Anyone Checked out the "New" E4300 Intel CPU ?

[Soopafresh]

Tempting prospect. Dual core, but you can pair it with something like the ASRock 775Dual-VSTA LGA to keep your AGP card and DDR1 RAM for a while. $250 for both the CPU and mobo.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115013

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/13-157-092-04.JPG
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157092

[manono]

Hi Soopafresh-

I posted this in another thread on this site, so maybe you've already seen this review:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2903

Every generation a ridiculously overclockable bargain chip is born, and the Core 2 Duo E4300 is just that chip. Although it's not yet launched, Intel has a true winner on its hands with the E4300. Last year we saw overall desktop performance redefined by the Core 2 lineup, and in 2007 it looks like Intel will begin changing what we've come to expect in the sub-$200 CPU market. What's even more impressive is that in another quarter, the E4300 will drop even further to $133.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2903&p=8

There's a thread at Doom9 where an overclocked 4300 beat out some 6600s in a benchmark (but maybe you saw that, too):

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=948439#post948439

[Soopafresh]

Thanks for the info !