Xbitlabs & AnandTech : Core 2 Duo E4300 CPU Review

[StyM]

xbitlabs source here
anandtech source

The Core 2 Duo E4300 is also a gift for overclockers since it doesn't require special overclocker-friendly components and has an affordable price.

[Omastar]

Nice. I want one for the free P5B-Dlx I got today. Some guy gave me it free because I built a new computer for him and I got the 'old' mobo.

[Okda]

Please introduce me to ur friend Omastar

and yes it seems that this cpu will hit very high rates of sales

[Knight]

They needed 1.6 volts for 3.4ghz?

[Okda]

maybe they need to read the O/Cing guide @ XS

but ya 1.6 is too much for 400mhz increase

[[TAG]Imp]

what did you replace it with?!!?
and this is my budget pick...

[Omastar]

what did you replace it with?!!?
and this is my budget pick...

I assume you're referring to me. He had an eVGA 680i and it surprisingly went without any hang-ups while setting up RAID 0 and installing Windows.

[nn_step]

maybe they need to read the O/Cing guide @ XS

but ya 1.6 is too much for 400mhz increase

something tells me that we are going to have a repeat of the Sudden Northwood Death Syndrome

[shimmishim]

the chip is on sale at zzf but out of stock at the moment.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...ductCode=80865

it's retailing for slightly more than a 6300!!!

[[LCN]Knowledge]

the chip is on sale at zzf but out of stock at the moment.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...ductCode=80865

it's retailing for slightly more than a 6300!!!

I see, ZZF is in crazy, at that price i'd rather get the E6300 or even better wait for E6350 with 4mb L2 cache =D

[xlink]

maybe they need to read the O/Cing guide @ XS

but ya 1.6 is too much for 400mhz increase

I think they hit an FSB wall...

because they're not good COers...

I'd hope allendale coudl do better than that.

[[TAG]Imp]

I assume you're referring to me. He had an eVGA 680i and it surprisingly went without any hang-ups while setting up RAID 0 and installing Windows.

oh, nice, i thought u went and replaced his P5B Dlx with some crap board and "took it off his hands"...

[gOJDO]

This will be the best bang for the bug after 2 or 3 months. Intel will reduce its price to $108. It is a an excellent OC-er becaus of its high multiplier. And it does nto need expencive stuff for OC-ing, like the author from the article said. FSB1333 is reachable with so many non-expencive mainboards, and at that FSB speed it will run at 3GHz. If I have to choose between E6300 and E4300 for the same price, no wonder I will choose E4300.

[XSAlliN]

That's not the price presented before, guess first samples or more expensive - the price is the same as E6300, I need to see some results between E6320 and E4300 in OC, I might reconsider.

[Okda]

something tells me that we are going to have a repeat of the Sudden Northwood Death Syndrome

then i think if i will buy this cpu i will aim for 3.4Ghz at maximum since i hate dying cpus

[jimmyz]

maybe they need to read the O/Cing guide @ XS

but ya 1.6 is too much for 400mhz increase

default speed is 1.8 not 3.0. it is oced 1.6ghz not bad for a reveiwer.

[SewerSide]

default speed is 1.8 not 3.0. it is oced 1.6ghz not bad for a reveiwer.

he means 1.6 vcore is too much for the oc they gained.

[Okda]

default speed is 1.8 not 3.0. it is oced 1.6ghz not bad for a reveiwer.

dude just read the review

they reached 3Ghz @ stock volt which si 1.325, and they needed 1.6v to reach 3.4Ghz

so 400mhz increase as a result of 0.275v increase

[zakelwe]

When the price of this comes down it is going to be a steal. With the 9 multiplier as well it should fit in nicely with moderately priced RAM and motherboard. Finally might get around to replacing this P4 Northwood on 875i chipset

Regards

Andy

[mascaras]

3300mhz@1.50v and 3400mhz @ 1.60v its too much voltage however they have the advantage of multi x9 that its good because we can use a mobo with chipset 975


for ppl who want a CPU with a moderate OC like 3200mhz for 24/7 and a 975 mobo this E4300 are good .


regrds

[falqon]

What review are you all reading? Anandtech's isn't that bad.

"Using Gigabyte's GA-965P-DS3 motherboard, our engineering sample was able to run at 3.375GHz (375MHz x 9.0) at 1.468V using a stock Intel cooler"

[Okda]

the xbitlabs
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...o-e4300_3.html

[falqon]

Can someone explain that? why is the oc'd one performing so low clock for clock? I didn't know Quake 4 cared about L2 cache that much?

Edit:only in this one, it's winning.

[gOJDO]

It is because the CPU has a lack of L2 cache for such high freqfencies, so its performance isn't scalling linear with the freqfency. The cores are waiting data for processing to come in L2 from the RAM via the northbridge. The northbridge and the RAM(probably is running at 750MHz(2 * 3.38GHz / 9) isntead 800MHz) are unable to catch up with the CPU data requests.

[Kallenator]

Very nice, I think il buy one to play with