4300 vs 4400

Thomas Andersson

Hi!

Just a quick q. I see a lot mentioned about the 4300 beeinga desent Ocer
and good price/performance. How about the 4400? It's very little difference
in price, should one still go for the 4300??

Best Wishes
Thomas

Phil Weldon

'Thomas Andersson' wrote:
| Just a quick q. I see a lot mentioned about the 4300 beeinga desent Ocer
| and good price/performance. How about the 4400? It's very little
difference
| in price, should one still go for the 4300??
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Be the first on your block to know! The E4400 is just out.

The E4400 price seems to be $26 US higher than the E4300 price. Overclocked
performance should be about the same. The price differential slope is
slippery; another $26 US gets you the E6320 with twice the L2 cache and
likely the same top overclocked speed IF you can get the required high FSB
speed.

At the moment I think the overclocking bang for buck choice is between the
E4300 at $118 US and the E6600 at $232 US.

The E6600 has a higher multiplier than the lower numbered E6XXX series CPUs
and can reach mid 3 GHz overclock speeds more easily. The overclocked CPU
speeds for the E4300, E4400, and E6600 will be comparable. The E6600 has
the advantage of a 4 MByte L2 cache; twice the L2 cache size of the E4xxx
series.

Phil Weldon

"Thomas Andersson" <thomas@tifozi.net> wrote in message
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| Hi!
|
| Just a quick q. I see a lot mentioned about the 4300 beeinga desent Ocer
| and good price/performance. How about the 4400? It's very little
difference
| in price, should one still go for the 4300??
|
| Best Wishes
| Thomas
|
|