Are E6300's good for overclocking?
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ADE
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34erd
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Not really, get this instead if your going with an E6300: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128017
ADE
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Why is the one I suggested not good and r u sure this one to go with or do you own this one and just say its good because have it and think it is? Sorry, I will be doing my next build soon and I just want the best bang for my buck.
34erd
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Yes, I'm sure it's a good board. I don't have it, but many people do, and it overclocks very well. The board you picked isn't bad, but if your asking about overclocking the 965P-S3 will suit you better for your price range. It also has a much newer chipset (which in part is why it overclocks so well).
dragon2309
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definately not, im getting a e6600 in my next buils, about 4 weeks away (if things go well) as others have already said, the main difference is that it has 4Mb cache as opposed to the 2Mb that the 6400 and 6300 has. It also has a higher default clock spped, so it has a step higher than the others already, and theoretically would overclock further.
arent free? are you referring to the extra bang on the price tag?no the 6600's move into 4mb cache land, with some suprisingly larger than expected benefits....but of course, those benefits arn;t free
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Rambo
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure he is. Although, I'm not sure whether the extra benefits he was talking about is just the higher default clock speed...
Although, the extra 2MB doesn't prove to be a great advantage, and only gives a little extra performance: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/07/14/intel_core_2_duo_processors/5.html
I am not saying the E6600 isn't worth the money, however. When I look back now, if I could've afforded the E6600, I would've gone for that. But only because of the the higher multiplier it gives you, which would, as dragon has already mentioned, theoretically allow for a much higher overclock.
On the other hand, the E6300, in my opinion, is the best when you look at price/performance.
ADE
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I don't know, This has better ratings AND by more people, just not on that web site. Its has a 4.7 out of 5 by 24 people. Can you really tell me that that MOBO is better? Plus, my MOBO that I want to get has a feature that overclocks the CPU when ever needed so it saves energy and reduces heat and YOU NEVER HAVE TO MANUALLY OVERCLOCK IT. If you play a game it will raise the speed of the CPU buy itself to make it sufficient enough for the game to play good. that's what it briefly said in the description, and others said it is a overclocks dream. can the MOBO you selected for me do that?
ADE
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there are ways so you can do it manual. either way I'm just saying it seems like the one I was wondering about sounds better. We're just debating. I have noticed over the time of my membership of this forum people seem to stick with only a few select stores on the WWW. Why? I think a comparison is in need. pros, and cons. I'm not trying to diss any body or seem rude, it just that I don't want to make a mistake. With online stores return shipping isn't really covered by the store.
dragon2309
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we generally stick with the most trusted stores, almost every high posting/regular member has, in their lifetime, bought a PC accessory or PC component from an online store, andi bet that over 95% of them bought from the top ones such as ebuyer, dabs, newegg, tigerdirect etc... another store on the web may be £10 cheaper but if no one has ever used it before, who are you going to trust, this new store or the global giant that 1000's of people can vouch for....??
Thats pretty much why we stick to only a few stores, that and the fact that if we recommend a crappy store that sells a dodgy product, its us lot here that will be answering the questions of suport when it doesnt work, so its in our best interests aswell to get you the right product from the right place.
Anyhooo, generally the board that someone linked you to on the first page is better than the board you linked to. It just is, its in a higher class, higher quality.
dragon
Rambo
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You don't really want to use AI Overclocking. To put it simply, it's rubbish. You are going to get a much better, stable overclock when you manually do it, because you have more control over what is being overclocked, and how much you are going to overclock it.
But yes, the GA-965P series does have AI Overclocking, however, it is name C.I.A.2 in the BIOS: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/NewTech/old_motherboard_newtech/Tech_20041125_PX_CIA2.htm