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When I'll buy a computer, the vendor I'll probably deal with for most parts is www.directcanada.com, because of free shipping, and low prices in general, although they don't have the widest selection.
At directcanada I can buy the E4400 for 135$, for a total of 145$ with tax (free shipping as I said).
Or I could buy the E4300 at 138$ at lucomputers.com, for a total of probably 160$, with the shipping.
Why go for the slower processor? Because E4300 are reputated for high overclocks, and I thought the same of the E4400s until I read this:
31st July 2007: Please not that the latest Core 2 Duo E4400 processors do not appear to be the overclocking wonders that the original processors were. Back when we tested the overclocking abilities of the E4400 and published this article we did manage to overclock four of these processors to 3.0GHz with ease using nothing but the Intel box cooler. However the latest batch of these processors which we tested two of late last week only managed 2.6GHz and 2.8GHz, neither could manage a stable 3.0GHz overclock. We even resorted to water-cooling which did not help, as it does not appear to be a heat issue, just a physical limitation of the processors themselves. So please be aware of this if you plan to buy an E4400 in the future.
Source: http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=642&p=0
So, what do you say?
Thanks!
At directcanada I can buy the E4400 for 135$, for a total of 145$ with tax (free shipping as I said).
Or I could buy the E4300 at 138$ at lucomputers.com, for a total of probably 160$, with the shipping.
Why go for the slower processor? Because E4300 are reputated for high overclocks, and I thought the same of the E4400s until I read this:
31st July 2007: Please not that the latest Core 2 Duo E4400 processors do not appear to be the overclocking wonders that the original processors were. Back when we tested the overclocking abilities of the E4400 and published this article we did manage to overclock four of these processors to 3.0GHz with ease using nothing but the Intel box cooler. However the latest batch of these processors which we tested two of late last week only managed 2.6GHz and 2.8GHz, neither could manage a stable 3.0GHz overclock. We even resorted to water-cooling which did not help, as it does not appear to be a heat issue, just a physical limitation of the processors themselves. So please be aware of this if you plan to buy an E4400 in the future.
Source: http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=642&p=0
So, what do you say?
Thanks!
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