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Is the price difference between the Intel Core2Duo E6600 and the E6700 worth it?
I will be using my computer mainly for Media Centre purposes aswell as the usual word processing, dvd burning, divx encoding etc.
Also what if i wish to use my pc as dual OS so that i can run OSX on it?
 
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no it isn't
by overclocking just a bit, you get the same performance
even if you're not into overclocking, the performance increase isn't worth the price increase
 
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is it worth it in the sense that the 2.6 will last more (time)/ (futuristically speaking) then the 2.4 so that i might delay my next upgrade?
 
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It might last a bit longer, but usually what gets outdated isin't speed, its architecture. Either way, I see a Conroe lasting at least 2 years, which isin't too bad considering...
 
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Nay, cause the E6700 costs almost double.
So buy the E6600 and with the money saved, buy something faster next year ;)
The real dilemma, i believe, is between E6600 and E6400, as the latter has perhaps the very best price/performance ratio.
 
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is it worth it in the sense that the 2.6 will last more (time)/ (futuristically speaking) then the 2.4 so that i might delay my next upgrade?
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A 200 MHz difference, in three or four years, will buy you an extra month before you have to upgrade anyway.
 
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Nay, cause the E6700 costs almost double.
So buy the E6600 and with the money saved, buy something faster next year ;)
The real dilemma, i believe, is between E6600 and E6400, as the latter has perhaps the very best price/performance ratio.
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I love my E6400 - and it was $140 Canadian (~ $120 US) cheaper than the E6600. That just about paid for my motherboard, right there.

If you're into overclocking, the E6400 is worth considering. There are lots of us who have gotten 3.20 - 3.50 GHz from the E6400.
 
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Nay, cause the E6700 costs almost double.
So buy the E6600 and with the money saved, buy something faster next year ;)
The real dilemma, i believe, is between E6600 and E6400, as the latter has perhaps the very best price/performance ratio.
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I love my E6400 - and it was $140 Canadian (~ $120 US) cheaper than the E6600. That just about paid for my motherboard, right there.

If you're into overclocking, the E6400 is worth considering. There are lots of us who have gotten 3.20 - 3.50 GHz from the E6400.

What he said.
 
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Eh, I got the money, and its always better to have the 4mb cache than not, even if it only brings 5-10% performance increase.

E6700 however is way too much of a jump for way too little gain. Thats way past the point of diminishing returns for me.
 
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Eh, I got the money, and its always better to have the 4mb cache than not, even if it only brings 5-10% performance increase.
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For some reason, the 2MB Conroes do better on memory benchmarks than the 4MB versions. Is the extra cache responsible for this oddity?
 
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No the come from the same batch or least they did in the past. That is why they have the same OC potential. Take them both to 3Ghz which both do with ease and they are exactly the same and will perform on par with E6800.
 
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No the come from the same batch or least they did in the past. That is why they have the same OC potential. Take them both to 3Ghz which both do with ease and they are exactly the same and will perform on par with E6800.
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I think you'll find that the E6400 will perform slightly slower at the same clockspeed as the models above it, thanks to the 2MB L2 cache (instead of the 4mb that E6600 and upwards have).
 
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no the e6600 is the best price to performance chip out right now and in the core 2 duo class..

Like many others said you can easily obtain the e6700 speeds and it is not worth paying that much of a difference. The e6600 even has the 4mb cache.
 
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hmm theres no reason NOT to oc a conroe (if just a little, like a 50 increase to the fsb)

so, if you are looking to get the max out of your chip ocing, i would say that the e6400 offers the best price/performance ratio when oced.

the e6700 really isnt worth it. the performance will not save you an extra year from upgrading.

if you are looking into a higher budget build go e6600, lower end go e6400
 
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E6600 rocks more than 6700.

Anyway, I think you need to mod a Tiger install iso with something which to the best of myrecollecton is called OSx86

Just get a Mac Pro.
 
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