well..firstly..wats ur budget..if u got a low budget...go for allngap's e6420 oem proc and get a stock heatsink oso ok...huge 4mb l2 cache..haha

nice.but..u wudnt hav so much fsb...high core speed but low fsb

SERIOUS?haha...come on...wat cooler ur using?stock? going to hit tj max soon

both proc is really totally different architecture...price to performance ratio for both thgs are totally out of the way...sure if we hav extra budget...y we oni wanna go for e7200 retail? better go for e8400 oem...l2 cache is the thg that made the price so much different

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bro goldfries...sorry..juz noticed its a wolfdale..but still...i would like to stress here...larger cache is always better and more exp..

lol..juz like saga..new saga come out..so can compare both models?who cares about their name?hahaha

this is the interesting part of this proc..c2d architecture in pd proc

actually..i still duno where the amd proc stands between intel proc..6000??some say about e7200???

thanks for the link...to me..its hard to compare both amd and intel...

not bad temp for such speed

air cond room kua?

try to lower sumore if can lo...

icic..den cudnt help u den to get better temp..chg cooler lo

yea..i love high fsb..haha

enjoy...oc kau kau

enuf ad lo..not bad ma..stock cooler wor..

sufficient is one thg...but...keep in mind...e5200 is a high speed proc after oc but has low cache and low fsb...i do believe these two factors held them back by E6XXX series..e5200 perhaps cud be a e4XXX series successor with 45nm...and higher multiplier...

gaming still focus on gc...

lol..ok...wat i tink is..if u get 2 cards to sli juz to get 20% extra performance, i tink that price u can buy a better performing card and less power consuming...so sli mayb for those who like it, but not for really gamers perhaps? mayb a high end single card will pawn 2 mid end sli cards?

well..based on ur rig..8800gts shud be on par or slightly better or lower den 9800gt..is it g80 or g92? mayb 8800gts sli can be compared to 9800gtx+ perhaps? i love sli setup but..i dun find additional juice for the card is a necessity..

wel...e8 is alwiz the best performer for dual core..but keep in mind..wat about budget gamers? shudnt they be considering e5200 over other amd model instead? or oem e6 series which the price is on par wif retail e5200 wif larger cache, and higher fsb, perhaps a more ocable core den e5200?