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Paul_gren   11-08-2007 at 01:35:31 PM

I currently have a PD 820 and i'd like to "upgrade" to a better (less heat dissipative/power consuming) CPU. My choice has narrowed to C2D4300 and the E2160. I go with intel cpu's because i have a 775 socket motherboard.

I can't seem to decide. I must mention that i use my pc mainly for multimedia /gaming purposes.

I've already checked up the THG CPU charts and i still can't decide.

Could you help me?

thx

<paul>





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zenmaster   11-08-2007 at 02:14:38 PM
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E2160, It OC's ,much better and is cheaper.
The E4400 or E4500 would be better choices because they are now on the M0 stepping rather than the L2 E4300 and should OC better.

If you are not going to OC, these chips are not for you due to the low FSB.

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mtyermom   11-08-2007 at 02:14:38 PM
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What motherboard do you have? You'll need to ensure that your motherboard is compatible with core microarchitecture processors.

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Paul_gren   11-08-2007 at 02:28:09 PM
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i have a GA94PL S3 motherboard. It supports Core2 architecture but only for 800FSB.

I assume that i'll OC them a little bit (going maybe to 2.2, 2.4 GHz on air, i have a Thermaltake blue orb 2 cooler)

I was wondering whether the price difference justifies the performance difference.


thx for your answers




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Paul_gren   11-08-2007 at 02:30:12 PM
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945PL...sorry for the mistake:)

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tymik   11-08-2007 at 06:18:01 PM
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E2160 gives more performance for its price than E4300. Also, with good mobo (which can be bought later) E2160 can be overclocked to 3GHz without any difficulties on air.

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zenmaster   11-08-2007 at 06:44:14 PM
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The E4300 or even the E4400 or E4500 may be the better choice based on that mobo. I fear it may not OC well. So more chache and faster default clock may be better.

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jwolf24601   11-08-2007 at 06:53:16 PM
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I suggest the new e4600, OC to just 266mhz fsb and you'll hit 3.2ghz, with the new stepping it uses shouldn't take much aditional voltage to run that steadily.

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tymik   11-08-2007 at 07:07:57 PM
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Well, the author plans to buy or 2160, or 4300 - no 4400-4600 actually.

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bliq   11-08-2007 at 08:34:11 PM
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It depends on if you're going to OC. you say in the original post that noise and heat are a factor so that says to me that you might not want to OC. If not, the greater L2 cache in the e4300 is worth the extra $40 or whatever.

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Grimmy   11-09-2007 at 04:54:38 PM
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amdfangirl wrote :

Hmm, :pfff: when you overclock you increase power consumption and heat output but it wil be better than your Pentium D



Well... with speed step enabled with the OC, it reduces the power consumption/heat. For example, I'm running mine at 3ghz. When the system is at idle, its actually at 1.8ghz.

But the thing is, if you want faster results, thats going to be more power consumption/heat. And if you own a 8800 GTS or GTX, or even ATI 2900 XT, you might as well say goodbye to all the power saving advantages you had. :lol:

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