Re: Duo core 2 cpu's and the ilk..... what's the "best"?

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:41:57 -0000, "Stevie Boy" <zen20140@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

It's been a while since I've done any research on cpu's mainly because I've
not been in the market but I'm now finally thinking of upgrading my PC from
the meagre 823Mhz Pentium (slight clocking) I have (surprisingly works very
well).

I've had a look at the Duo cores from Intel, the E4300, E6300 and E6600 all
of which differ in some form. Are these much better than Intel's 3Ghz HT
cpu's? Will a 1.8Ghz Duo outperform a P4 3Ghz?

My MacBook (2.0GHz Core 2 Duo w/4meg cache) running XP happily
outperforms my desktop (dual HT 3.4GHz Xeon) on single-threaded CPU
intensive benchmarks.

Admittedly they're not very good Xeons, only 533MHz fsb and 512k
cache, but still.

I can't afford the top of the range CPU and looking at the E6600 as top

Get it, they're splendid chips. Best CPU from Intel since the Pentium
III.

Cheers - Jaimie
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