Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 / 2.13 GHz processor > Reviews

Advantages: Easy installation, runs cool and fast
Disadvantages: Probably obsolete in a year!

...a dream come true. These Intel chips now produce alot less heat than they used to. Although the stock fan and cooler do a job, at stock speeds, the CPU temp was about 55c - OK but not if you want to overclock. I replaced with Arctic Freezer 7 Pro and is now around 40c at 2.13Ghz and 52c at 3Ghz. Despite what other people say, installation is a doddle with no fiddly pins (thanks to the LGA design - the pins are on the motherboard). Is much ... Read review

Advantages: Very Fast, Efficient Cooling and Very Quiet Running
Disadvantages: Very Fiddly to Install on Motherboard

...2xDDR and 2x DDR2). The Intel fan runs very quiet as you would expect from Intel. Cpu, fan and heatsink all come with a 3 year warranty should anything untoward happen. My first impressions are that it installed XP SP2 in around 15 minutes which was rather quick and surprising to say the least compared to my P4 2.8Ghz HT,Northwood Cpu which took around 25/30 mins. Installing the heatsink and fan I admit is not very easy and fiddly as it does require ... Read review

Advantages: Exceptional Performance, High Quality, Best Priced Processor ATM
Disadvantages: Poor Designed Fan and heatsink, can be Awkward

Right then, The you maybe wondering why i think this is the best processor on the market right now, being on my birthday 16/02/2007 At the moment the pricing for core duo processors are in 2 clusters the low end and the high end, and each processor having mayhbe £10-£20 differance between each model. this processor is the top of the low end, and then its a £80 increase to get the next model up. So this is the sensible option, if you want to part ... Read review

Advantages: Good clock speed, good video decoding and overall reliabilty
Disadvantages: Only 2 MB cache

The Core 2 Duo e6400 has many good features: It uses a 1066 MHZ FSB (front side bus) for a fast link on the motherboard. It 2 cores running at 2.13 GHZ The Processor is very EASY to overclock; just be careful. It is energy effecient and runs cool, unless you over clock Not as good features: 2 MB cache low compared to others in the range I found this processor to be excellent; it was extremely fast. With this processor there is no worry of ... Read review