AMD X2 6400+ Or Intel E8400

I'm running a Q6600, because I wanted speed and Intel makes faster Quads at this time.

In the past, I've had a lot better experience with AMD. Their customer service agents are much friendlier and don't tend to transfer you to other agents multiple times. I've owned 5 types of processors in 5PCs. (P2,P3,P4,X2 4400+, Q6600)
The P2&3 never had any real problems, but the P4 had to be replaced twice. The 4400 was brilliant in every way. All that being said, the Q6600 has been great...aside from the evil pushpins on every CPU fan i've used/looked at.
 
I posted an extremely long review, but it wouldn't load.

Basically, AMD and my experience with the Q6600 for the tie with a slight lean towards the AMD. But Intel as a company FTL.
 
ive had a x2 6400 and currently using e8400 ..im still geting used to the intel setup. i like the benchmarks on intel but other then that ,cant tell the differance in anything else they both are good chips if your on a tight budget and have an AMD board already just get the 6400 for now..if not try out the intel like i did .:D (with all the money AMD is making off Ati right now they should bounce back a little soon anyways)
 
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I've done research and yes, that E8400 is faster than that 6400+. You get from little to a medium difference in speed.
 
ummm there really isnt any contest between the e8400 and 6400+ the e8400 runs cooler is 65nm overclocks wayyyyyy higher and runs faster than the 6400+ w/o either being oc'ed. heck even the e7200 which is 2.53ghz stock is faster than a 6400+. the 6400+ runs veryyy hot is 90nm and doesnt overclock very high
 
I wasn't talking about competition either. It's just a bench tool from Tom's hardware. The 6400+ is smoke, for sure. Now, it's not 65, it's 45nm :p Also, there's rumors that the thing is pushed on 4GHz with it's stock cooler. While I have a nice 3rd part cooler, my RAM sucks. I want speed.

BTW, did you know the 6400+ comes with a copper dot for the stock heatsink? That's to accomodate that high heat.
 
I had my X2 5600+ at 3.3Ghz (faster than 6400+), and with my 8400 at stock, i couldn't see much, if any difference in any tasks. You could definitely see a difference in benchmarks, but in reality, i couldn't see a difference. Of course, at 4.0ghz... its another story :P
 
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