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Hi
I'm new to this forum and i have been deciding whether to buy E8200 or E6750.
I was looking at the specs of the processors at Intel's website and i just don't know which to pick.I usually do gaming so which processor is better comparing these two. Also, is a 65nm better than a 45nm? What is it actually
Please shed some light to me
Thanks.
E8200 E6750
45 nm 65 nm
L2 Cache: 6M 4M
Clock Speed: 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz
Front Side Bus Speed: 1333MHz 1333 MHz
The nm size you see branded about so much today is how small the process of etching the different parts of the CPU die is. The smaller they can get it, the less heat it produces, and if they have designed it well (to stop electricity being wasted by leaking between the 'lanes') the less power it uses.
But yeah the 45nm will run cooler (smaller die) and run faster (more cache). Plus you will usually have more headroom for overclocking with the 45nm if you ever get the itch to try it.
Yea the 45nm will be a whole lot better, i am currently running a E6850 and a friend is running a E8400 both the same apart from the cache, well long story short he got something like 34 seconds for a Super Pi test and for the same test i got 44 seconds... (not exactly sure what test but i think it was a 32mb one)
So yea in the CPu tests on 3dmark 06 barely a difference between his score and mine but with Super Pi mine got 'thrashed'
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Hey guys thanks a lot for the help..really learnt something thanks to Dan and you guys
i'll be buying the E8200 very soon!
Oh ya, is it possible for a BIOS update or anything to allow the motherboard to support a 1333 FSB processor on a max supported 1066 FSB motherboard? I'm using intel's D946GZIS motherboard..i'm planning to change it to a Asus PK5 SE. Good Choice?
From what I have been reading a bios update will not do the trick. Some boards will unofficially support 1333. May I suggest a motherboard that supports 1600fsb. I know cost is a factor, but at least you will have room for upgrades down the road. Just remember the new boards support DDR3. You might just want to stick to a motherboard that support DDR2 memory just for cost sakes. I am waiting for the Intel Nehalem.
When would 1600 fsb processors be commonly used? The processors are always getting better does everyone really upgrade all the time?Is it practical to do so?
With the E8200, would it be able to last me about 2 years down the road and still be kind of good?
Sorry if i have many questions, I'm not a very tech savvy person
The next step is Nehalem. Intel does away with the fsb. It will require a new motherboard. I was talking about if you, in the future wanted a quad core and overclocked it. I will always go quad core and if they come out with a 8 core I will buy that. If I was you, I would buy what I can afford. If you plan on keeping your rig for two years, I would buy a quad core. this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115043
gosh seriously? hmm i'm actually now considering to get quad core now. Btw when would the next generation motherboards come? is it recommended to still get a fsb 1600 motherboard since the new generations motherboards will be coming out soon.
You are probably looking at early-mid 2009 for general availability (i.e. stuff that isn't the extreme editions).
My advice is if you are going to be tempted to get nehalam (new socket/cpu things) then just go for a decent mid-range solution now (rather than high end) and 'wait' it out.
Something like a P35/45 motherboard, and a Q6600 or E8400 (65nm quad core vs 45nm dual core)
