Switch to Conroe???

[EdzAviator]

I know many of you are now conroe users, I'm planning to upgrade this month but I'm a littel confuse between E6300 & X2 3800+.....

But I notice most of you are overclocking, I want to know if there's still a noticeable performance difference between E6300 & X2 3800+ even without OVERCLOCKING????

Coz I am not planning to overclock but I want fast and power saver cpu....My current rig is a Pentium D 805 & it increase my electricity bill a lot...

So which is more power saver, E6300 or X2 3800+????

 

[phile]

Read this:
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2802&p=0

The E6300 costs a little more and performs a little better - actually, sometimes a lot better, while requiring significantly less power. A modest o/c of the E6300 (you can easily run it at 2.4 without touching voltage) and you're blowing the x2 3800+ (at stock) out of the water.

And, where stability is concerned, an Intel CPU with an Intel chipset is hard to beat.

My completely biased $0.02.

-phil

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: phile
Read this:
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2802&p=0

The E6300 costs a little more and performs a little better - actually, sometimes a lot better, while requiring significantly less power. A modest o/c of the E6300 (you can easily run it at 2.4 without touching voltage) and you're blowing the x2 3800+ (at stock) out of the water.

And, where stability is concerned, an Intel CPU with an Intel chipset is hard to beat.

My completely biased $0.02.

:thumbsup:

Even at stock speed the E6300 is a smoker.

 

[Griswold]

Originally posted by: phile

The E6300 costs a little more and performs a little better - actually, sometimes a lot better, while requiring less power.

Fixed it for you.

A modest o/c of the E6300 (you can easily run it at 2.4 without touching voltage) and you're blowing the x2 3800+ (at stock) out of the water.

What kind of reasoning is that? Overclock one and leave the other at stock so you can use flashy words such as "blowing out of the water"? Not like you cant OC a 3800+ to 2.4 or 2.5 sometimes even 2.6 without leaving recommended voltage range.

And, where stability is concerned, an Intel CPU with an Intel chipset is hard to beat.

Yea, there is definitely not a single "help me my new box doesnt work the way it should" thread to be found here, as of late. Thanks to Intel.

To stay on topic:

Grab a 6300 and you're on the faster side. A 3800+ aint a bad choice either. They're both worth their money if you, as you said, dont want to overclock.

 

[zsdersw]

Yea, there is definitely not a single "help me my new box doesnt work the way it should" thread to be found here, as of late. Thanks to Intel.

Most, if not all, of those issues are Bios related.. so don't thank Intel... thank the motherboard manufacturers.

 

[BladeVenom]

Some of those motherboards are Intel.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
Some of those motherboards are Intel.

Only 99% of them have an Intel chipset.

 

[zsdersw]

The chipset isn't the problem. The Bios is (or was).