Cheap Thrills: Core 2 Duo E6400 Overclocked to 3.33 GHz. cheap thrills uk. To drive home the point that Allendale-core (E6300 and E6400) Core 2 Duos are for cheapskates, Intel also cuts the frequency for a double performance hit almost worthy of the former Celeron name, if not for the high-bandwidth 1066 (266 MHz) Front Side Bus. In other words, if the E6400 can clock to 3 GHz using the stock cooler, adding a £20 / €30 cooler to the E6300 must allow it to clock beyond 3 GHz in order to maintain value. The same concept works its way up the line for our Core 2 Duo E6400: Spending £75 / €85 on a high-end cooler must allow it to beat the E6600 at its stock-cooled overclock limit, or else "bang for the buck" favours the more expensive processor and all our overclocking attempts are in vain. With that in mind, we chose three cooling configurations to test the potential clock speed of a Core 2 Duo E6400: The stock cooler, a giant air cooler by Zalman and a "high value" water cooler from Gigabyte. ...

Cheap Thrills: Core 2 Duo E6400 Overclocked to 3.33 GHz. cheap thrills uk. Yes, the lowly Core 2 Duo E6400 appears to be "good enough" at stock speed to match nicely with an upper-midrange graphics card. But even then, the lowly E6400 got good numbers using stock cooling at "only" 3.1 GHz. Using DivX as the example, the performance difference between the E6400 at its max water cooled speed of 3,336 MHz and the E6700 at its max stock cooled speed of 3,460MHz is only 3.5%....and the E6400 plus 3D Galaxy II combination is a full 30% cheaper! But those who can settle for just a little less performance will find ultimate value using the E6400 with Intel's retail-boxed cooler at a modest 3.1 GHz heat-imposed limit....

• -Cheap Thrills: Core 2 Duo E6400 Overclocked to 3.33 GHz
• -Cheap Thrills: Core 2 Duo E6400 Overclocked to 3.33 GHz
• -Cheap Thrills: Core 2 Duo E6400 Overclocked to 3.33 GHz
• -Cheap Thrills: Core 2 Duo E6400 Overclocked to 3.33 GHz

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Energy Efficiency Duel: Intel Left Out In The Cold. energy efficiency intel left out in the cold. The new L2 stepping of Intel's Core 2 Duo processors brings with it lower power demands. Are AMD's EE-CPUs more efficient? Which processors are best ...