Intel Core 2 E6300 or pentium d920

[jedijay]

hi guys, hope you can help i'm thinking of upgrading my pc at the mo i've got a d920 2.8ghz dual core but thinking of getting a e6300 core2 1.86ghz would the e6300 be a faster cpu
can someone explan how there work

please help
thanks

 

[stevty2889]

The E6300 is way faster than the pentium-D 920. Bascily, clock speed means little. The core 2 duo CPU's use a much more efficient architecture, and get more work down per cycle. Core 2 duo is 4 instructions/clock, while the pentium-d is 2. Pentium-D's are slower, and run hotter, and use more power than core 2 duo's or Athlon X2's.

 

[jedijay]

thanks for your help does everyone else argee that the e6300 1.86ghz core2 is better then a d920 2.8ghz dual core

 

[Keysplayr]

Not even a contest. E6300 and don't look back!!

 

[AnotherGuy]

Y u want the e6300? Id say the E4300 is better and cheaper or a. e4400 is faster and cheaper at stock.... do u plan to overclock? If ur decided on an e6300 at least get the e6320 for same price and twice the cache...

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Not even a contest. E6300 and don't look back!!

:thumbsup:

 

[DivideBYZero]

6300

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: jedijay
thanks for your help does everyone else argee that the e6300 1.86ghz core2 is better then a d920 2.8ghz dual core

A stock speed E6300 is about as fast as a 3.4-3.6 Ghz P4, except in video encoding. Once it's overclocked any at all, there's no contest.

 

[jedijay]

what do the rest you guys think about what anotherguy said is the E4300 or e4400 better or as good as the e6300?

 

[secretanchitman]

E6300.

E4300/4400 just has their fsb lowered to 200 (correct me if im wrong) so it would be a bit slower than an E6300.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
E6300.

E4300/4400 just has their fsb lowered to 200 (correct me if im wrong) so it would be a bit slower than an E6300.

Yes, but many can overclock to the same level. The difference is they start from different points...200Mhz vs 266Mhz. Thus when you put memory in, your mobo has to have the proper BIOS update or whatnot in order to run the memory at 533/667/800/1000 vs running it slower.

 

[kmmatney]

The E4400 will be faster than the E6300 - the higher clockspeed more than makes up for the slower FSB. Plus, you can just set it to a 266 FSB (on motherboards that allow this) and you have an instant overclock to 2.66 Ghz, without overclocking any component but the cpu. The 10x multiplier really makes overclocking it easy - my E4400 hit 2.9 Ghz on a Dual 775VSTA motherboard, which is not a very good overcloking board. It should hit at least 3.0 Ghz with my new motherboard.

 

[lyssword]

Here's e6400 (which is 2.1ghz compared vs e6300 which is 1.86) vs 920D. Look for the red bars. And you choose what application you want to compare in, in pulldown menu. Tom's hardware charts are really great http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=440&model2=433&chart=169
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=440&model2=433&chart=165

 

[Acanthus]

One thing im suprised no one else jumped on.

For most motherboards this is not a drop in upgrade, make sure you have a system that will support Core 2 Duo before purchasing one.

If you are buildling a new system around this CPU, or have already done your research and know your motherboard supports Core, then fantastic!

 

[Cheex]

The Core 2 Duo processors are on average, 20% faster than the Athlon X2s and 40% faster than the Pentium Ds.

Get ANY Core 2 Duo your heart (or budget) leads you to. You won't regret it....:thumbsup:

 

[GFORCE100]

Originally posted by: Cheex
The Core 2 Duo processors are on average, 20% faster than the Athlon X2s and 40% faster than the Pentium Ds.

Get ANY Core 2 Duo your heart (or budget) leads you to. You won't regret it....:thumbsup:

Listen to this advice, you won't go wrong by doing what he suggests bar none.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Yes take it from another amd defectee who went to c2d from an opteron 175. C2d is way faster than anything else available to you right now in the desktop segment.