E6500 Wolfdale vs E6750 Conroe

[aphex]

Trying to decide which to go for either a new E6500 or a used E6750. Nothing fancy needed, just needed for Hardware Virtualization support on a system thats mainly used for pretty basic stuff. The most taxing thing i'll do is stream an HD movie here and there.


Intel® Pentium® Processor E6500 (2M Cache, 2.93 GHz, 1066 FSB, 45nm) - $75 new
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6750 (4M Cache, 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, 65nm) - $55 used

 

[toyota]

why would you even consider that 3 year old used cpu when the new one will match it while being more efficient?

 

[aphex]

why would you even consider that 3 year old used cpu when the new one will match it while being more efficient?

I assume you feel the same about the E6300 - 2.8ghz variant?

 

[toyota]

I assume you feel the same about the E6300 - 2.8ghz variant?

yep. it would be silly to buy 3 year old cpu when a brand new one will do the job more efficiently for about the same price.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

why wouldnt you just spend 10 more and get the 6800 at 3.3ghz. that is going to be waaay better

 

[nenforcer]

Well here is the Anandtech bench with the Pentium E6300 2.8GHz

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/60?vs=94

Personally, I prefer the higher cache as you can see it does make a slight difference in certain benchmarks but not all.

There is a reason why one is branded a Pentium while the other is a called a true Core 2 Duo.

The debate for me is are you willing to buy used and does it come with the heatsink and fan. If it does for a lower price you might be impressed.

 

[dbcooper1]

I'd buy the new one just for lower power usage and the warranty; sounds like the performance of either will be more than enough, so that's not an issue. Just make sure whatever board you plan to use supports 45nm and/or 1333 speed.

 

[ther00kie16]

Newer chips are more efficient, not to mention higher-clocked. So they are considerably faster and use less power.

If you have any doubts check:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

 

[alfa147x]

Hey Aphex check out this deal:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=30772463

 

[Medikit]

Definitely the wolfdale

 

[aphex]

Hey Aphex check out this deal:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=30772463

No microcenter's w/i 1000 miles unfortunately

 

[alfa147x]

No microcenter's w/i 1000 miles unfortunately

Damn I had my parent's mail mine to me I could have had them pick up two :\

 

[Arkaign]

With the usage you're talking about, I'd get the cheaper of the two options. They'll be virtually identical in performance.