E6420 vs E6600, price vs performance....

[daftpunkit]

The E6600 is 2.4GHz 4MB for $199
BUT supposedly the new batches stink and hit the 3.2 to 3.3 wall. I heard its not necesarrily the batch just the location where made? Not too sure about that.

The E6420 is 2.13GHz 4MB for $189
So far most users have had rave reviews hitting 3.1 to 3.4 pretty easily on air.

I plan to OC the CPU i am buying but not too hard. I may eventually upgrade to a Q6600 in a few month after the Q3 price drops.

So the question at hand is take the $10 risk? and hope for a nice E6600 stepping? or just play it safe and get the E6420.

 

[LouPoir]

I would go for the E6600 -

 

[Cheex]

Originally posted by: LouPoir
I would go for the E6600 -

Enough said...:thumbsup:

 

[bdlang]

Where are you finding the E6600 for that price?

 

[igloo15]

Frys.com has it for 199 right now with 7 dollars shipping I already ordered mine!

 

[daftpunkit]

ok... so they sent me an email... Price corrected to $302... way above the Intel price. So is the E6600 worth ~$40 more than the E6420....?

 

[cherrytwist]

For what it's worth I paid far less (~$150) for my e6400 and it's rock solid on air at 3.2ghz.

I haven't had time to build this system until a few days ago, I'm fairly sure it'll go higher.

From what I've read the extra cache isn't that great of a performance boost for the cost, but to each his own.

edit: Ack, didn't realize e6400 prices were so high :\

 

[igloo15]

Wow i must have lucked out i got 199 price and they have already sent me a tracking number so hopefully it goes through and they honor price

 

[bdlang]

Ok, yeah, Fry's site has it now for $302. Sorry.

 

[1ManArmY]

So Fry's decided not to participate in the official intel price cuts? New egg hast the E6600's for 235 and some other online venders have them for 227 (mwave)

 

[igloo15]

They had the price for a retail e6600 at 199 with 7 dollars shipping I ordered one and they are honoring the price but for others it seems it was a mistake