not bad for a bargain chip!

[compguy91]

I was looking around at the intel core 2 duo e4300 and it doesn't look too bad. The performance is actually pretty good for a bargain chip. You can see the benchmarks here(multiple pages): http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2903&p=3

 

[freestyler105]

Sweet!

 

[compguy91]

Sweet!

it is! I've thought about building a cheap upgrade from what I've got now and that chip looks pretty good. Might go for an e6300 but not sure yet. It'll be awhile before I decide anything.

 

[freestyler105]

Eh, might as well get the E6300, only $10 more...

 

[compguy91]

i didn't know the price margin was that small... the e6300 sounds like a better deal. It's not the fastest of the core 2 duo's, but it will be plenty for me. Heck my P4 is still decent I just want somethign with 2 cores that runs cool.

 

[lhuser]

The E4300 is the gamer's Celeron...but with a killing shadow. If you OC it, the killing shadow will knock everything down...even probably, the QX6800...yes, the QX6800, I'm talking about that quad core.

 

[ownage]

no, it will not beat out the QX6700 in certain applications. In games maybe, but not in other multi threaded apps.

 

[lhuser]

Should of thought that. Quad is a good choice, but...why won't it beat the quad in certain areas, that suprises me. I think it rather comes from the Quad core support or something.

Has anyone got any date when Intel will release their other quad cores?

 

[ownage]

dual cores will beat quads in gaming and other high clock speed apps. Obviously a quad core can not clock as high as dual core.

 

[Cabbs]

The quad core will excel at multi-threaded applications over the dual core.