Hi,
I too am building a new gaming pc, and I'm undecided which of the Core 2 Duo processors I should pick.
I was originally set for the wallet friendly E6300, but I've seen E6600's for a little $100 extra that have been looking pretty impressive in benchmarks. My problem is that I can't really find benchmarks where all the C2D processors are compared, from the 6300 to 6800.
Does the extra 2MB cache give a lot of extra performance in return? While I know that the CPUs certainly get better as their numbers go up, and it's not as if I can't afford them, but I'd rather invest those bucks in another part of my machine if the pay back is not worth mentioning.
The PC is going to be fairly durable and I don't know that much about CPUs but would the E6300 go along with its time well? Or do the extra cache and the higher frequencies of 6600+ make them last longer?
I too am building a new gaming pc, and I'm undecided which of the Core 2 Duo processors I should pick.
I was originally set for the wallet friendly E6300, but I've seen E6600's for a little $100 extra that have been looking pretty impressive in benchmarks. My problem is that I can't really find benchmarks where all the C2D processors are compared, from the 6300 to 6800.
Does the extra 2MB cache give a lot of extra performance in return? While I know that the CPUs certainly get better as their numbers go up, and it's not as if I can't afford them, but I'd rather invest those bucks in another part of my machine if the pay back is not worth mentioning.
The PC is going to be fairly durable and I don't know that much about CPUs but would the E6300 go along with its time well? Or do the extra cache and the higher frequencies of 6600+ make them last longer?