It's another ultimate PC building guide from Alan Dang... only this time his project gets a little too ambitious
We like the E6600 because it offers the larger 4MB of L2 cache and still runs reasonably cool. However, the Core 2 Duo's weakness is in the platform. It's a lot easier to find a cheap dual-GPU compatible Socket 939/AM2 motherboard than it is to find a cheap dual-GPU compatible Socket 775 motherboard. These motherboard may negate some of the Core 2 Duo's price advantages. Indeed, at the time this article is being written, the ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe ($280) is the only readily available SLI motherboard supporting Core 2 Duo; in comparison the ASUS M2N32 SLI Deluxe WiFi is $200 and an ASUS M2N-SLI is only $140.
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We like the E6600 because it offers the larger 4MB of L2 cache and still runs reasonably cool. However, the Core 2 Duo's weakness is in the platform. It's a lot easier to find a cheap dual-GPU compatible Socket 939/AM2 motherboard than it is to find a cheap dual-GPU compatible Socket 775 motherboard. These motherboard may negate some of the Core 2 Duo's price advantages. Indeed, at the time this article is being written, the ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe ($280) is the only readily available SLI motherboard supporting Core 2 Duo; in comparison the ASUS M2N32 SLI Deluxe WiFi is $200 and an ASUS M2N-SLI is only $140.
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