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Very impressed with my Core 2 Duo system!

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OneOfTheseDays

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It's amazing what $800 can buy you these days. The performance delta between my machine right now and my old Dell 9300 laptop is far greater than I'd ever imagined it would be. My machine is spec'd out as follows:

Core 2 Duo 4300 @ 3Ghz
Biostar 965PT
2GB DDR 533 (@667 4-4-4-12)
Leadtek 7900GS 256MB
Chaintech AV-710
Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HDD
Westinghouse 37" 1080P monitor (already owned)
MicroDAC feeding Trends TA.10 amp feeding NHT Absolute Zero Monitors (already owned)

This setup is absolutely unreal. The Westinghouse is a beauty, and at 4-5 ft away it is the perfect size. Movies look and sound amazing, I can multi-task so many things without seeing nary a hit in performance. This is what the next-gen of computing is all about and I'm loving every minute of it. I'm so glad I decided to upgrade and join the rest of you guys. I will take pics of my setup, but the pics just won't even do it justice.
 
yeah i just built 2 of those systems with integrated graphics and 512MB of mem for 500 bucks
very impressive linux servers and great distributed computing performance

i swear the 4300 @ 3GHz is more than twice as fast as my P4 @3.2GHz in everything
 
Virtualization technology would be great for those Linux servers, but gamers sure don't miss it.

The 6300 generally overclocks a LEETLE better, but you can get lucky/unlucky either way (My E4300 is semi-stable at 3.3 GHZ [motherboard issue, not the processor], I love it)
 
I love the Windows performance of my machine, but I was expecting a bit from the gaming performance. I'm hoping it's drivers or something though, so we'll see.
 
E4300 has a higher stock multiplier, 9 * 200 = 1.8Ghz; 9 * 333 = 3Ghz, DDR2-667
E6300 has a lower stock multiplier, 7 * 266 = 1.8Ghz; 7 * 430 = 3Ghz, DDR2-860

So, theoretically, the E4300 is easier to OC. You also don't need as high speed ram to reach 3Ghz, making it even cheaper.
 
My system (sig) encoded a 2:20 movie to mpeg2 last night in just a bit over 40 minutes. So yeah...these C2D systems are pretty...pretty...pretty...fast.
 
I got a core 2 duo coming in myself.... I am stoked. Here is what I'm getting from NewEgg:

- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail
- ABIT AW9D-MAX LGA 775 Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
- OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 900(PC2 7200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2G9002GK - Retail
- (2) X GIGABYTE GV-NX76T256D-RH GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Silent Pipe
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
- (2) Pioneer DL-DVD burners
- (1) M-Audio Delta 10/10 LT
- most likely will use a 400W PS. Do I need more?

Display:
(4) X SCEPTRE X20WG-Naga Black 20.1" 5ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
 
Originally posted by: Sudheer Anne
You really notice the speed increase when multi-tasking. It's unreal, I can't slow this thing down no matter what I try.
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Try playing Oblivion while running Orthos?
 
Try encoding two HD videos to DivX 6 while running an AV scan and ripping a CD.
 
I'm extremely happy with the speed of my machine at a mere 2.66GHz (though granted there is an extra two CPU cores at work).
The speed of the 2.66GHz processor is simply amazing compared to my other machine - an overclocked AthlonXP 3200+ Barton at a nearly-identical 2.5GHz.
 
Originally posted by: uberloungedotcom
I got a core 2 duo coming in myself.... I am stoked. Here is what I'm getting from NewEgg:

- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail
- ABIT AW9D-MAX LGA 775 Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
- OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 900(PC2 7200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2G9002GK - Retail
- (2) X GIGABYTE GV-NX76T256D-RH GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Silent Pipe
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
- (2) Pioneer DL-DVD burners
- (1) M-Audio Delta 10/10 LT
- most likely will use a 400W PS. Do I need more?

Display:
(4) X SCEPTRE X20WG-Naga Black 20.1" 5ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
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Yep, with overclocking which I assume you will be doing, and SLI 400w is likely not enough
 
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