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Core Duo... Need a suggestion...

Choose Your Option ...

  • Option One

    Votes: 25 71.4%

  • Option Two

    Votes: 4 11.4%

  • Option Three

    Votes: 6 17.1%
  • Total voters
    35
  • Poll closed .
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CorporalStorm

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I have 3 options on this Core 2 Duo setup.. I am posting a poll on what ya'll think is the best option.. These are the 3 set options so what do you think.. I need to know in the next few days so I can order the parts..

Thanks!


Option #1

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
Asus P5B Deluxe
G.Skill (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ
800Mhz DDR2, CL 4-4-4-12, TV 2.0~2.1V


Option #2

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
Abit AW9D-MAX
Crucial (2 x 1GB) TY2KIT12864AA663
667Mhz DDR2, CL 3-3-3-12, TV 2.2V


Option #3

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
G.Skill (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ
800Mhz DDR2, CL 4-4-4-12, TV 2.0~2.1V
 
option 1. Asus and gskill are both good brands..

let me know which you pick works out. thanks

...AMD RULES
 
Actually, I've heard the i975 mobos OC the E6600 chips better. Not sure if that's true, but it's what I've heard. I personally have an E6400 on an Asus P5B Deluxe and it seems to be a pretty good setup. I like the board and the price isn't bad. Of course, I don't know much about the other boards, except that the DS3 is a lot less expensive and lots of people like it.
 
Actually 965 chipsets can OC the C2Ds higher easier, but the 975 chipset is faster at same clocks. I vote for option 1. P5B Dlx is an excellent OCer.
 
The 965 chipset seems to OC higher, but with the E6600, you should have a high enough multiplier to max out the chip before the board with a good 975X like the AW9D or the P5W.
 
I don't suggest the E6600. When combined with the 965 chipset, E6300/E6400s overclock past what the E6600 can overclock to due to the 965's NB strap. E6400 FTW!
 
I chose Option 1.

I'd STILL replace the 6600 with a 6400... They overclock the best by FAR.
 
DS3 and the Crucial 2gb 10th anniversary ram for the win. The ram does 1000mhz, check them out man!
 
The E6400 is attractive, but it depends on whether or not you value the 4mb cache vs. the 2mb.
 
kirbyrj said:
The E6400 is attractive, but it depends on whether or not you value the 4mb cache vs. the 2mb.
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Clock speed > Cache. 4Mb is worthless. Get the E6400 and clock it to a speed that the E6600 couldn't even dream of reaching.
 
InorganicMatter said:
Clock speed > Cache. 4Mb is worthless. Get the E6400 and clock it to a speed that the E6600 couldn't even dream of reaching.
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not if you're trying to shave a couple seconds off your super pi score ;)
 
InorganicMatter said:
Clock speed > Cache. 4Mb is worthless. Get the E6400 and clock it to a speed that the E6600 couldn't even dream of reaching.
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The extra cache has been benched at providing up to a 10% performance boost in certain applications (mostly those such as DVD, Video, or Audio encoding) so it isn't completely worthless, and actually very worthwhile if you do a lot of that kind of work.

Also, the E6600 can clock very close to the E6300 and E6400, so, the bit about 'couldn't dream of reaching' is a bit of hyperbole.
 
I didn't pick any of the 3. I'd NOT but DDR2 from anyone needing more than 2V at its reated speed. I'd find any DDR2-667 with a stock setting of 1.8V. CAS Latency settings are almost moot as well. I've seen Cas 5 RAM only run a game 2 less FRPs, sheesh! Now RAM hitting 1000MHz is sweet but not if you needed 2.5V on the RAM.
 
NulloModo said:
The extra cache has been benched at providing up to a 10% performance boost in certain applications (mostly those such as DVD, Video, or Audio encoding) so it isn't completely worthless, and actually very worthwhile if you do a lot of that kind of work.

Also, the E6600 can clock very close to the E6300 and E6400, so, the bit about 'couldn't dream of reaching' is a bit of hyperbole.
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QFT!
 
option 1 with the ram from option 2. as suggested earlier, can reach 1000 mhz, if 800 mhz you can still keep cas 3 timing.
 
NulloModo said:
The extra cache has been benched at providing up to a 10% performance boost in certain applications (mostly those such as DVD, Video, or Audio encoding) so it isn't completely worthless, and actually very worthwhile if you do a lot of that kind of work.

Also, the E6600 can clock very close to the E6300 and E6400, so, the bit about 'couldn't dream of reaching' is a bit of hyperbole.
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I completely agree. :)
 
I voted for option 3 because I have the DS3 motherboard and would recommend it to anyone. It has been rock stable since the day that I bought it.
 
InorganicMatter said:
Clock speed > Cache. 4Mb is worthless. Get the E6400 and clock it to a speed that the E6600 couldn't even dream of reaching.
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If all you do is browse the internet and play Quake 2, then ya that 4MB is worthless. If you happen to do just about anything else, then no you're wrong.

And the E6400 isnt exactly going leaps and bounds higher than the E6600 either. But me personaly Im a little skeptical about oc'ing just about any processor over 1k+ for extended periods of time, espically when Im actually taxing the shit out of it on a regular basis.

But to each their own on what their comfort zone is for oc'ing a proc/mobo/ram/video card. Either way you cant go wrong with either video card, you get out what you put in.
 
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