E6400 to E6750

[note235]

E6400 to E6750?
This is my current setup
E6400
Geforce 8800GTS 320
Maxtor 320gb 7200.10
Corsair HX520
Gigabyte DS3
2GB DDR2 SuperTalent

should i sell the cpu and mobo?
i have buyers wanting it for $190

and i can go and get FRYs $218 e6750 and ECS G33t-M2

i mean i might be worried about OC but i dont oc

its actually $30 since i have tax exempt
would i see a lot of increase?

i mean i render 3d a lot and encode and render a lot of movies

 

[f4phantom2500]

well the e6750 is about 500mhz faster, but honestly if you're not willing to deal with the hassle of overclocking, why are you willing to go through all the hassle of selling and shipping your current board/chip and shelling out $30 for a crappier board and a processor that wouldn't be faster if you just oc'ed your current rig.

my advice: oc your e6400 to approximately 2.66ghz and go from there. if then you still think it's worth the trouble of selling your mobo and cpu and buying a new mobo and cpu and you're not comfortable with the oc, even though it would be completely stable and would get you the performance of the e6750 with little to no effort and zero cost, then by all means sell your stuff, potentially having to deal with incompatibilities that the buyer would have with your stuff and their stuff (ram problems, card problems, drive problems...whatever they might run into), go down to fry's and pay $30 more for the same thing.

honestly, why did you buy a ds3 if you don't want to overclock?

EDIT:

oh yeah for rendering and encoding and such you would definitely notice the difference, but only if you don't overclock the e6400.

what you should do is just overclock the e6400 and hold out until you can afford a quad of some kind, then you'll *really* see a difference in rendering/encoding stuff.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

You will see a decrease in your encoding times, but not enough to warrant the effort IMO. Why not mildly overclock the E6400? You could very easily do a very stable 350x8=2.8ghz without raising the CPU volts, even with stock cooling.
That would show a bigger improvement than switching to a stock E6750, and overclocking C2D's is so easy a caveman could do it

My E6400 runs 3ghz on stock volts, and 3.3ghz with a voltage increase

 

[PCTC2]

the E6400 can easily be overclocked to be a E6750. just set the FSB to 333/1333QDR. If your motherboard supports 1333MHz FSB, then you can also pin-mod it to default to E6750 speed.

 

[MyLeftNut]

That E6400 can easily be overclocked to 3.2GHZ with near stock volts. My advice it to overclock it, especially if you have an overclock capable DS3.

I have mine at 3.6ghz right now with 1.44 volts with 4gb of ram.

 

[RussianSensation]

If you are not overclocking, it's worth it imo since you are getting 500mhz and extra 2mb cache for $30 on top of a new motherboard with a chipset that is guaranteed to support Penryn. Also, you can later sell the cpu + mobo and pitch the fact that your mobo has onboard video which all some people care about. It'll make it easy to sell the upgraded setup down the line, while you will still be able to carry over the 8800GTS for yourself. Of course E6400 can overclock to 3.4ghz+ on the DS3 board if you are willing to learn.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Originally posted by: MyLeftNut
That E6400 can easily be overclocked to 3.2GHZ with near stock volts. My advice it to overclock it, especially if you have an overclock capable DS3.

I have mine at 3.6ghz right now with 1.44 volts with 4gb of ram.

The norm is 3.0GHz with default voltage.