Processor help please.

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Mephisto_Helix

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So I'm getting this new PC right (yeah, still waiting), and I was thinking if it's worth it to shell out an extra R700 to go from a Core 2 Duo E4500 to a Core 2 Duo E8200? Does that little .46 Ghz make enough difference to justify the extra cash? Info appreciated as always :)
 
Hi there

The main difference is that the E8200 is a Penryn based chip, i.e it's the 45nm technology. It also has the newer SSE4.1 instructions for multimedia encoding and some other tweaks and improvements. Also runs on a 1333 Front side bus.

If your motherboard can take the chip, get the E8200, and you'll have less power draw and a cooler system as well.
 
Intel® Boxed Core2™Duo E4500 Processor - 2.20GHz Dual Core, Socket 775, 2MB cache, 800MHz FSB, 65nm, x64 Support

Intel® Boxed Core2™Duo E8200 Processor - 2.66GHz Dual Core, Socket 775, 6MB cache, 1333MHz FSB, 45nm, x64 Support


There is a big difference between the two...
 
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Does Your Motherboard Support 45nm Processors?
Also are yu planning to overclock becuz the Exxx series are Demon overclockers;)

I found an E8200 for R1549,00 here @http://www.pcint.co.za/components.asp


Please note these prices exclude vat...And Vat wud prop be close to R200:D
 
Also notice the difference in cache!!!
Take the E8200
 
Wow, so if I'd just noobed along I would have lost out. Thanks for the helpful info guys. :D .... me is getting the E8200 fo shizzle then.
 
and that E8200 will overclock quite well with decent RAM
 
i'll give you my e8400 for 1k if your interested with stock fan as i just upgraded to a quadcore :)
 
Man, I would love to take you up on that offer but it aint my money speaking, for one and two, it's a whole system that I'm getting. But ta anyway bru :D
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
Man, I would love to take you up on that offer but it aint my money speaking, for one and two, it's a whole system that I'm getting. But ta anyway bru :D
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So ar yu goin to get it through PCint? jus to let yu knw ive never bought anything 4rm them but there prices are so thats why i gave yu the link...So i dnt knw hw gud their service and that is:cool:
 
kayvee said:
ja, but just be wary of their "service", they just don't have a great name for it
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... ja, have used them for about 6 PC's now and have had a 50-50 rate with their service. But I can overlook the service because of those 6 PC's, not one ever bombed out and like I mentioned .... beautiful prices. :D:D
 
dealer prices from a store - they really are great - if you don't need "service" - coz that doesnt exist
 
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