- Apr 28, 2006
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This may be less of a hardware question, and more of a "should I believe what I read" question.
So, a funny thing happened on the way to newegg. I finally had decided on a mobo suitable for my new rig, the Asus P5B-E. I was planning to buy an E6400 when loe and behold, I read that the E6420 will be coming out in a few weeks (sweet 4MB L2 cache) and I should look forward to some decent price drops. In other words, an E6600 will be as much s an E6400 is now! YES!
Well, I am building a Vista rig, with an nVidia 8800 GTX card. I will be gaming, doing development, and running some virtual PCs. I would also like to OC to 400FSB to get a nice 3.2 clock speed with DDR2-800 memory and air cool.
So should I wait and buy a E6600? Or wait and buy an E6420?? Or just buy the damn E6400 now because I am an impatient man that doesn't mind spending the extra $$$.
Help me please
TIA
So, a funny thing happened on the way to newegg. I finally had decided on a mobo suitable for my new rig, the Asus P5B-E. I was planning to buy an E6400 when loe and behold, I read that the E6420 will be coming out in a few weeks (sweet 4MB L2 cache) and I should look forward to some decent price drops. In other words, an E6600 will be as much s an E6400 is now! YES!
Well, I am building a Vista rig, with an nVidia 8800 GTX card. I will be gaming, doing development, and running some virtual PCs. I would also like to OC to 400FSB to get a nice 3.2 clock speed with DDR2-800 memory and air cool.
So should I wait and buy a E6600? Or wait and buy an E6420?? Or just buy the damn E6400 now because I am an impatient man that doesn't mind spending the extra $$$.
Help me please
TIA