$36!

JohnDoH!

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #1

$36 difference between e6300 and e6400, should I or shouldnt I?

 

Ku-sama

banned

• Nov 21, 2006

• #2

you should

 

Emperor_nero

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #3

You should

 

bball4life

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #4

No overclocking - Yes

Overclocking - No (only difference is the multiplier they both hit about the same speeds.

 

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Bl00dFox

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #5

Lookiong at your sig, its about time you get an upgrade Lol

 

JohnDoH!

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #6

LoL ya... no kidding but thats only because the system I was slowly improving & upgrading bit by bit was taken by a certain family member who shall remain nameless... that wench. I hope she doesn't read this.

 

JohnDoH!

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #7

Oh by the way just wondering but is the fan/heatsink that comes with the cpu any good? or should I just go Oem and get a better one?

 

Last edited: Nov 21, 2006

bball4life

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #8

JohnDoH! said:

Oh by the way just wondering but is the fan/heatsink that comes with the cpu any good? or should I just go retail and get a better one?

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Once again
No overclocking - Yes, the stock is fine

Overclocking - No, get an aftermarket

 

ceewi1

VIP Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #9

The stock cooler is fine for mild overclocking, until you start upping the VCore.

 

bball4life

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #10

ceewi1 said:

The stock cooler is fine for mild overclocking, until you start upping the VCore.

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True but if you are going to overclock, why stop at a mild overclock.

 

ceewi1

VIP Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #11

True, although you can usually get a good 25-30% increase out of the C2Ds without increasing VCore (that's what i'm classifying as a 'mild' overclock).

 

bball4life

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #12

Ya those things are pretty crazy, however a lot of people have temp issues because of concavity on their IHS so they don't get very good contact between the cpu and the heatsink. Anyway...

 

Geoff

VIP Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #13

I would get it, deffinetly worth it.

 

Jet

VIP Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #14

I don't know. If the $36 means compromising on the motherboard, or other important components like the memory or graphics card, I would get it. However, if you have extra money to spend, it would be a good upgrade.

 

diduknowthat

formerly liuliuboy

• Nov 21, 2006

• #15

bball4life said:

True but if you are going to overclock, why stop at a mild overclock.

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Some people are chickens

But yes, definetly got for the E6400, it's well worth the 34 bucks.

 

kof2000

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #16

go with a 6600 if you got the munny.

 

bball4life

New Member

• Nov 21, 2006

• #17

No really though, if you are going to overclock you would be much better putting that $36 into a good heatsink or better ram or a better motherboard, you hit very similar speeds on the average overclock between the two, there is not extra cache on the e6400 so there is not advantage there.

 

Shane

Super Moderator

Staff member

• Nov 22, 2006

• #18

I would too for the extra $36

But then again i wouldnt even risk OC it...Too scared