e6600 or x2 4600?

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What would you guys do? I would have to do anew build if I went with the e6600. Would it really be worth it over the 4600? I am picking these 2 chips due to their oc potential. I am sure the e6600 is the best bet, I just really dont want to build a new rig that bad :D . I am thinking the X2 over what I have will only help if I multi-task a lot, I do not. They e6600 is just a total upgrade all around, right?

More..If I go with the e6600 what is a good mobo/ram combo for overclocking?

Tia! :)
 
A 4600 wouldnt be much of a upgrade over the Operton you have. Sure its dual core and multi-tasking will be much better, but speed wise I really couldnt see much of a improvement there. The e6600 will provide both of these improvements but like you said it will involve a ram and motherboard upgrade.

If you have the money I would get the e6600 system. The Asus P5W DH is a really good board and has excellant overclock results. Same with the Asus version of the 965 chipset version to. If you really dont have the money for ram and a motherboard, get the 4600, you will still have great multi-tasking abilities.
 
Why buy an x2 when you can get an Opteron?
A conroe on a promethia would be pretty sweet.
What was the question?
 
Lou Cypher said:
Why buy an x2 when you can get an Opteron?
A conroe on a promethia would be pretty sweet.
What was the question?
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???? what the hell
 
Yea wtf he replied without reading the question and asks why would heYea wtf he replied without reading the question and asks why would he buy an xp over buying an opteron ( he already has an opteron) LoL what he hell has this guy been smokin(no offence).
 
Lazy_Moron said:
A 4600 wouldnt be much of a upgrade over the Operton you have. Sure its dual core and multi-tasking will be much better, but speed wise I really couldnt see much of a improvement there. The e6600 will provide both of these improvements but like you said it will involve a ram and motherboard upgrade.

If you have the money I would get the e6600 system. The Asus P5W DH is a really good board and has excellant overclock results. Same with the Asus version of the 965 chipset version to. If you really dont have the money for ram and a motherboard, get the 4600, you will still have great multi-tasking abilities.
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Thnx for the reply. The cash is not a problem. I am just clueless when it comes to a Core Duo setup. No clue on what mem/mobo/how to oc them...etc. I meean, I know it will be easy enough to find out, but having run AMD ever since my Celery 300a....you get use to a certain things. ;)
 
Definatly the C2D. Much higher performance.

I recommend:

Abit AW9D-MAX or Asus P5W-DH or eVGA 680i (for sli)
c2d e6600 (duh)
2x1 Crucial Ballistix DDR2 1000 (way way way overkill, but it's only $259 for 2 gigs. cheap!)

Of course, I'm in the same boat as you. I can't stop tinkering with stuff. My pc is decent for what it does (opty at 300x10 @ 1.4, a8n-sli, 6600gt @ 700/1650 etc etc), and I don't need anything faster, but I still really, really, really want a core 2 duo.
 
I thought about the same thing. I have a X2 4400+ and was considering an upgrade. I decided against it.

If you find actual stock speed benchmarks of X2 vs C2 you will NOT find much of a performance increase at all. clock for clock the two chips are almost identical, with intel being better at some mathmatical operations and amd having the clear memory bandwidth advantage. Plus the cost of a new mobo + ram = a lot of money for not a lot of improvement.

I will wait till amd develope their quad core and then see who can squeeze the most out of them.
 
larkin said:
I thought about the same thing. I have a X2 4400+ and was considering an upgrade. I decided against it.

If you find actual stock speed benchmarks of X2 vs C2 you will NOT find much of a performance increase at all. clock for clock the two chips are almost identical, with intel being better at some mathmatical operations and amd having the clear memory bandwidth advantage. Plus the cost of a new mobo + ram = a lot of money for not a lot of improvement.

I will wait till amd develope their quad core and then see who can squeeze the most out of them.
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That is true. But when you bring into account the easy easy easy overclocking that's just begging to be done, it makes the c2d blow the x2 out of the water :)
 
larkin said:
I thought about the same thing. I have a X2 4400+ and was considering an upgrade. I decided against it.

If you find actual stock speed benchmarks of X2 vs C2 you will NOT find much of a performance increase at all. clock for clock the two chips are almost identical, with intel being better at some mathmatical operations and amd having the clear memory bandwidth advantage. Plus the cost of a new mobo + ram = a lot of money for not a lot of improvement.

I will wait till amd develope their quad core and then see who can squeeze the most out of them.
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Well, in that case...should I even bother to upgrade right now? I mean, all I do is listen to tunes, surf the net or play games on that rig...nothing else.
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2Fresh said:
Well, in that case...should I even bother to upgrade right now? I mean, all I do is listen to tunes, surf the net or play games on that rig...nothing else.
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If your rig is holding up for what you do, then by all means, wait it out until someone comes along that makes you feel your system is inadequate. I don't really think throwing tons of money to make your fps go from 70 to 90 is worthwhile ;)
 
I have a 4400+ overclocked at 2.6GHZ and it is more than enough. I have the money to upgrade but I do not feel the need. I mostly game on my PC and the graphic card is the performance bottleneck.

Intel is targeting to release a 45nm Conroe chip next spring (and a 45nm quad-core chip too).
This is what I will get!!! :p
4GHZ on air baby!!!

Of course, it always fun to build a new system. But I like the waiting. It increases my satisfaction level when I finally do it.
 
I agree that the 8800GTX is a great video card and it would be the best upgrade to make in the short term but....
1) Not many games are worthy of this video card (except Oblivion, FEAR).
2) Next generation games like Crysis, Allan Wake & UT2007 are scheduled to launch next spring at the earliest
3) NVIDIA is already readying a refresh for February
4) ATI R600 512bit bus looks very promising and the unconfirmed release date is January 20th
5) 8800 cards price should substantially depreciate after Christmas. :D
 
I would get a dual core processor personally. I know your 148 is cruising along at 3.2Ghz and that's plenty fast. I found that I do more with my dual core than I did before. I run multiple stuff at the same time just because I can :).
 
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