E6300 2.8 vs E6750: get which???

[mjavid]

Hi,
I plan to build an OC system with a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R and air cooling. I am considering either a new E6300 2.8 or a used E6750, both of which are costing me the same. Should I go for the older, hotter E6750 with its larger cache or the newer E6300? Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[MalVeauX]

Heya,

What air cooling solution are you using, and what's your goal for the overclock?

Very best,

 

[mjavid]

Heya,

What air cooling solution are you using, and what's your goal for the overclock?

Very best,

I will use a stock cooler from my Q6600, and happy with a moderate OC, say 3-3.2.

 

[MalVeauX]

Heya,

Why are you going to one of those duals when you could just overclock and use that Q6600? You could slap a decent air cooler on the Q6600 and take her up to 3.4Ghz or 3.6Ghz relatively easily, upwards of 4Ghz is often achieved (though that takes water). It's a classic overclocking chip. Toss a Mugen 2 ($35) or a Megahalem or TRUE on it and easily end up with a nice 3.6Ghz Quadcore. Way better than an equally clocked Dualcore.

Taking a dualcore up by 200Mhz or 400Mhz on a stock cooler is fine. You should be able to do that on nearly any CPU even these days. If you only go to 3.0ghz (200Mhz increase), it's sort of pointless beyond the aesthetic of seeing a solid 3.0 instead of 2.8. If you take her higher, like 400Mhz or 500Mhz, it's more worth while. And if you can take her 600Mhz or more, way more worth while for your efforts. But you'll need a better cooler for that.

Is your Q6600 toast? I'd overclock that before a dualcore any day.

Very best,

 

[Denithor]

2MB of newer revision cache versus 4MB of older version? Nearly a wash. E6300 will run cooler so you should be able to OC a bit higher on any given cooling - making up the minor difference from cache while not heating your whole house.

 

[mjavid]

Heya,

Why are you going to one of those duals when you could just overclock and use that Q6600?

Very best,

This is a basic backup system to fool around with Win 7. My Q6600 G0 is on an IP35 Pro with a Freezer 7 Pro. Goes easily to 3.2.

 

[fffblackmage]

If you already have a Q6600, I'd stick with that over getting a faster dual core. I just don't think it's worth it unless you're going to upgrade to Core i7/i5.

edit:

This is a basic backup system to fool around with Win 7. My Q6600 G0 is on an IP35 Pro with a Freezer 7 Pro. Goes easily to 3.2.

Oh, then in that case... I'd probably just go with the newer 45nm E6300.