looking for a good processor under 200 dollars

[Jerry_111]

And i've been looking at the

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

and

Intel E6300

which one might you recommend? Or something better?

 

[Dahak]

I can in all honesty recommend the X2 5600+ from AMD.With a speed of 2.8ghz/core and a combined 2mb of L2 cache,and a thermal limit of 89watts,it really does offer a lot of bang for the buck.I've been running mine for a couple weeks now and am quite impressed with its performance.At idle the temps are around 34-36 degrees celsius.when gaming they only hit around 42.And yes I've disabled coolnquiet in the bios.In fact I never installed the driver for it either.Anyways,just my small bit of input for you.Hope it helps you.Goodluck.

Dahak

AMD X2 5600+ @ 2.8ghz(stock)
M2N32-SLI DELUXE MB
2 GIGS DDR2 800 RAM
THERMALTAKE 850WATT PSU
7950GT KO(WAITING FOR MY OTHER TO COME BACK FROM RMA)
ACER 22IN. LCD
SMILIDON RAIDMAX GAMING CASE
80GIG/250gig SATA2 HD's
XP MCE

 

[Mondoman]

Looks like the e6420 is about $185 these days. I run mine w/o problems at 2.67GHz (1333MHz FSB) at stock voltage w/stock cooler.

 

[Valdis]

but its probably loud letiņ

AMD if you dont want to invest in an additional cooler and overclock the intel. i hate intel stock coolers.

 

[jackluo923]

Buy which ever is cheaper. They perform and overclock the same both tops off around 3Ghz.

 

[99vw]

You could wait for the price drops on July 22 and get your self an even better deal.