bpeugh Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Well, it looks like I will be upgrading my system and I think I will be getting the Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 since I already have 2GB of RAM to put into it. The dilemma is that I don’t know which processor to get, the e6300 at 1.86GHz or the e6400 at 2.13GHz? I know people can easily overclock the e6300 to 2.385GHz with the stock and I have heard that the e6300 is the better of the two for overclocking but I was wondering what people have found. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30394-e6300-186ghz-or-e6400-213ghz/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMS Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Personally I would go with the 6400 just because it has a higher multiplier and would be a little easier to work with. I, on the other hand, already have a 6600 @ 3240 on a 975XBX that runs everything I throw at it. One suggestion though, check out: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=59 That's the intel fourm over there, you should be able to get some good info on what you are looking at. Have fun! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30394-e6300-186ghz-or-e6400-213ghz/#findComment-210735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 hmm i have a e6300 and it performs just fine, its also very cool and quite Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30394-e6300-186ghz-or-e6400-213ghz/#findComment-210838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiloboy Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Can you recommend a Core 2 Duo Motherboard as my DG965WH is not compatible? Thanks AB Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30394-e6300-186ghz-or-e6400-213ghz/#findComment-211045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman100 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=30396 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30394-e6300-186ghz-or-e6400-213ghz/#findComment-211120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I would recommend the E6600 so you can get the added cache. Then the only difference between that and the extreme edition is clock speed. anandtech has a review up on the conroe and shows the actual performance differences between a 2mb and 4mb cache. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30394-e6300-186ghz-or-e6400-213ghz/#findComment-211177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpeugh Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 Which is still on average is a boost of under 10% in preformance for basically an additional 50% of cost Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30394-e6300-186ghz-or-e6400-213ghz/#findComment-211379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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