I think i'm gonna be motion sick...

[Druchii]

Yep, this is it, the Core 2 Duo E6300 celebration thread for me

At stock (1.86Ghz) this thing screams! It beats my 805D at 3.8Ghz doing SuperPi 1M by a whole 6 seconds!

Why didn't anyone tell me how seriously fast these chips were?
*is still awestruck*

I need faster RAM though, as this DS3 board has no downward Ram dividers...

[Halcyon]

Sounds like you have a nice sweet system there

I have my eye on a Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz system.

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I have my eye on a Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz system.

After my experience with the 1.86Ghz version i can safely say you won't be disappointed

Going to run Aquamark 03 soon, i have 60,000 to beat on this setup...

On a side note, anyone interested in buying 1Gb DDR2-533 Ram

[MovedGoalPosts]

OK, if this is the bragging thread, I just got a Core duo E6600, with an ATI X1950 X-TX, 2GB Ram. That's what I call really sweet although not quite sure what the bank manager will think

Looks like a cracking system, Druchii.

So, would you recommend that I upgrade the memory on this system I am thinking of ordering from Mesh? They would charge another £100 plus vat.

• Intel® Coreâ„¢ 2 Duo E6600 Dual Core Processor(2.40GHz,4MB Cache,1066MHz)
• Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
• Aluminium ATX Midi Tower + 550W PSU - Black
• ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe PCIe Mainboard - Pentium® D/Coreâ„¢ 2 Duo - ATX
• 2048MB DDR2 533MHz Memory - (2x 1024MB)
• 300GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
• Super Format SONY 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
• 2x 256MB nVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT - nVIDIA SLIâ„¢ Configuration
• 19" SONY SDM-HS95PR TFT LCD Flat Panel Display -DVI-D (8ms)
• Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Sound Card
• Creative Labs T6060 - 5.1 Speakers with Subwoofer
• Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Rechargeable Cordless Mouse

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Looks like a cracking system, Druchii.

So, would you recommend that I upgrade the memory on this system I am thinking of ordering from Mesh? They would charge another £100 plus vat.

• Intel® Coreâ„¢ 2 Duo E6600 Dual Core Processor(2.40GHz,4MB Cache,1066MHz)
• Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
• Aluminium ATX Midi Tower + 550W PSU - Black
• ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe PCIe Mainboard - Pentium® D/Coreâ„¢ 2 Duo - ATX
• 2048MB DDR2 533MHz Memory - (2x 1024MB)
• 300GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
• Super Format SONY 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
• 2x 256MB nVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT - nVIDIA SLIâ„¢ Configuration
• 19" SONY SDM-HS95PR TFT LCD Flat Panel Display -DVI-D (8ms)
• Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Sound Card
• Creative Labs T6060 - 5.1 Speakers with Subwoofer
• Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Rechargeable Cordless Mouse

ow that's a nice system :o

As for going past 2Gb of RAM i have no idea, looks like a great system how it is Depends what you would use it for, and how much you use on average!

[MovedGoalPosts]

@foreverwar, it largely depends on what you are buying the system to do. For example, for gaming, the GPU is often more important than the CPU. You might be more balanced withthe E6400 and the same graphics. As I understand it the memory chips, provided that motherboard suports it should be 800Mhz not 533Mhz, to avoid a bottleneck.

While running Windows XP based systems there is little to be gained with much more than 2GB RAM, especially if, as with most modern moterhboards you run that in dual channel mode, i.e. have paired memory chips of the same size, either 2 or 4 chips in total. Above around 3GB RAM Windows XP doesn't really take advantage, and most current programs, except some specialist stuff, wouldn't use it properly either. Windows 64, Server 2003, or Vista will be a different story on larger memory capacity.

[Druchii]

I'm disheartened with my Aquamark 03 score... 50,000... Somethings not quite right. The CPU did score 10,053 though :p Which is great Hit around 180fps at peak

As for RAM speed, i know what you mean, my bottleneck is my RAM Need some DDR2-800

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Looks like a cracking system, Druchii.

So, would you recommend that I upgrade the memory on this system I am thinking of ordering from Mesh? They would charge another £100 plus vat.

As a prevoius (2x) customer of MESH, all I can say is:
Dont buy from MESH!
Dont buy from MESH!
Dont buy from MESH!
Dont buy from MESH!
Dont buy from MESH!
Dont buy from MESH!
Dont buy from MESH!
Dont buy from MESH!
Dont buy from MESH!

[DocDutch]

am jealous of you lot..... I have to pray that I get a nice x-mas bonus otherwise I'll be stuck with my trusty P4 3.2Ghz (478) board

got my eyes on a E6600 as well with a nice X1950XTX in there... :'( but need money

any1 want to donate a couple of quids to the "help DocDutch build a new computer fund"

all major credit cards are accepted, paypal as well

[Ramrod]

Seriously, those muppets sent me the wrong bios for my machine, delivered to the wrong address (several times), sell under-cooled machines, don't screw down HDD's in laptops (after they have had the machine for 6 weeks to fix them)..............their customer service is appalling, only matched by their machines......

Oh look another mine is bigger than yours thread...

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Oh look another mine is bigger than yours thread...

Yep

So, Coggy, how fast does yours render? Nah, just kidding.

[DocDutch]

I've also heard Mesh is crap they are nearly on the same par as Time Computers.

if you want a reliable system without building it yourself go to overclockers.co.uk.