Slumpack said:srmmrthy said:

Thanks, forgot to add the others.

Btw, despite knowing that prices are going to fall in a couple of months, I decided to jump on it. The way I justified it to myself was "$30 more in 2 months for an extra 2 MB of cache...hmmm, maybe I should just get it today". Hope I don't kick myself in the butt too hard 2 months down the line

Check the benchmark Here

From reading those tests it looks to me that money should be spent on the clock speed rather than the cache. Aren't the lower speed units very overclockable?

Dang it, I had to pull the trigger on this one. Thanks OP. My old A64 3000+ is choking hard on Supreme Commander.

So any deal combo's/suggestions for fans and heatsinks comparable (or better) than the intel one's? I guess that's the clincher, since one would ideally want to spend less than $220 (Newegg price) w/ cpu, heatsink and fan to make this a deal. Especially b/c of tax

lostdude said:manko said:April price drops should be:

Core 2 Duo E6600 $224

Core 2 Duo E6420/E6400 $183

Core 2 Duo E6320/E6300 $163Wow, that still makes this deal very HOT. According the benchmark I see above the 2MB extra cache doesn't make that much of a diff. Green for you, OP.


The testing - "While this article is based entirely on speculation". The 4MB cache will make a difference, maybe not a vast difference to the everyday user, but if you're on the fence my advice is to wait for the actual benchmarks, especially the overclocking results. However, if you don't plan to overclock then these processors will be fine.

vicsliu said:I'd like to buy some parts. anyone can recommend some good deal on video card(PCI-Express), Motherboard, Heatsink # fan, DDR2-800 memory, etc? Thanks.
I think E6600 is good to buy after April 22.
That question is better asked in the computers forum

OOS online
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Darn, I had it in my shopping bag.

assgrabber2 said:
does the intel heatsink & fan good?? and is it quiet?
Yes.

plz let me know as rumor said intel heatsink & fan are very quiet & efficient.
Yes.
But you know, quietness and efficiency never go together...

anybody think this E6400 will blow my Pentium D 805 away (runing at 4.0Ghz now)
Of course.
(of course you're thinking of OCing this, too, right?)
Check Tom's Hardware Comparison chart.

Ordered E6400 for $178 out the door. I've been reading about the variants of Duos out there, and the overclockability. Decided to go cheap for now. This will be MUCH better than my dual Athlon 2400+ XP's.


Ordered GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Rev 3.3 here:

http://clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4830994

Just ordered Sapphire X1950 Pro 256MB here:

http://www.Newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814102061

Probably buy this memory:

http://clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4308301

As for a HS fan I've read a few reviews. The one that stands out to me is this:

Zalman CNPS9700

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2045

Trying to build a new system on the cheap.

I just ordered the retail e6300 @ Newegg 2 weeks ago.