Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Review

Core 2 Duo E6300 overclocked on ASUS P5W DH Deluxe by more than 50%, which is a very good result. At the same time we managed to surpass (though not tremendously) the nominal frequency of the top-of-the-line model in the family – the Core 2 extreme X6800. Keeping in mind relatively low influence of the cache memory size on the overall performance, we can state that for less than $200 you can get a CPU running close to a 1000-dollar model.

It’s not too often I get excited by results displayed by a ‘value’ chip, but the E6300 can get any enthusiast excited. Not only did it get a good overclock on a ‘bad’ board, the performance results are nothing short of amazing. Super Pi 8 Million in three and a half minutes!