Hi all. I've been reading up and planning to buy a full new rig and was pretty secure in my choices from the top down (CPU > Mobo > RAM > etc) but recent chat (Anandtech E4300 Forum Thread) suggests that maybe the E6600 isn't the best choice for great speeds and good price when overclocking.
I'd like to crank it up to a stable 3.6Ghz on air, as I think I've read people achieve here. The best stable OCs seem to be coming around 3.2Ghz for the E4300s, but I hear vague talk that the 6400 will crunch the same as the 6600 when properly OC'd? If this is true i it only costs 73% of the price of a 6600, the remaining 27% of which i could spend on beer
Can anyone throw any light onto this for me? I get the feeling from the link above that high overclocks on the 4300s take work and skills, is the same true for the 6400, which is only £5 ($8?) difference? For my extra cash, will i get easier, more stable and higher OCs on the 6600 than the 6400?
A thousand thank yous!
Dez
RIGPLAN:
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Rev2
RAM: Team xTreem PC2-6400
Cooler: Tuniq Tower 120
PSU: Corsair 520w
GPU: Weighing up options: current card AGP, won't work with the DS3, would like to wait for x8600 coming in Q3 but i can't wait that long so maybe something on eBay or in the bargain bin...
I'd like to crank it up to a stable 3.6Ghz on air, as I think I've read people achieve here. The best stable OCs seem to be coming around 3.2Ghz for the E4300s, but I hear vague talk that the 6400 will crunch the same as the 6600 when properly OC'd? If this is true i it only costs 73% of the price of a 6600, the remaining 27% of which i could spend on beer
Can anyone throw any light onto this for me? I get the feeling from the link above that high overclocks on the 4300s take work and skills, is the same true for the 6400, which is only £5 ($8?) difference? For my extra cash, will i get easier, more stable and higher OCs on the 6600 than the 6400?
A thousand thank yous!
Dez
RIGPLAN:
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Rev2
RAM: Team xTreem PC2-6400
Cooler: Tuniq Tower 120
PSU: Corsair 520w
GPU: Weighing up options: current card AGP, won't work with the DS3, would like to wait for x8600 coming in Q3 but i can't wait that long so maybe something on eBay or in the bargain bin...