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Which CPU Is Better ?

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hi all,
i have argument with my friend.
he said that e5200 with oc to 3.8 GHZ better from e8600...
Is that True ? :confused:
 
Not true at the same clock speeds. This Review has e8400 compared to e7200, both a 2.66ghz . You can see the 6mb cache e8400 is faster than the 3mb e7200, so the e5200 at the same clock speed will be even worse. The effect of cache varies by application, but more cache is always better.

If you are running the e8600 at stock 3.33 ghz, then maybe the e5200 at 3.8ghz will be faster. But if you run them both at the same speed, then the e8600 will be a lot faster. I don't find comparing an overclocked e5200 to a stock e8600 very useful, since the e8600 will overclock very well.
 
An E5200 at 3.8GHz will certainly be faster than an E8600 at stock speeds. However, E5200s don't often hit those kinds of speeds, and an E8600 will be able to overclock significantly higher (think 4.5GHz).
 
Pretty much agree with what is said above. An E5200 at 3.8 will be faster than a stock E8600, but teh E8600 can OC to 4 without any trouble, 4.5 on air with some know how, and probably 5 to 5.5 with patience and watercooling.
 
etherone said:
AND the E8600 is at stock:)

why you would buy a e8600 or e8400 and keep it at stock is beyond me
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Yeah, true. Obviously an overclocked E8600 at 4+GHz would smash the overclocked E5200, but that wasn't what the OP was asking.
 
If it came in a dell... you can't OC it unless you use another board with it.
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I stand corrected and humbled. Now why Dell would do that cruelty is beyond me ;)
 
vengence said:
Pretty much agree with what is said above. An E5200 at 3.8 will be faster than a stock E8600, but teh E8600 can OC to 4 without any trouble, 4.5 on air with some know how, and probably 5 to 5.5 with patience and watercooling.
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6.25Ghz on liquid nitrogen too ;)
 
Seriously though, I really have had the urge to go buy a E8600 and a watercooling loop just to be a benchmark junkie. With the Core7s coming out, that urge is still there but the practical side of me says: "How are you going to justifiy this after the second week you own it again?"
 
if you were to get one get the e8500 not e8600 and PLEASE do wait, contain yourself :)
 
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