Gaming and Core 2 Duo - Question

[holcar]

For my new system I have an X1800XT 256MB and I am wondering, will the E6300 perform any differently to an E6600 to a NOTICEABLE extent. Won't my graphics card become the limiting factor when the frames are under 50 FPS? Will an E6300 make ANY differences to an E6600. Tests were done on a system with dual X19800XT's and any time the framerate got close to 50 the E6600 and E6300 became frames apart. I dont care if the E6600 can get 50 FPS more when the framerate is above 200... I won't notice it.

So I figure... for gaming it won't matter? And also... will I notice a difference in daily applications? It looks like an E6300 will be more than enough for me. What do you think?

Whiiiile on the subject, the only stock I can seem to find in the UK of Core 2 Duo is E6300 OEM, what would be a nice cooler to OC this thing up to E6600 levels and beyond if need be.

 

[ReliReli]

For your CPU, the only notable difference between the 6300 and 6600 are the L2 caches (2MB vs. 4MB), and in real-world application you won't see much of a difference. Further, you can just overclock the 63 with a decent cooler (a Zalman or maybe a tower cooler if you're so inclined) to easily surpass a stock 6600's performance.

Check out this article, though; it should be right up your alley.

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

Cheers!

 

[holcar]

and for cooling?

I want a tuniq tower but I cant find them ANYWHERE in the UK