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Old 05-04-2007, 02:33 AM   #8 (permalink)
maroon1
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Default Re: cheapest gaming build

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Originally Posted by ThirdLeft152 View Post
lol nagasama.

but yeah if you wanted to save about $100-150 you could pick up a x2 3600+ and a biostar t550 for $140 together, which is less than a C2D alone (except the e4300). and the x2 is capable of 3ghz+ which is, comparable/maybe a little better, than a e6600 at stock.

6000+ has clock speed of 3GHz and it perform on par with E6600 at stock.

Since 3600+ has less cache, then I assume that you need to overclock it to 3.2GHz-3.4GHz in order to perform on par with E6600. I don't think you can overclock it to that speed without having problems.....

Personally, I would get E4300 and overclock it.......
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