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Merc
May 2nd, 2007, 10:37:12 PM
Intel just had a huge drop in prices so I took advantage of it and picked up an e6600 dual core for $234. I put the e4300 in a build for someone at $130 so not to bad money wise. First one was a dud so I RMAed it but the second is a honey. Running at 3.6GHz (stock is 2.4GHz) at 1.52v Vcore. 50% over stock and I know it can go higher.
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35Pete
May 2nd, 2007, 10:50:21 PM
Nice!

What's its specs?

Notice a big performance difference?
Merc
May 2nd, 2007, 11:04:19 PM
Yes, it is a great chip. e6600, Conroe core, 2.4GHz, 32KB+32KB L1 cache, 4MB shared L2 cache, 1.35v max. Ran SuperPi to 1M at 14.628 seconds. As a comparison, my Opteron 165 at 3168MHz ran S-Pi to 1M in 27.561 seconds.
treydawg
May 4th, 2007, 3:37:22 PM
Man, they've gotten cheap as dirt!
Merc
May 4th, 2007, 4:00:26 PM
Yeah they have. An amazing chip for $230. If you ever thought about building this is a really great time to take the plunge. DDR2 is dirt cheap, CPU prices are beyond dirt cheap and there are some mature mobos that kick ass for $185.
35Pete
May 5th, 2007, 12:01:10 AM
Yeah they have. An amazing chip for $230. If you ever thought about building this is a really great time to take the plunge. DDR2 is dirt cheap, CPU prices are beyond dirt cheap and there are some mature mobos that kick ass for $185.

DDR2 dirt cheap?

My 4 GB of Corsair Dominator 800 MHz was $500.

Dirt cheap?
treydawg
May 6th, 2007, 8:24:34 PM
DDR2 dirt cheap?

My 4 GB of Corsair Dominator 800 MHz was $500.

Dirt cheap?

haha
Woody
May 6th, 2007, 10:04:19 PM
Well yeah... if you consider that a normal person only needs 1/4 of that the price becomes more reasonable. :niterider

DDR2 dirt cheap?

My 4 GB of Corsair Dominator 800 MHz was $500.

Dirt cheap?
Merc
May 7th, 2007, 10:10:14 AM
Pete-
That Dominator is the best of the best. If you look you can get 4GB of Corsair XMS 6400 RAM with 44412 2T for $218 after rebate (and Corsair rebates actually arrive) Check it out http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034

That is some really good RAM with tight timings for less than waht DDR used to cost for 2GB.
35Pete
May 26th, 2007, 6:23:47 PM
Pete-
That Dominator is the best of the best. If you look you can get 4GB of Corsair XMS 6400 RAM with 44412 2T for $218 after rebate (and Corsair rebates actually arrive) Check it out http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034

That is some really good RAM with tight timings for less than waht DDR used to cost for 2GB.

I'm spoiled. With such high caliber RAM and 4 GB of it, nothing makes my PC barf. But on other people's machines I get frustrated real quick. My machine at work drives me nuts.