Best Intel Core 2 Duo out there ? (Fast and cool)

[DW_e_aLpHa]

-- Anyone with an idea please post --

[Damnidge]

Depends. Is money a factor? Do you want cheapest, best bang for your buck, or simply the best duo regardless of price?

Also, are you going to overclock?

[DW_e_aLpHa]

- let's say, a popular processor, the most wanted , most used by gamers out there.. overclockable of course at reazonable temps .. stock speed of 3 GHz or close, not the most expensive thing either .. you get me.

[krypton]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115037

[Damnidge]

this is the processor bean just got. it's the new 45nm so that means less wattage and less heat.

[Bean]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115037

yep, this is the most popular right now. As damnidge said, I just got it and it owns! easily overclockable to 4ghz.

[DW_e_aLpHa]

- vey well .. So this one

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 ---

Should be better than this one.. ?

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 ---

How ? Only the L2 Size?

[zeus]

Faster FSB as well.

Plus, smaller manufacturing process => cooler chip => less heat => less energy.

[JDub]

Both L2 and the improvements made to its architecture should enhance performance in any task. if you want to learn more you can skim this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wol ... ,1773.html

And here's one on overclocking: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wol ... ,1777.html

Out of curiosity what makes you want a dual core over quad? I myself decided I didn't need more than dual but that was a year ago when quads were more expensive.

[DW_e_aLpHa]

- Thanks for the input.. very much appreciated -- The thing is I always want speed on a single task, rather than many task at slower speeds - Core duo is already maybe too much for me - but I'm switching to intel Mostly for the temps factor ..