E2140 vs. E6300

[F1N3ST]

Which would be better in your opinion, I have a board running 400x7 with my E6300 right now, but do you think it could run 400x8 with a 2140? I bought the E2140 for a backup computer, and now have a decision whether or not to use the E6300 in my backup rig.

Main PC- E6300(?), 4GB DDR2-800, GTX 260 Core 216, TP35D2-A7

Backup- E2140(?), 2GB DDR2-800c4, X700PRO, Abit IB9 (350-380 FSB tops)

Opinions? thanks!

EDIT: Another thing, assuming both motherboards do the same FSB, which would you prefer, the IB9 or an ECS 650i, I have both...

 

[fffblackmage]

Assuming the e2140 can do 400x8, i dont think there's much performance difference between that and an e6300 at 400x7 anyways. Dunno about which mobo to use though. I would just test both and use the one that does the best OC'ed i guess.

 

[VirtualLarry]

My E2140s, both of them, will do 410x8. I leave them at 400x8, although one of them likes to randomly reboot every few days, so I've been running it at 350x8 for now, just for testing. Thus far, it hasn't rebooted any more.

This is after passing 24hr of any stress test known, system passes all of those, but still reboots. Once it rebooted after 28 days. After that, it rebooted after a few days, several times.

Increasing Vcore, vMCH, VDIMM, etc., hasn't helped with the rebooting.

 

[F1N3ST]

I think i'll just leave my 6300 in my main rig, not worth the hassle of changing

 

[magreen]

I agree with your decision to leave things as they are. The possible higher OC of the 2140 would be offset by the larger cache of the e6300 (1mb vs. 2mb). Not much gain from switching.

OTOH switching things is fun!

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: magreen
I agree with your decision to leave things as they are. The possible higher OC of the 2140 would be offset by the larger cache of the e6300 (1mb vs. 2mb). Not much gain from switching.

OTOH switching things is fun!

Yes, higher cache could easily offset 200-300mhz difference (in games)

 

[angry hampster]

Originally posted by: lyssword

Originally posted by: magreen
I agree with your decision to leave things as they are. The possible higher OC of the 2140 would be offset by the larger cache of the e6300 (1mb vs. 2mb). Not much gain from switching.

OTOH switching things is fun!

Yes, higher cache could easily offset 200-300mhz difference (in games)

Tends to be a 10-15% difference as cache size doubles. So, any performance gains given by the higher frequency would be completely negated by the lack of cache.