Chemical Hardware: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Review

ChemicalWarrior · 09-18-2006, 12:59 PM

Make sure you stop by and check out the latest review from Chemical Hardware, the Intel Core 2 Duo E6300.

Post any comments, thoughts, suggestions, etc.

Thanks!

d-fragger · 09-18-2006, 09:13 PM

Great Article Chem!!!

I will now have to save my money again.

{OF}Malicious Assault · 09-18-2006, 09:24 PM

Very nice article

Dynamic · 09-19-2006, 02:16 AM

nice article chem, i would hope that i also get a good gain going from the intel pentium D 820 to this processor as i will be getting it sometime next month, along with a crappy intel motherboard and a voucher for windows vista ultimate...but i think i already told you that

i love retail just for this reason,....lol, 225$ ... chea!

ChemicalWarrior · 09-19-2006, 03:29 PM

I'm working on the companion review of sorts to this one right now. It will focus on the motherboard I used during my testing and I'll give a good look at it. Expect sub system testing (memory, onboard NIC and audio, etc) and also complete guides through the BIOS.

I can say right now, motherboard reviews are much more time consuming than a processor review. With a processor you throw it in and run some benchmarks, double check results, and compare. With a motherboard subsystem testing is a long process, and being subjective about BIOS layout and motherboard layout can be very hard.

Dynamic · 09-19-2006, 07:00 PM

well one thing i would like to see is the differences you will see in your system with:
1) e6300 with ddr1
2) e6300 with ddr2
3) amd x64 2800+

all on the same review .... just to make things more interesting.....
didnt you get the board that has both ddr and ddr2 support?

ChemicalWarrior · 09-19-2006, 07:23 PM

Would be pointless, the use of DDR2 does not change performance beyond what could be considered test error.

Dynamic · 09-19-2006, 10:45 PM

so running 2 512 DDR 400 will run the same as 2 512 DDR2 667 memory? hmm whats the point of ddr2?

ChemicalWarrior · 09-19-2006, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dynamic

so running 2 512 DDR 400 will run the same as 2 512 DDR2 667 memory? hmm whats the point of ddr2?

Lower voltages, possible improvement when moving to Quad core (hard to say really), and who else knows! Anandtech has done a series of articles showing the difference between DDR-333, DDR-400, DDR2-533, and DDR2-667. You know what? The only memory to not performan within the error spec (for 95% of testing) was the DDR-333, and even then it was not much off.

I'm sure there are various reasons for DDR2, but just look at how long it took AMD to go DDR2 (note: Not before it was economically cheaper than DDR).