Need Comparison on Chips

[nasttcar]

Had my P4 3.2ghz computer die. So it has been a couple of years since shopping for stuff and knowing what was good then. Back then, I had as fast a computer as you could get.

Now I have no idea what processors are fast, or how the AMD chips compare to Intel. What is a D processor, E Processor, geeze, don't know these days.

What can safely be overclocked, etc.

This time around I will be building my own and running XP Pro SP2.

I would greatly appreciate a tutorial on this or a link that compares and lists these.

I am sure this would be helpful to others.

 

[happy medium]

This is about right

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=434&chart=168


Right now everyone os getting a low end core 2 duo and overclocking it to e6800 speed easily.

 

[nasttcar]

Thanks, that is a great site and has really helped alot.

Now trying to understand why some chips, E6600 are sold with fan and some are sold without a fan. Is this an already attached fan and I would not need another external cooler attached to the chip?

 

[happy medium]

yes its a stock fan that sells with retail version

 

[nasttcar]

Is it worth getting that fan or adding a really good cooler, particularly if you want your cpu to last and secondly if you want to overclock.

Also, how hard is it to attach a good heat sink/fan to a chip that will be in a tower case where the heat sink/fan is actually cantilevered from the chip/MB?

You can see I have not done this before.

 

[happy medium]

A good e6600 core duo chip will usually overclock to 3.2 or more easily on a stock cooler which will be as fast as any chip out there. You have to buy and try ,but most do.
Once you over clock it , check the temperature of the chip and compare it to others on this forum. If it a little hot grab a better cooler. No it's not hard to replace the fan. I would just google it . I'm sure some one here will help you . You could Just PM me if you want. Also look around this forum for proper memory to use with specific motherboards.
For example A gigabye ds3 motherboard with a e6400 duo chip and G-skill ram seems to be a poplar combination. I'm also looking for the right combination for an upgrade. I have to upgrade my pent 4 (agp) rig .

Heres one page of goodies

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Tec...rces/0,,30_182_869_4348%5E6678,00.html

A little something here

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp...heatsink&rnum=2&hl=en#857d68c8f92101f6

 

[nasttcar]

Sounds like we are moving up from about the same place excepting my last one is dead. I will be moving a gig of RAM to my son's P4 along with a new PATA 300 gb HD.

I am thinking of going with P5B deluxe MB, E6400, 2gb - Corsair DDR800 RAM, new SATA drives.

Not sure on case, PSU, video, or coolers.

Trying to stay under $1000.

 

[happy medium]

Heres a good place for case reviews

http://www.caseclosed.co.uk/article_contents.htm

I like this one so far. Just got to make sure it will fit a large video card (8800 series)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133154

This is the best cooler for the cpu. I like it but it costs like 50.00$

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/tuniq-tower120.html

And I seriously looking at this PSU since the Enermax I have has treated me so well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194003