What would be faster?

[ingeborgdot]

Duo Core 2 6300 or am2 socket dual core 4200+ neither overclocked.

 

[mountcarlmore]

the 6300 will overall be faster, check out the e4300 review, it has a e6300 and x2 4200 there.

 

[Markfw]

E6400 for most things. But the E6300 will OC easier and more than the 4200

 

[tcG]

E6300...

...learn to overclock, though.

Overclocked E6300 > anything retail

 

[DoodieBody]

http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2802&p=1

Check that out, it shows lots of benchmarks.

Quick answer, in general, the E6300 is better.

 

[BassBomb]

6300 stock will rape a 4200+ X2 any day in virtually all benchmarks

overclocked it spanks the entire AMD line

6400 stock will almost spank all AMD too

 

[sdsdv10]

Originally posted by: mountcarlmore
the 6300 will overall be faster, check out the e4300 review, it has a e6300 and x2 4200 there.

Here is a direct link to the E4300 review. http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2903

6300 stock will rape a 4200+ X2 any day in virtually all benchmarks

In the E4300 review linked above the E6300 beat the X2 4200 by 9%, 13%, 7%, 17%, 13%, 4%, 6%, 10% in various benchmarks.

The X2 beat the E6300 in Cinebench 9.5 Multithreaded CPU Test by 5%.

They were even in the Windows Media Encoder 9 w/Advanced Profile test.

However, at today's prices (at Newegg 1/11/2007) the E6300 costs 12% more than the X2 4200 ($190 vs $167). So bang per buck the are essentially the same, but overal performance regardless of cost will go to the E6300.

 

[ingeborgdot]

Originally posted by: tcG
E6300...

...learn to overclock, though.

Overclocked E6300 > anything retail

I am a warranty nut. Doing this voids the warranty is what I am told.

 

[mountcarlmore]

and exactly how are they able to prove you overclocked? besides, cpus are the least of your problems when it comes to warranty, they either come doa, or they work, unless you decide to overvolt them to the nth degree.

 

[ingeborgdot]

So, what is the best program for overclocking if there is one or is doing it manually the best?

 

[customcoms]

By FAR, manually is best (bios, study it, learn it, memorize it). clockgen is the only decent program IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN WINDOWS, and I'm not sure what boards it supports as I recommend boards that support overclocking in bios because thats how overclocking should be done.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Originally posted by: mountcarlmore
and exactly how are they able to prove you overclocked? besides, cpus are the least of your problems when it comes to warranty, they either come doa, or they work, unless you decide to overvolt them to the nth degree.

Please don't encourage people to commit warranty fraud, or at least don't do it out where we can see it.

 

[Zenoth]

I'm just curious ... are you planning to change your whole system over that one in your sig for one based on C2D or AM2 ? If that's not the case then never mind. If that'd be the case then let me know why you'd do that ? Your current system is far from being "slow" if that's what you might be thinking (we never know).

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Zenoth
Your current system is far from being "slow" if that's what you might be thinking (we never know).

No doubt. He'd only need to buy a good heatpipe heatsink, and a better video card (assuming he's a gamer), and he'd have drastically better performance out of the system he already owns, since it wouldn't have any problem running at 2.4 Ghz or better.

 

[KingofFah]

That is a good question, why is it you are looking to get an x2 4200 or e6300 when you already have an x2 4400?

 

[nyker96]

I say similar without OC. of course adding OC C2D will win no contest.

 

[ingeborgdot]

I am not doing it on my machine. I am building another and was just curious what people thought.