Info on the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

brinky2006

brinky2006

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I am looking at building a system with the core 2 duo E6600. Why are these cpu's much more expensive than the p4's, but with a lower ghz speed. I can buy a 3.6 ghz p4 for half the price of a 2.4ghz c2d. Can somebody please advise me.

Another question, is that what is the difference in installing the 32-bit or 64-bit versions of windows xp when using the core 2 duo. Will the 64-bit give me better performance when using the c2d?

Thanks

Brinky
 
brinky2006 said:
I am looking at building a system with the core 2 duo E6600. Why are these cpu's much more expensive than the p4's, but with a lower ghz speed. I can buy a 3.6 ghz p4 for half the price of a 2.4ghz c2d. Can somebody please advise me.
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The clock speed of a processor, nowadays, doesn't determine the overall performance anymore. There are many more factors involved which affect the performance. :)
 
ok, i understand all of that, as the fsb and l2 cache are both higher than the p4. but is the e6600 2x2.4 ghz? and what would be my better option, a c2d or p4?

thanks
 
core 2 duos use a 1066MHz bus, and have 4MB shared cache

Its out performs the Pentium D no matter what the clock speed
 
I like ATI so you know my answer there. I also would have gone with ddr2 800, but overall it is going to be a kick ass system no doubt. Good luck with the new comp!
 
Its an ownage system. Ill explain some terms to you. Sorry if you already know them.

You also have to consider the fact that the speed of the conroe depends of the CPU depends upon the following:

Front Side Bus - This is the speed in which the CPU can transport data to other hardware resources in the system, like the RAM, GPU and HDD. A higher speed means data can get around faster.

Cache - When the CPU does a whole heap of operations, some commonly recurring operations can be stored in the cache for quick use (the CPU does not have to do the same operation over and over again). The bigger the cache, the more can be stored in it. The E6600 has a 4MB cache (2MB for each core) so not only can twice the data be stored in the cache, but the data can be stored in the cache in PARALLEL, meaning that each core can dump into the cache at the same time. Hence this will yield faster speeds.

Clock Speed: The frequency in which the CPU operates.

Havent you erver wonderend why a 2.2GHZ AMD can beat a 3.6Ghz Intel?

If the Core 2 Duo is ownage now, think how well itll do once more and more programs become multi-threaded...
 
think of bandwidth as lanes in a highway. Which do you think will allow more data flow, 100 lanes, 133 lanes, 400 lanes, 600 lanes or 1066 lanes?
 
Ye thanks, i do understand all of the techie jazz, and have a lot of pc build experince. I was just askin the question at the start of the post to be sure, as i cant afford to go wrong with this system, as i will be using it for stage lighting software and video editing.

Thanks for your intrest!

Brinky
 
Rambo said:
Wrong. Two Core 2 Duo CPUs, the E6300 and E6400 have 2MB of L2 Cache.
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Actually...

Delivering the best overall performance. Period.
With Intel Core 2 Duo processors powering your desktop and laptop PCs you'll get the latest arsenal of performance-rich technologies, including up to 4MB of shared L2 cache, up to 1066 MHz Front Side Bus for desktop, and up to 667 MHz Front Side Bus for laptop, you've got the future of computing now, and only from Intel:
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Source: http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/index.htm

It is shared though, so both cores access it and use it accordingly.
 
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