So, which C2D processor do u think oc best?

which of these C2D processor oc best?

  • E6300

    Votes: 27 28.7%
  • E6400

    Votes: 18 19.1%
  • E6600

    Votes: 41 43.6%
  • E6700

    Votes: 8 8.5%

  • Total voters
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penguin1

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Left the E4300 out as i consider it another 'class' despite the fact that it is still part of the c2d family.

also please do not think of price performance ratio and all that shit like the E6300 is more bang for the buck. the qn is simple, just, which chip u think can overclock the best and most easily.
 

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With it's great multiplier, I think it's a bit of a no brainer to go for the 6600. My second choice would be the 6400, which I have. I think the 6300 requires too crazy fsbs to get decent speeds with it's little multiplier.
 

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just, which chip u think can overclock the best and most easily.

I don't under stand why you didn't include the E4300, it is an Allendale just like the E6300/E6400, don't let the E4XXX name fool you into thinking it's in a class of it's own.

E4300 is best for easyness. High multiplier, with lower fsb which means it can be overclocked with less voltage tweaking and with lower performance parts, reports of ~3ghz+ on air is incredible it has potential to have the highest increase in speed from it's initial clock. Of course, E6800 will always clock higher but the E4300 will most likely have a higher % increase.
 

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I don't under stand why you didn't include the E4300, it is an Allendale just like the E6300/E6400, don't let the E4XXX name fool you into thinking it's in a class of it's own.

E4300 is best for easyness. High multiplier, with lower fsb which means it can be overclocked with less voltage tweaking and with lower performance parts, reports of ~3ghz+ on air is incredible it has potential to have the highest increase in speed from it's initial clock. Of course, E6800 will always clock higher but the E4300 will most likely have a higher % increase.

The E6300 and E6400 are not Allendale. They are Conroe with 2mb of cache disabled. That's why the E6320 and E6420 won't cost any more than the E6300 and E6400, because it doesn't cost anymore to make, they will be the exact same cores
 

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Some of them are Conroes, some of them are Allendales, there arent nearly enough conroes with the right amounf of defective cache to be cut away and turned into E6300 and E6400s.
 

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I would really need a more specific question to make a meaningful vote...What exactly is meant by "best"? Do you mean the one that is most overclockable? As in, the one that can reach the highest percentage overclock above it's stock speeds? Or do you mean the one that can reach highest speed overall?

My vote would be different depending on what is meant by "best".
 

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My E6600 is great...... upped vcore to 1.40 and vMCH to 1.55, changed FSB to 400 and bang! 3.6 stable 46C under load..... cooling with air. That is impressive stuff from Intel
 

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hey thats impressive! thats sweet how u oc'd it at that temp under load, and on air at speed of 3.6!..

i might buy myself a e6600 someday.. currently im on the e6400, so whats the hardware you have..?

mobo, ram, vga, thermal solution sys.. ?

i got a asus nvidia 590 chipset as it has some amazing cooling techno and oc'ing capabilities, got 1gb-667 ddr2 ram, asus nvidia 7600gt 256mb..

would be great if you could help me out with OCing my e6400.. 1st i want to kno, how far it could go oc'd to (stable and at an amazing temp like yours-on air)?

thanks,
 

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just, which chip u think can overclock the best and most easily.

I don't under stand why you didn't include the E4300, it is an Allendale just like the E6300/E6400, don't let the E4XXX name fool you into thinking it's in a class of it's own.


the 6300 and 6400 are not alendale, they are conroe with half of cache disabled. the 4000 series is the true alendale
 

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It is true. All E6300 and E6400 currently have 4mb of L2 cache. Intel just doesnt knock down the processors with defective cache; less-stable cores are also knocked down to the lower levels. When there is demand, Intel can just disable the cache of good processors.

All are Conroe. Intel is stocking up on Conroes with a single defective core; they will be sold as Conroe-L or something.

Intel is being more efficent.


Anyways about Allendale; it will be a beast. 200mhz FSB (800FSB) and 9x multiplier. It will be stable upon first revision at over 333mhz FSB (1333FSB). A 67% overclock easily. If you wait for while, later revisions will make it stable at even higher speeds. You will need at a maximum DDR2-800 memory, if you can do a 100% speed boost. You can spend less on processor and on more on high-quality RAM, a better video card, and a better motherboard.
 

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Pure Price/Performance (or in this case OC), I would say E6600. You can hit the max speed of the E6600 on a quick and easy FSB overclock, the higher multiplier of the E6700 will only come into play if you've got a dud mobo.
And if you're talking about overclocking, you don't get a dud mobo. I've got an E6600, does 3.7 quite happily on 1.45V.

Best of luck with your new build!
 

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I'd say the e4300 would be the best. Over at anandtech.com they have benchmarks of an overclocked e4300 @ 3.83Ghz, keeping in stride with a e6800. (can't remember if it's e or X 6800). e4300 is supposed to be a sub 200 dollar processor but I can see what you mean by it should be a class of it's own because it's based off of Allendale rather than Conroe.

What about the e6320 and the e6420? I haven't seen reviews on those yet. From what I understand those are the 4MB L2 cache flavors of the e6300 and e6400.
 

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It is true. All E6300 and E6400 currently have 4mb of L2 cache. Intel just doesnt knock down the processors with defective cache; less-stable cores are also knocked down to the lower levels. When there is demand, Intel can just disable the cache of good processors.

All are Conroe. Intel is stocking up on Conroes with a single defective core; they will be sold as Conroe-L or something.

Intel is being more efficent.


Anyways about Allendale; it will be a beast. 200mhz FSB (800FSB) and 9x multiplier. It will be stable upon first revision at over 333mhz FSB (1333FSB). A 67% overclock easily. If you wait for while, later revisions will make it stable at even higher speeds. You will need at a maximum DDR2-800 memory, if you can do a 100% speed boost. You can spend less on processor and on more on high-quality RAM, a better video card, and a better motherboard.

check out anandtech.com, they have an article on the e4300 Allendale + benchmarks with it running @ 3.83 Ghz, 87% OC!
 

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Erm..... :oops: Core Temp had spazzed out..... actual temps are 43C idle and 66C load..... sorry to raise anyone's hopes falsely. Wise words RobsX2.....

System is:

ABit AW9D;
E6600;
Antec 900 with 4 x 120mm and 1 x 250mm fans;
Arctic cooling Freezer 7 Pro with standard paste.

Used 2 instances of CPU burn in to heat up those cores. Might give that Tuniq Tower and Arctic Silver 5 a go and see if I can't knock a few C of those temps..... apologies once again :wink:
 

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According to THG wasn't it the E6300? My pick though, would be the E6600. My reasoning is that with just a small overclock (minimal risk of failure) the E6600 can clock out faster than the C2D Extreme and at a much lower cost.

hball
 

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The E4400 is set to be a monster. 2GHz stock speed and a 10x multiplier :D

However out of that ^^ lot i'd vote for the E6600, high multiplier and 4MB Cache (not that it has a huge performance gain but hey :) )
 

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My god that's a cooler and a half!!!! A very cool looking system in both senses.

Out of interest, how have you fixed the two fans beneath your heatsink in place? Also, how have you got the cabling so neat? Looks like it must attach to the case somehow at various points.....?

What are your system specs?

GSte
 

penguin1

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ya i would also like to know how he managed to fixed the two fans beneath

that aside please dun stray too far off the topic! >< vote vote!