CPU E5500 v E6600

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  1. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    I use a C2D E6600 in my gaming rig, oc'd to 3.2GHz. It can hit 3.6, but I don't keep it there...

    I have been gifted a Pentium E5500 which I'm reliably informed should oc to around 4GHz (in a Biostar TPower I45).

    Which one should I choose? I can't be arsed to rip my rig apart to find out :D, but if anyone has any info that might help please feel free to share!

    I can't find much about the E5500 on the net at all, other than specs. I mainly game, and this might be a stopgap before I take the plunge and upgrade the whole thing.

    Thanks!

    EDIT: The rig is watercooled, and includes a heavily oc'd GTX280 if that helps...
     
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  2. adam_bagpuss

    adam_bagpuss Have you tried turning it off/on ?

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    you do realise that even if you hit 4Ghz which not sure it would that it sa downgrade more or less from your E6600

    E6600 has twice the L3 cache and a higher FSB so the 400mhz or so difference in clock between your E6600 and E5500 will be cancelled out or even worse.

    to be honest its not a stop gap more like a slight shuffle side-ways
     
  3. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    Nice one, that's all I needed to know - cheers!

    I'll sell the E5500, make a few pennies instead.
     
  4. SchizoFrog

    SchizoFrog What's a Dremel?

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    I'm not so sure it's that simple.

    You mention that you do not keep the E6600 @ 3.6GHz but rather at a lower 3.2GHz, so should you hit a stable 4GHz with the E5500 I think the speed difference would actually make a lot of difference and perform better than the E6600. There is also the case that the E5500 is newer and may have a longer life in contrast to your older CPU that has been running longer, not to mention the effienciency benefits of the E5500 being a 45nm CPU.

    If the MHz difference is only going to be a couple hundred MHz and you just can't be bothered to test it, then I don't think you are going to miss out on much one way or the other. But personally I would check. Check to see what speed you can actually get YOUR system to run the E5500 at. If you hit 3.8GHz and it is stable, I would leave it in.
     
  5. thehippoz

    thehippoz What's a Dremel?

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    yeah have to agree with shizo.. unless your version of ocing is leaving everything on auto and increasing the fsb

    then your asking for trouble.. if not and you know how to oc correctly then go with the 45 nm chip.. I know adam is going by what he's read about the cache.. cache on the c2d doesn't really matter as much as on the newer sockets- you want the speed

    3.2 on the e6600 is pretty decent for the 200 series though.. any lower and you'll notice the drop- it doesn't really get much better from 3.3 up on a e6600

    3.6ghz+ on the newer die is a better deal though
     

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