E7300 or E8200 - Page 2

Adrian Wong · 2nd Dec 2008, 06:13 PM

Yeah, what processor are you running now?

nitroxxx · 3rd Dec 2008, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Yeah, what processor are you running now?

Pentium D 2.66 GHz

Max_87 · 4th Dec 2008, 05:48 AM

7300 would be my choice, since I want the high multiplier for overclocking

But seriously, I don't think it's worth spending the extra money on E8200, difference in gaming performance is going to be neglegible anyway and in a lot of cases it is GPU limited.

Zenphic · 5th Dec 2008, 12:37 PM

And if you plan to overclock (I'm guessing that ASUS board is capabable of doing some)... even by just a bit, the E7300 would be an even better buy.

Adrian Wong · 6th Dec 2008, 11:36 PM

Just checked the prices at Pricegrabber.

It looks like the E8200 costs something like $228 while the E7300 is only about $199.

IMHO, go for the E7300 and save the money for a future upgrade of the graphics card. The GeForce 8600 GT is seriously underpowered for the E7300.

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Max_87 h@x! Join Date: 11 Aug 2003 Location: the land of bandwidth cap Posts: 11,446 Reputation: 2090 Rep Power: 38	7300 would be my choice, since I want the high multiplier for overclocking But seriously, I don't think it's worth spending the extra money on E8200, difference in gaming performance is going to be neglegible anyway and in a lot of cases it is GPU limited. __________________ Max_87 Tech ARP http://www.techarp.com Dell Studio 15 / P7350 / 3GB DDR2 / Radeon HD 3450 / 250GB 7200RPM / 15" @ 1920x1200 E8600 @ 4.4GHz 1.36v / Asus P5E3 Deluxe / 2x2GB DDR3 / Radeon X1800 / Barracuda 7200.9 120GB / 7200.10 320GB x2 / Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS / WD6400AAKS x2 / Dell 2007FP x2 / Silverstone ST56F

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Zenphic Super Active Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,101 Reputation: 540 Rep Power: 10	And if you plan to overclock (I'm guessing that ASUS board is capabable of doing some)... even by just a bit, the E7300 would be an even better buy. __________________ E2160 @ 1.8Ghz (0.95V) \| XFX 650i Ultra \| 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 \| Gigabyte GeForce 6600 \| Hitachi Desktar T7K250 250GB \| CM Mystique 632 \| 2x Noctua NF-S12 800RPM \| CM RPP 550W

6th Dec 2008, 11:36 PM	#15 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 33,143 Reputation: 3730 Rep Power: 78	Just checked the prices at Pricegrabber. It looks like the E8200 costs something like $228 while the E7300 is only about $199. IMHO, go for the E7300 and save the money for a future upgrade of the graphics card. The GeForce 8600 GT is seriously underpowered for the E7300. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs