Core 2 Duo E4400 or E4500?

[AgentUnknown]

Both these processors are $129.99 on newegg. Which one would you buy? I have never overclocked but I will try it if I can keep the fan and heatsink stock.

Also, if I transfer my old hard drive over, will the data still be on it or would it be formatted?

 

[chuckm]

Get the 4500, it's $2 cheaper. I'd also backup your data, you'll probably have to reinstall.

 

[tylerdustin2008]

What he said on the cpu.

But on the hdd. Put the new drive in the computer, format it to NTFS. The get a program called Norton Ghost 8, burn it onto a boot-able cd. Restart, and boot to the CD,and clone the old hard drive to the new one. The amount of data will change the time it takes to copy over. I had about 14gb to transfer to a new drive and it took 25mins, and thats through usb. Then take out the old drive, set the jumper to master on the new drive. And boom just like that it works. Once into windows it will see the drive, and ask you to restart do it, and you are done.

Norton Ghost is not free, but you can get it for free if you know what I mean.

Tyler

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: AgentUnknown
I have never overclocked but I will try it if I can keep the fan and heatsink stock.

If you want down & dirty OCing on the cheap... Get an E2180! :thumbsup::laugh:

>> 1MB, 2MB or 4MB... See what difference L2 cache makes <<