9/7 FYI, the Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 65W (energy-efficient) retail CPU is now
available on http://mwave.com for $250 (zipzoomfly has been advertising $295+
for several weeks, newegg doesn't have it)
\_ Nooo! It's all about the E6600! /me rubs his E6600 all over his
pale, naked body.
\_ Well the E6600 is somewhat faster than the 4600+. A fairer
comparison would probably be the E6300 which should be available
under $200.
\_ don't forget mobo cost for Core 2 Duo and quality being
a concern (basically all the "my e6300 is 50+ deg C" wtf
posts on http://hardforum.com and the C2D being the fastest ramp
Intel has ever had to perform and a major architectural
change). AMD has had no quality issues recently.
fyi, if you do get C2D, get E6600 or above, I don't see as
many posts about temp issues. dgies maxes @ 40C at load.
I'm speculating, but I think there are many e6300/e6400's out
there that are e6600+'s with the shitty half of 4MB-shared-
cache turned off. You will need to research a reasonable
price/perf mobo (for non-overclockers) which is the other
1/2 of the eqn.
\_ Why would I want to put it in my computer? I'm too busy
pleasuring myself with it.
\_ ob what you do with the thermal gel is your business
\_ my chip runs at 37C, baby. |
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