e4300 vs e4400

[math20]

I recently purchased a new system from newegg(still in the mail) and went with an e4400 instead of an e4300, was this a waste of money?

An e4400 has a higher multiplier but I was reading that once you get to a certain point the multiple has to be turned back to 9 anyways.

Thanks in advance!

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: math20
I recently purchased a new system from newegg(still in the mail) and went with an e4400 instead of an e4300, was this a waste of money?

An e4400 has a higher multiplier but I was reading that once you get to a certain point the multiple has to be turned back to 9 anyways.

Thanks in advance!

well, the higher multi will allow you to overclock without turning the mobo up so far. So you could do say 320Mhz FSB and 10x multi for 3.2Ghz (if your cpu will do it). Vs 356Mhz FSB which is more stress on the components.

Generally both will top at the same level, but I think higher multi gives more room if you did not buy really high performance ram.

 

[math20]

Thanks for the reply, i suppose it was a decent buy then for lower overclocking speeds.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820231098 is the ram I got btw.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: math20
Thanks for the reply, i suppose it was a decent buy then for lower overclocking speeds.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820231098 is the ram I got btw.

That memory probably won't go very far past 800Mhz depending on what ICs are used. The more expensive G.Skill kit uses Micron D9 IC which will overclock well. Anyhow either way you will be fine unless you start trying to get your memory up over 900Mhz which could become somewhat of a crapshoot.

 

[math20]

Could you tell me how the cpu overclocking speed relates to how fast the memory is?

I'm just asking you things because you know stuff

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: math20
Could you tell me how the cpu overclocking speed relates to how fast the memory is?

I'm just asking you things because you know stuff

well, to overclock your CPU you raise the FSB your motherboard runs at. With an E4400 it's 200Mhz by default. Your memory runs on a multiplyer that is directly linked to your FSB. As you raise the FSB you also raise the memory speed by default. You can also change the divider down to 1:1 or so if you want to go past 400Mhz FSB and do not want to run your memory up to 1000Mhz+.

So in essence you overclock your memory and cpu at the same time just from changing the fsb.

 

[yuppiejr]

There's a lot to know about component speeds related to overclocking, for sake of making this conversation relevant to your overclock we will need to know what brand and model of mainboard you have and what the rated speed for your memory is. If your mainboard will allow a high FSB and your RAM is at least DDR2/800 there really isn't a need to have the high multi that the e4400 offers over the e4300 - but it certainly won't hurt. You already own the chip and a return freight/restocking fee would exceed the savings between the e4300/e4400 so don't worry about would-have/should-have at this point. Time to focus on seeing what you can do to get the best overclock possible with the parts you have purchased instead of worrying about buyers remorse.

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: math20
Thanks for the reply, i suppose it was a decent buy then for lower overclocking speeds.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820231098 is the ram I got btw.

That memory probably won't go very far past 800Mhz depending on what ICs are used. The more expensive G.Skill kit uses Micron D9 IC which will overclock well. Anyhow either way you will be fine unless you start trying to get your memory up over 900Mhz which could become somewhat of a crapshoot.

I doubt he'd ever need to clock his memory to 900MHz, because if he were using the 10x multi and running them in synch the CPU would have to be at 4.5GHz. Let's say he leaves it at 800. Assuming he keeps the 10x multi, he'd need to break 4GHz to bother the RAM. I highly doubt that will happen. Even if he drops it to 9x, it'd still be 3.6GHz.

You should be fine with that memory.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: f4phantom2500

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: math20
Thanks for the reply, i suppose it was a decent buy then for lower overclocking speeds.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820231098 is the ram I got btw.

That memory probably won't go very far past 800Mhz depending on what ICs are used. The more expensive G.Skill kit uses Micron D9 IC which will overclock well. Anyhow either way you will be fine unless you start trying to get your memory up over 900Mhz which could become somewhat of a crapshoot.

I doubt he'd ever need to clock his memory to 900MHz, because if he were using the 10x multi and running them in synch the CPU would have to be at 4.5GHz. Let's say he leaves it at 800. Assuming he keeps the 10x multi, he'd need to break 4GHz to bother the RAM. I highly doubt that will happen. Even if he drops it to 9x, it'd still be 3.6GHz.

You should be fine with that memory.

Believe it or not there are people who try to max their memory speed with their CPU too.