New Conroe 6320 / 6420 Testing

That was a very interesting read. It kind of makes me mad I just got my 6300 last month for $150.00. For 13.00 more I could have gotten 2 more megs of cache. Oh well I am sure I will be happy with my chip. I will use it for a while till prices level out a bit:D
 
Interesting. After reading this, I think Intel should do away with the E6300 and E6320.
 
i seriously want to see some quad cores at lower prices that can overclock really well likes these.
 
Interesting; That 4 meg cache helps a lot in newer games. It's like extra 200mhz clock speed.
 
The E6420 seems to be the sweet spot in terms of price/performance, at $183 thats a hell of a deal. I think I am going to pick that up cause I know I can't hold off until the C2Quad sale :p
 
The E6420's performance comes pretty close to that of the E6600, at a much more affordable price.
 
From what ive seen with the C2D, it seem that there is a big performance boost running high memory speed even at loose timings..... I might give that 4400 a try and see if running 2:3 will offset the difference in L2 cache...... 10x multi seems to be perfect for p965 chipset or maybe its just the Asus board that doesnt have a working 4:5 divider.....
 
i don't understand the overclocking part. The review says that the E6320 is harder to overclock because it has a higher multi? Doesn't it have the lowest of them all?
 
Overclockability doesn't look much better than the normal Conroe CPUs. I think I'll keep my E6300 that does 2.8GHz at stock until the big 2H07 price cuts.
 
Ah waiting is the hard part. I waited 3 months already. Didnt really need a powerfull computer yet since the next gen games arnt out yet. So i wanted to wait for these new cpus. Im looking at the 6320 since spending over 250 cdn is to much for my taste. 6320 is 229 cdn. Even though i spend 350 for my 3500 over 2 years ago.. what was i thinking...
Now i need a DX10 video card at same price range. 250 is max on a single part.
 
[CaM]Spoon;1030799346 said:
Ah waiting is the hard part. I waited 3 months already. Didnt really need a powerfull computer yet since the next gen games arnt out yet. So i wanted to wait for these new cpus. Im looking at the 6320 since spending over 250 cdn is to much for my taste. 6320 is 229 cdn. Even though i spend 350 for my 3500 over 2 years ago.. what was i thinking...
Now i need a DX10 video card at same price range. 250 is max on a single part.
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wait for the 8600, 8800GTS 320mb might hit 250, but if not u can get the 8600's.
 
PolarbearBigEd said:
Um....no. You do not put out twice the amount of heat...ever :rolleyes:
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OK, you're right. It's not 100% more heat, it's only 77% more heat in this test.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2extreme-qx6700_11.html

It's still a pile of extra heat that has to be dissipated with a larger cooling solution or more fan speed.

It will always be easier to overclock a dual core higher and more reliably than overclocking the same amount with a quad core.
If you don't believe this statement then head to the [H] OC database and see for yourself.

The best air cooled quad 6700 chips are topping out at 3200 MHz while similar dual cores can reliably run at 3600+ MHz.

The water cooled quads are topping out in the low 3400 MHz range while the water cooled dual cores are topping out near 4000 MHz.

Edit: This article shows the Q6700 rated at 130 watts and the E6700 rated at 65 watts.
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=1&id=2169

Intel says it is double as well. I guess that's where I got my info from.
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL9UL
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL9ZF
 
unclewebb said:
OK, you're right. It's not 100% more heat, it's only 77% more heat in this test.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2extreme-qx6700_11.html

It's still a pile of extra heat that has to be dissipated with a larger cooling solution or more fan speed.

It will always be easier to overclock a dual core higher and more reliably than overclocking the same amount with a quad core. If you don't believe this statement then head to the [H] OC database and see for yourself.

The best air cooled quad 6700 chips are topping out at 3200 MHz while similar dual cores can reliably run at 3600+ MHz.

The water cooled quads are topping out in the low 3400 MHz range while the water cooled dual cores are topping out near 4000 MHz.
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thats not to say that a Quad 6400 chip if there was one would not be able to hit 3200mhz or close to it and be much cheaper then the Quad 6700. The Quad 6600 comes close the 6700 in overclocking also.
 
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