Tough Decision, E6850 or E6600....

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I'm having a tough time figuring out which chip to get...could someone give me some advice?

NewEgg has the E6600 at $222
and the E6850 at $329 (but I know I can beat that)

Is it worth the extra Benjamin?

Abit QuadGT - (rev 14 supports 1333)

Crucial (DDR2 PC2-6400 • 4-4-4-12 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-800 • 2.2V


I've never overclocked, but would like to learn and push my numbers a bit....nothing extreme.

Will also have a 8800GTX/24"LCD/RAID

Will use mainly for gaming and ripping/burning....


Thanks for your input....

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Hmmm...seems like the E6750 might be the sweet spot between price and performance...


Why would someone buy a E6600. when the E6750 is a better performer at a cheaper price?
 
Maybe the E6600 has a better OC?

I heard however that some of the newer E6600 have worse OC than the earlier ones? Is that truth?

I think the E6750 is a good OC CPU as well already read 3,92GHz....amazing.

http://www.hothardware.com/articles/Intel_Core_2_Duo_E6750_Performance_Preview/?page=11

3,68 GHz on Anandtech

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3012&p=1

The E6600 can't get to this level under these circumstances (aircooling).

Only with special cooling the E6600 can get close to the 4 GHz.

Already spot a E6850 OC:

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CPU Intel E6850 G0 stepping
Mobo Asus P5K
Cooler Thermalright XP120 Extreme (with YS-tech fan)
Mem OCZ PC9200 stuf
vid Club 3D 8600
 
i haven't run an overclock yet but my stock e6850 is running <35C on both cores fully loaded in orthos and the max temp, according to intel, is 72C. i figure i should be able able to get a pretty good overclock, and this is on air.
 
I second the choice of the E6750. They can be had for under $210 from various retailers.
 
Made a small OC list searching around:


OC 3780 Euro 239,- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (S775, 4x 2.40GHz, 8MB, 1066MHz FSB) OC 3780

OC 3780 http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1212009&page=4

OC 3744 http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/215516-xtreme-low-q6600-g0-temp-air-17.html


OC 4200 Euro 239,- Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 (S775, 2x 3.00GHz, 4x333MHz, 4MB, 1333MHz FSB) OC 4200 (PI 1M 12,250s)

CPU Intel E6850 G0 stepping
Mobo Asus P5K
Cooler Thermalright XP120 Extreme (with YS-tech fan)
Mem OCZ PC9200 stuf
vid Club 3D 8600

http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/221138.png

OC 3920 Euro 180,- Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (S775, 2x 2.67GHz, 4x333MHz, 4MB, 1333MHz FSB) OC 3920

http://www.hothardware.com/articles/Intel_Core_2_Duo_E6750_Performance_Preview/?page=11


OC 3690 Euro 180,- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (S775, 2x 2.4GHz, 4MB, 1066MHz FSB) - (If available?) - OC 3690

http://www.hardwareoc.at/Intel_Core2Duo_E6600_overclocking_Guide-3.htm

If you only look at the CPU I would say go for the Q.

But I havn't looked into the rest of the config yet.

So if you consider the mobo Ram expenses where do you end?

Multiplier max. differences:

X6800 - unlocked (12 or even higher 11 is standard)
Q6600 - 9 (cause it's in fact 2x E6600)
E6850 - 9
E6750 - 8
E6700 - 10
E6600 - 9
 
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