E6320 or E6420 ??

[LUCI5R]

Ave,

I'm getting an E6320 for $135. Or I can get an E6420 for $175.
$40 right now for me is a big, big stretch! (Consider that all I had was $120 to spend on a CPU). Is it worth it?

I do plan on Overclocking whichever one I get. Just wondering if it's worth spending $40 extra (that I don't have) and getting E6420?

Thanks!

[ziddey]

Well, if you're going to be using the p5w, then definitely go for the e6420.

I'd say it's fair to want somewhere between 3.2 and 3.6ghz out of decent core2's. If you're using i975x, then you'd probably be maxing somewhere around 3.2-3.4ghz with the e6420.

Personally, I'd say, if you can get a board that can do 500+ without having to loosen internal latencies, then the e6320 is the way to go. I'm personally looking to pick one up sometime.

The e6420 would be good if you have a board that can't go to 500's. But that said, with most p965 boards, when you're above 400fsb, memory latencies / bandwidth drops egregiously in my opinion. At least in the synthetics view of things.

How are you able to get these cpu's so cheap?? I'm in NY too. Can I get in :p?

But if you're planning on getting a better motherboard in the future, and can anticipate having ram that can also do 500 or so, then get the e6320 for now.

That said, are you able to find out the week code for the two cpu's? If so, you'd have a better chance of gauging which one can potentially serve you better. And in that case, even if you won't be bringing it to potential now, you can have a little peace of mind knowing it should do well later on.

Let me know!!!

[LUCI5R]

Ave,

Great insight! Thanks for the reply - really appreciate it!
Well, I just upgraded from X1600PRO 128MB to an X1950PRO 256MB GDDR3 - and am upgrading from Pentium D 930 to Core 2 Duo, So i can tell you for sure that I Won't be upgrading my motherboard. And while the P5W Deluxe does lack the super-OC'ing capabilities, I do like the motherboard so I don't think I'll be replacing it for a long to come.

That said, your suggestion of getting an E6420 is sounding very good to me. I was running D 930 OC'd at 3.6GHz on this Motherboard without any problems - Orthos Stable - and performing awesome for me.
I'm expecting anywhere between 3.2 - 3.5 GHz with C2D, so if the E6420 can give me that on my P5W, I'll be a happy camper.

I'll try & find the Week Code, but more then likely I think I'll go with the E6420. Just have to figure out where to conjure up another $40.

Well, I get my CPU's on eBay - Brand New Sealed & Retail Boxed - With Original Manufacturer Warranty's - good as retail. But quite honestly, E6320 & E6420's are going for $160 & $180 on Newegg, Clubit and some other online stores as well. Usually you can get around $20 less on eBay. So they are really not that astoundingly cheaper then retail right now.

Anyhow, thanks again!

Well, if you're going to be using the p5w, then definitely go for the e6420.

I'd say it's fair to want somewhere between 3.2 and 3.6ghz out of decent core2's. If you're using i975x, then you'd probably be maxing somewhere around 3.2-3.4ghz with the e6420.

Personally, I'd say, if you can get a board that can do 500+ without having to loosen internal latencies, then the e6320 is the way to go. I'm personally looking to pick one up sometime.

The e6420 would be good if you have a board that can't go to 500's. But that said, with most p965 boards, when you're above 400fsb, memory latencies / bandwidth drops egregiously in my opinion. At least in the synthetics view of things.

How are you able to get these cpu's so cheap?? I'm in NY too. Can I get in :p?

But if you're planning on getting a better motherboard in the future, and can anticipate having ram that can also do 500 or so, then get the e6320 for now.

That said, are you able to find out the week code for the two cpu's? If so, you'd have a better chance of gauging which one can potentially serve you better. And in that case, even if you won't be bringing it to potential now, you can have a little peace of mind knowing it should do well later on.

Let me know!!!

[ziddey]

Cool, best of luck. Assuming your p5w can handle 400fsb, 3.2ghz shouldn't be all too hard at all. If you get a decent clocker, you should be able to handle 3.2ghz with stock vcore, or a little more depending on how bad vdroop is. Even if you don't get that great of a cpu, 3.2ghz should be doable with a small-moderate increase in vcore, which the freezer7 should be able to handle just fine.

I'm assuming that your ram would be able to handle 400 (800) without a problem, assuming necessary vdimm differences.

Good luck and enjoy. I'm not sure how the pentium-d's were, but my friend upgraded from a prescott to e6400 and difference in performance is spectacular. He got the cpu before the video card, so for a few days used his old x700. Even then, minimum fps in cs:s went from about 5-15 to 50+, and average went from 45 to about 90. Completely playable. Of course, now he's got a 8800gts and those numbers are childishly low, but still.

Best of luck

[Leeghoofd]

3.2 might be tricky as some P5W don't do 400FSB unless you use 1.65MCH voltage and more, my board's NB was dying although I had MCH only up to 1.5and added a fan on to it ( 1.5MCH needed for 400FSB action on my E6400so 3200Mhz) , at last only running at stock FSB even needed 1.6MCH after months of bulletproof operating...then finally only operated fine with one stick so I RMA'd it....

Maybe you can find a good deal on Ebay with eg an E6400 or so so you get to 3ghz and even maybe 3.2 easily as the 2mb cores overclock better....and these babies don't get hot at all...

[LUCI5R]

Maybe you can find a good deal on Ebay with eg an E6400 or so so you get to 3ghz and even maybe 3.2 easily as the 2mb cores overclock better....and these babies don't get hot at all...

I thought the E6320's or E6420's were better then the 6300's or 6400's !!! That was my whole point of going after these! The 6300's & 6400's are considerably cheaper then then 6320 or 6420!!! But in this same forum when I had initially posted about upgrading my D 930 to E6300, I was suggested to get the 6320 or 6420 because of the 4MB Cache!!

[Leeghoofd]

For me comparing my E6600 and E6400 , the 2mb caches cpu's overclock more easily and generate less heat, I need same voltage to run both at 3ghz and still the 2mb was 4-5° cooler, built some more 2mb chips and they all were cooler when overclocked, I have 2 new E6600's to built in as soon as I get the mobo's, gonna look into their temps once I get everything...

4mb cache has a 3-5% benefit, mostly not noticeable , indeed in superpi and co you will gain and other rendering stuff, but I don't notice jack when I compare my E6400 and E6600 at the same speed... just the highe rmulti helps to get further....