"Awesome Performance" | 2008-02-05 |
| - Reviewed By tecknotom |
| I upgraded from a single core CPU and this thing rocks. The seller also hooked me up with a quiet Zalman fan. Was easy to install and mine came with thermal paste, which was helpful. No problems with reliability or heat. Got a socket 775 motherboard that supports single core, dual core and quad core, which makes my machine semi-furtureproof. |
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"CAreful with the heatsink" | 2007-07-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3DYUYQ6UJEWJ8 |
This is a great processor for the money. As many other reviewers have stated, it is easy to overclock this baby. There is a problem though, and that's why I gave it only three stars.
I had a little heat problem at first, and since a lot of reviews seemed to indicate this processor runs fairly cool, I figured that I must of messed something up. After looking around on line I discovered that its fairly common to not get all four of the heatsink clips in to the mobo. After reading this I went around each of the clips in sequence about three or four times and sure enough one of them popped in a little more.
It is highly recommended that you install this CPU and its heatsink before putting the mobo in to the case, as you can them visually confirm that the clips are all securely in place. |
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"Nice Processor" | 2007-05-21 |
| - Reviewed By pmarcio |
| By the time I bought this one the best US$/processing now I think the best may be the E6600. I'm satisfied with him. But if you have the bucks go for the E6600. |
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"great!" | 2007-05-17 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2JQ3KAQHR5MFW |
| for the price this little chip has been awesome. and the heatsink is a breeze to put on compared to old ones I've put on before, no fear of putting a screwdrive though your brand new Mboard. |
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"Great product...." | 2007-03-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3VB8B2E2EYHGV |
Do I have to say that this is another truly great processor fomr Intel, I would buy the E6600 2.4ghz though, extra 2MB Cache goes a long way,
Been running this with Asus P5W dh & P5n32-Sli Premium and no problems with this chip, the P5W Dh Deluxe gave lots of problems though.
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"a fabulous overclocker" | 2007-02-06 |
| - Reviewed By nixul3 |
| Got one in Jan. 2007. Overclock it to 3.4G with default voltage for daily use. It's screaming fast and rock stable. Compared with E6300, the multiplier of E6400 is 8, so E6400 is much easier to overclock. 400MHz X 8 = 3.2G. This means a pair of normal DDR2 800MHz memory can overclock this baby to 3.2G. In my experience, e6400 can also overclock better than e6600, although it's $100 cheaper. |
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"Great performance for the price" | 2007-01-16 |
| - Reviewed By conwaywong |
If you're looking for a CPU with great overclocking potential, take a very close look at the E6400. With a decent motherboard that allows overclocking functions, anyone with a basic understanding of tweaking the BIOS can take the E6400 from 2.13GHz to 3.2Ghz on stock air cooling.
I've paired the processor with a Gigabyte DS3 motherboard, and on air cooling, I'm able to hit 3.2Ghz running dual Prime95 instances at 2+ hours with no instability issues whatsoever. At these speeds, I'm able to run Super Pi tests as follows: 18s 1M, 43s 2M, 1m43s 4M, 17m19s 32M. |
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