Intel E4000 Series CPU...When?

[scrapser]

Read the TH article and wondering when this new line will be available as I'm preparing to build a brand new PC in the next month or so.

Thanks

scrapser

 

[ak47is1337]

Read the TH article and wondering when this new line will be available as I'm preparing to build a brand new PC in the next month or so.

Thanks

scrapser

It's coming mid-January. I would wait if I was you.
PS the chip will probably be capable of 3.8ghz on good air cooling.
Any other questions?

 

[qcmadness]

Read the TH article and wondering when this new line will be available as I'm preparing to build a brand new PC in the next month or so.

Thanks

scrapser

E4300 will be available on 21st January.

 

[exit2dos]

If you haven't seen it yet, Anandtech has a nice article/benchmarks on the E4300.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2903&p=2

They got 3.375GHz with the stock cooler and just DDR2-800!

Using Gigabyte's GA-965P-DS3 motherboard, our engineering sample was able to run at 3.375GHz (375MHz x 9.0) at 1.468V using a stock Intel cooler. Although the E4300 still only has a 2MB L2 cache, when overclocked to over 3.3GHz you end up with a chip that's faster than Intel's Core 2 Extreme X6800 - at only $163. The E4300 gets even better in Q2 when its price will drop from $163 to $133, making it even more of a bargain.

 

[Tung]

Technology is going way too fast for me...
But they say the E4300 price will drop in the next quarter, so that's good for me and all the OC beginners and newbies.

 

[Tung]

I live in Canada and I'm preparing to get a new computer soon. Does it take a few days for the E4300 to be availible in local stores? Is there a longer delay if it's Canada?

 

[NMDante]

I would guess...the day after you build your new system. LOL (kidding)

I think qcmadness is right about release date.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

But still, computer stores are gonna sell the E4300 overpriced a bit during the first few weeks, in till the hype calms down.

 

[elrodvoss]

Using Gigabyte's GA-965P-DS3 motherboard, our engineering sample was able to run at 3.375GHz (375MHz x 9.0) at 1.468V using a stock Intel cooler. Although the E4300 still only has a 2MB L2 cache, when overclocked to over 3.3GHz you end up with a chip that's faster than Intel's Core 2 Extreme X6800 - at only $163. The E4300 gets even better in Q2 when its price will drop from $163 to $133, making it even more of a bargain.

Im curious on something. With the OC potental of C2D, how much of a difference does the higher L2 size make?

I mean if you were to set up a E6600 with the same speeds (3.3Ghz), so that the only difference was the cache between the E6600 and the E4300, how much of a performance difference would you see?


Are we talking a 2-3 FPS/10 sec faster encoding difference or are we looking at 10+% changes?

 

[epsilon84]

Using Gigabyte's GA-965P-DS3 motherboard, our engineering sample was able to run at 3.375GHz (375MHz x 9.0) at 1.468V using a stock Intel cooler. Although the E4300 still only has a 2MB L2 cache, when overclocked to over 3.3GHz you end up with a chip that's faster than Intel's Core 2 Extreme X6800 - at only $163. The E4300 gets even better in Q2 when its price will drop from $163 to $133, making it even more of a bargain.

Im curious on something. With the OC potental of C2D, how much of a difference does the higher L2 size make?

I mean if you were to set up a E6600 with the same speeds (3.3Ghz), so that the only difference was the cache between the E6600 and the E4300, how much of a performance difference would you see?

Are we talking a 2-3 FPS/10 sec faster encoding difference or are we looking at 10+% changes?

http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795&p=4 has a detailed analysis on this topic.

In a nutshell, there is a 3.5% average difference between 4MB and 2MB, though it can be as high as 10% in video encoding.

 

[GigabyteRules]

E4300 already ready out in Australia and in stock (not as cheap as i thought they was goin to be http://www.pcmarket.com.au/7513_Intel_Core_2_Duo_E4300_180Ghz_Dual-Core_Processor_S.php

 

[epsilon84]

E4300 already ready out in Australia and in stock (not as cheap as i thought they was goin to be http://www.pcmarket.com.au/7513_Intel_Core_2_Duo_E4300_180Ghz_Dual-Core_Processor_S.php

$AUD292?! Pfft, what a ripoff!

Umart has them for $AUD245. In fact most stores are cheaper than the site you linked.

http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=intel+e4300

 

[GigabyteRules]

not wrong there alota money but i only deal with that online shop, got lots stuff from there and ther eservice is great i got a same day delivery once and there always next day