E6400 or E6600
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I am getting the 6400. It is almost impossible to "blow something up" overclocking. Read a little more into it and you will understand. The 6400 is an overclocking monster.
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First things first, The C2D had to be MADE to OC.
And you can get about 2.5 or 2.6ghz on your E6400 EASILY with stock cooling no worry. Actully I've heard 3.0ghz+ on stock cooling with an E6300 but thats pushing it. trust me You can OC an E6300 with stock cooling to about 2.5 easy, then it will beat an AMD FX-62. All for about 1/3rd the price.
OC is very simple when you have something as this, as well as if you dont try to go crazy on stock cooling like 3.0+ it wont "blow up"
I would just buy the E6300 save yourself a bit of money. The E6400 and E6300 were built almost the same, just the 6300 ran a little bit hotter probably and they downclocked it to make it SUPER stable.
Even if you dont take mine and everyone elses advice and you decide not to use the amazing OC potential, then just get the E6400 and be done with it. But I HIGHLY suggest you OC just a tiny bit.
And you can get about 2.5 or 2.6ghz on your E6400 EASILY with stock cooling no worry. Actully I've heard 3.0ghz+ on stock cooling with an E6300 but thats pushing it. trust me You can OC an E6300 with stock cooling to about 2.5 easy, then it will beat an AMD FX-62. All for about 1/3rd the price.
OC is very simple when you have something as this, as well as if you dont try to go crazy on stock cooling like 3.0+ it wont "blow up"
I would just buy the E6300 save yourself a bit of money. The E6400 and E6300 were built almost the same, just the 6300 ran a little bit hotter probably and they downclocked it to make it SUPER stable.
Even if you dont take mine and everyone elses advice and you decide not to use the amazing OC potential, then just get the E6400 and be done with it. But I HIGHLY suggest you OC just a tiny bit.
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i just got my e6400 and oced it to 3.2ghz and it booted windows fine and so far i havnt had anycrashes in any games. im using a zalman 9500 for cooling but im sure u can do the same on stock. I only raised my vcare voltages from 1.325 to 1.35 lol. i remember on my 3700 i had to raise the vcore to over 1.5v just to make it somewhat stable at 2.8ghz. this processor is amazing. although make sure u have ddr800 ram or the crucial 10th anniversary ddr667 ram.
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6400 (2 X 2.13GHz) 1066MHz FSB/2MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS® P5W DH DELUXE: DDR2, x16 slot, 975X chipset, 2 PCI
Operating System
NONE
Vista Upgrade
NONE
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE
1st CD/DVD Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM
2nd CD/DVD Drive
NONE
Graphics Card
256MB RADEON X1950XT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Sound Card
INTEGRATED 8 CHANNEL (7.1 SURROUND) HIGH DEF. AUDIO
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
Onboard Wireless 54 Mbps LAN (802.11g) & 2 x Gigabit LAN Ports
Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB - 3.5\" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB
Power Supply & cooling
500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU incl Case Fan & CPU Cooler
or
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6600 (2 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS® P5B: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, x16 VGA, 3 PCI etc
Operating System
NONE
Vista Upgrade
NONE
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
1st CD/DVD Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM
2nd CD/DVD Drive
NONE
Graphics Card
512MB GEFORCE 7950GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Sound Card
INTEGRATED 8 CHANNEL (7.1 SURROUND) HIGH DEF. AUDIO
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (ETHERNET)
Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB - 3.5\" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB
Power Supply & cooling
500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU incl Case Fan & CPU Cooler
Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS® P5W DH DELUXE: DDR2, x16 slot, 975X chipset, 2 PCI
Operating System
NONE
Vista Upgrade
NONE
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE
1st CD/DVD Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM
2nd CD/DVD Drive
NONE
Graphics Card
256MB RADEON X1950XT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Sound Card
INTEGRATED 8 CHANNEL (7.1 SURROUND) HIGH DEF. AUDIO
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
Onboard Wireless 54 Mbps LAN (802.11g) & 2 x Gigabit LAN Ports
Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB - 3.5\" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB
Power Supply & cooling
500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU incl Case Fan & CPU Cooler
or
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6600 (2 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS® P5B: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, x16 VGA, 3 PCI etc
Operating System
NONE
Vista Upgrade
NONE
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
1st CD/DVD Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM
2nd CD/DVD Drive
NONE
Graphics Card
512MB GEFORCE 7950GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Sound Card
INTEGRATED 8 CHANNEL (7.1 SURROUND) HIGH DEF. AUDIO
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (ETHERNET)
Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB - 3.5\" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB
Power Supply & cooling
500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU incl Case Fan & CPU Cooler
TriEclipse
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TheEnd187 said:
I remember that Idiotec on this forum, a few months back, got his E6300 to 3.7Ghz.
Anandtech also did a review in which they had a E6300 on 3.72Ghz.
UT-44, where are you ordering that from>=?
I am ordering from www.pcspecialist.co.uk
have decided to get
Processor (CPU)
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6600 (2 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS® P5B: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, x16 VGA, 3 PCI etc
Operating System
NONE
Vista Upgrade
NONE
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
1st CD/DVD Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM
2nd CD/DVD Drive
NONE
Graphics Card
256MB RADEON X1950XT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Sound Card
INTEGRATED 8 CHANNEL (7.1 SURROUND) HIGH DEF. AUDIO
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (ETHERNET)
Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB - 3.5\" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB
Power Supply & cooling
500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU incl Case Fan & CPU Cooler
have decided to get
Processor (CPU)
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6600 (2 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS® P5B: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, x16 VGA, 3 PCI etc
Operating System
NONE
Vista Upgrade
NONE
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
1st CD/DVD Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM
2nd CD/DVD Drive
NONE
Graphics Card
256MB RADEON X1950XT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Sound Card
INTEGRATED 8 CHANNEL (7.1 SURROUND) HIGH DEF. AUDIO
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (ETHERNET)
Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB - 3.5\" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB
Power Supply & cooling
500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU incl Case Fan & CPU Cooler
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