This may have been posted, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to navigate through 1.6 million posts, so here goes.
I've been struggling with a decision and can't seem to find anything pointing me in an obvious direction. Between all these processors, besides FSB and Cache, are there any major advantages of one over the other?
As far as my requirements - I am concerned about price/performance, so I'm leaning towards the 4300. I plan on overclocking, but nothing too major. I will be doing mostly Photoshop and multitasking (office, internet, etc.) and occasional gaming (HL2, Quake 4).
I guess I'll throw in the E6600 for consideration, although it's $100 more than the E4300, which is a big deal to me.
For mobos, I'm running circles in my head trying to find the best budget board. I'm leaning towards the ASUS P5B-E, but like a couple Gigabyte and MSI boards. I just want the most stable pairing between CPU and mobo - I'm so sick of crashes and bottlenecks.
Keep in mind I've never overclocked before, so I'm kinda flying by the seat of my pants.
I'm planning on getting dual channel 2 GB DDR2 800 RAM, and a 7600GT GPU.
Thanks so much for any advice! This is my first INTEL setup, so I'm not as familiar with them as I am with AMD.
I've been struggling with a decision and can't seem to find anything pointing me in an obvious direction. Between all these processors, besides FSB and Cache, are there any major advantages of one over the other?
As far as my requirements - I am concerned about price/performance, so I'm leaning towards the 4300. I plan on overclocking, but nothing too major. I will be doing mostly Photoshop and multitasking (office, internet, etc.) and occasional gaming (HL2, Quake 4).
I guess I'll throw in the E6600 for consideration, although it's $100 more than the E4300, which is a big deal to me.
For mobos, I'm running circles in my head trying to find the best budget board. I'm leaning towards the ASUS P5B-E, but like a couple Gigabyte and MSI boards. I just want the most stable pairing between CPU and mobo - I'm so sick of crashes and bottlenecks.
Keep in mind I've never overclocked before, so I'm kinda flying by the seat of my pants.
I'm planning on getting dual channel 2 GB DDR2 800 RAM, and a 7600GT GPU.
Thanks so much for any advice! This is my first INTEL setup, so I'm not as familiar with them as I am with AMD.