Overclocking vs heat

[Denis54]

I have a small room and want to make sure my next PC does not generate a lot of heat.

I will either buy a 4300 and overclock it quite a bit or buy a 6600 and not overclock much.

Would one of these CPU generate much more heat than the other? The 4300 is quite a bit cheaper and would be my prefered choice if there is not a lot of difference in heat.

I am not into gaming and mostly use my computer for fairly simple tasks.

To make a long story short, let me just say that AMD is not an option.

 

[Smartazz]

I think that as long as you keep the voltage the same on each cpu, it'll end up with the same heat output.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

I'd go with the 4300. Heat output is about the same at stock speed.

 

[kenny0813]

Originally posted by: Denis54

I will either buy a 4300 and overclock it quite a bit or buy a 6600 and not overclock much.

If heat is your major issue, then go with the e6600. You'll be overclocking a bit and you wont get much heat (It's also what I'm using too, currently overclocked at 2.6ghz. ~31 c idle and ~51 full load)

They'll both generate about the same amount of heat at stock anyways.

As for price, the 4300 is cheaper, but as of july 22nd, you might consider getting the 6750 for ~180. But overall, 4300 / 6600 / 6750 generate about the same amount of heat.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: kenny0813

Originally posted by: Denis54

I will either buy a 4300 and overclock it quite a bit or buy a 6600 and not overclock much.

If heat is your major issue, then go with the e6600. You'll be overclocking a bit and you wont get much heat (It's also what I'm using too, currently overclocked at 2.6ghz. ~31 c idle and ~51 full load)

They'll both generate about the same amount of heat at stock anyways.

As for price, the 4300 is cheaper, but as of july 22nd, you might consider getting the 6750 for ~180. But overall, 4300 / 6600 / 6750 generate about the same amount of heat.

They may be rated at the same TDP, but I'm pretty sure that the E4300 will use less power at stock speeds.

 

[StopSign]

Get an E6300 (if you can still find one) and overclock it while undervolting. See my signature.

It beats both chips.

 

[aigomorla]

i thought the E6600 thanks to its 4meg cache would generate more heat then a 4300 and a 6400.

Or am i wrong?

 

[Amaroque]

Originally posted by: aigomorla
i thought the E6600 thanks to its 4meg cache would generate more heat then a 4300 and a 6400.

Or am i wrong?

More cache will always generate more heat, yes.

If you're using it for "light" tasks, as you say. I'd opt for the lesser cache CPU. Most of the time, only benchmarks see any cache difference in performance anyway.