Wait for the E4400 or something else?

hackman2007 · January 25th, 2007

In August I will be going to college and I'm wanting to replace my current parts with a C2D. I have around $300 or so to spend (probably a bit more). I would like to overclock this CPU. Should I wait for the E4400 or get the E4300, while the E4300 is doing good? Any suggestions?

**simple_inhibition** · January 25th, 2007

wait for the E4400 to come out. prices will drop on the E4300. with the money saved you can get a better overclocking board or ram

fps justin · January 25th, 2007

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Originally Posted by hackman2007

In August I will be going to college and I'm wanting to replace my current parts with a C2D. I have around $300 or so to spend (probably a bit more). I would like to overclock this CPU. Should I wait for the E4400 or get the E4300, while the E4300 is doing good? Any suggestions?

The review on the E4300 is in the other thread. E4300 Review

I think you should wait a bit though. I think the prices on the E4300 should drop when the E4400 comes out. Although, it's already pretty cheap, and they look like very nice overclockers.

polobunny · January 25th, 2007

You'll need a board, CPU and RAM. So I say you're better waiting and saving.

wtcnbrwndo4u · January 25th, 2007

Well, it's only $8 cheaper than a E6300 is right now (E4300 I mean). The prices should shoot down with a E4400.

**gvblake22** · January 25th, 2007

What all do you hope to replace with this $300 budget? If you want to get averagely decent parts for overclocking for $300, you'd have to spend less than $150 on a processor because decent RAM will run you $125-$150 and a decent motherboard is the same. Then you have to add in the cost of a better heatsink/fan for the processor...

What RAM do you have now?

EDIT:
Just for giggles, you guys gotta check out the most recent user review on Newegg for the E4300!!!

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Pros: Thanks to all the computer tech jargon, but maybe give a first hand ownership review. Not speculation, okay? Runs faster than my P3 800mhz. Noticeable difference while running word 2.0

Cons: this is a great addition to my motherboard and my memory and my video card and my hard drive thingy

Other Thoughts: would very much like to use this computer chip to make work in my computer system to watch a game of the super bowl and root on to victory the team of my choice

onebxr · January 25th, 2007

This is the reason I look to new egg reviews as the end all when buying computer parts. Screw the high tech reviews, its the people like this that make me want to chunk my s939 system and start over.
-1
Blake, nice review on newegg...HAHAHAHAHHAHA

fps justin · January 25th, 2007

it's so sad, it's funny.

**Capper** · January 26th, 2007

we need a thread with the best Newegg Reviews

wtcnbrwndo4u · January 26th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Capper

we need a thread with the best Newegg Reviews

Haha, sweet!

January 25th, 2007	#1
hackman2007 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 81	Wait for the E4400 or something else? In August I will be going to college and I'm wanting to replace my current parts with a C2D. I have around $300 or so to spend (probably a bit more). I would like to overclock this CPU. Should I wait for the E4400 or get the E4300, while the E4300 is doing good? Any suggestions? Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 at 2.4GHz Gigabyte P35-DS3R Revision 2.0 4GB DDR2 667 (Corsair XMS2 x2 and Edge Technologies x2, 4-4-4-12) eVGA 8800GTX stock clocked OCZ 700w GamerXstream power supply Antec Three 300 case Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit with SP1

January 25th, 2007	#2
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,468 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Wait for the E4400 or something else? wait for the E4400 to come out. prices will drop on the E4300. with the money saved you can get a better overclocking board or ram

January 25th, 2007	#4
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,841 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Wait for the E4400 or something else? You'll need a board, CPU and RAM. So I say you're better waiting and saving.

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wtcnbrwndo4u Resident Brownie Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS Posts: 2,223	Re: Wait for the E4400 or something else? Well, it's only $8 cheaper than a E6300 is right now (E4300 I mean). The prices should shoot down with a E4400. - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64 Dell Inspiron 5150 - Pentium 4 @ 3.06GHz w/ HT Tech - 512MB PC2700 RAM - 80GB WD Scorpio 5400RPM HD - nVidia GeForce FX Go5200 32MB - XP Pro SP3

January 25th, 2007	#7
onebxr BAM-BAM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 1,206 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Wait for the E4400 or something else? This is the reason I look to new egg reviews as the end all when buying computer parts. Screw the high tech reviews, its the people like this that make me want to chunk my s939 system and start over. -1 Blake, nice review on newegg...HAHAHAHAHHAHA

January 25th, 2007	#8
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