Intel Core 2 Duo E4300

Because the Core 2 Duo E6300 is such tremendous value for money, I find it hard to quantify the Core 2 Duo E4300 at the moment. In isolation, it's a little overpriced for my liking, but then it's worth remembering that most people don't just buy a CPU on its own. Although the E4300 probably won't reach the high speeds we've seen achieved using an E6300, it can achieve its maximum overclock with much cheaper components. There's no need for a motherboard capable of front side bus speeds in excess of 400MHz and there's no need for anything more than DDR2-667 memory if you run the memory in sync with the front side bus using a 1:1 divider. Right now, I don?t believe that the Core 2 Duo E4300 is as good a buy as it could be. When the price drops to around £80 in the second quarter of this year, I suspect that it will be a damn sight more attractive than it is now - the price is just too close to the Core 2 Duo E6300 for my liking. Unless you're looking to overclock on a very tight budget, the E6300 is a better buy.

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