM
E4300 = $189 Allendale 1.8GHz FSB 800MHz NO
Virtualization Technology Support 2M shared L2 Cache
E6300 = $188 Conroe 1.86GHz FSB 1066MHz Virtualization
Technology Support 2M shared L2 Cache
E6400 = $222 Conroe 2.13GHz FSB 1066MHz Virtualization
Technology Support 2M shared L2 Cache
E6600 = $316 Conroe 2.4GHz FSB 1066MHz Virtualization
Technology Support 4M shared L2 Cache
E6700 = $509 Conroe 2.66GHz FSB 1066MHz Virtualization
Technology Support 4M shared L2 Cache
Hello Ken,
Whoa... wait a sec. The E4300 costs about the same as the E6300, not the E6600.
If you want to overclock, the E6300 is at a disadvantage since it has
a lower multiplier (7x) whereas the E4300 has
a much higher multiplier (9x). Thus it's MUCH harder to overclock an
E6300 since you need to push a higher FSB
and need much better RAM to keep up with a 1:1 - FSB:RAM ratio (for
best performance).
With an E4300, you could reach 9 x 333 = 2997MHz with el cheapo
DDR2-667 RAM running happily at stock RAM
voltage with a 1:1 ratio. This potentially means that you'll save
cost on the motherboard, RAM and rightfully the CPU.
However, due to the tight supply and strong demand (due to that 9x
multiplier), price gouging is going on right now
and that's why you're seeing the E4300 and E6300 cost the same. IINM,
the E4300 should cost around ~$155 and
by Q2 ~$115, absolutely unbeatable performance/$ IMHO.
To get 2997MHz out of an E6300, you're going to have to pump up the
FSB to 428MHz. To run at a 1:1 ratio you'd
need at a minimum some decent DDR2-800 RAM, which costs a fair bit
more not to mention you'd need a nice OCing
motherboard to go along with it.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
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JW
