E4300 or E6320

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by One4yu2c

It's also worth noting that the E4300 comes with a x9 multiplier, which can potentially make for an easier overclocking experience when compared to the x7 on the E6320. This could or could not be an issue, depending on how high you plan to OC, and if your complimentary components are up to the task and can handle a higher frontside bus setting.

That's very true, I forgot about the different multipliers!

[Dread]

The extra cache is known to help tremendously in folding@home while running the SMP client (either Win or Linux).

My 4300, even oc'd is struggling on the new work units.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Dread

That extra L2 cache on the xx20 series (4MB cache that is) is making a huge difference in the F@H SMP client work units. As much as a 60% reduction in frame times.

Originally Posted by Dread

The extra cache is known to help tremendously in folding@home while running the SMP client (either Win or Linux).

My 4300, even oc'd is struggling on the new work units.

Do I hear an echo?

[g-relk]

go the e4300, save the dollars, and o/c the heck out of it, i've seen people overclockit on air 2 3.2ghz using a thermalright ultra 120, corsair xms2 pc6400, and gigabyte ga-965-ds3p, with a fan atttached of course. you could easily change the ram out in favour of something cheaper, but dunno which brand as my knowledge on ram is fairly limited