E6700

Big B · Rated NC-17 Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 194

I just ordered the E6700 cpu. How many years should it last me before i would have to upgrade again?.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:56:49 Post Subject:

As reference... what are you using now?

Big B · Rated NC-17 Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 194

P4 3.0 HT 478 socket....

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:27:44 Post Subject:

Oooh, sounds like this will last a WHILE based on the age of that previous one... Grin

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

6 Months...

OH, wait, that's me not you Razz

Blue|Fusion · Posted: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:25:04 Post Subject:

You have an LGA775 motherboard for that chip and not trying to replace your current P4 chip, I hope Smile

Dimensionjew · Rated NC-17 Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 108

that might be hard... anyone got some solder and some wire? Razz

acruxksa · Posted: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:03:21 Post Subject:

Not only will you be pleased with the speed of your new e6700, your electric bill will probably go down significantly as well. Of course if you depended on your P4 3.0Ghz to help heat the house, it may actually go up a bit because you will need to find an alternate source of heat. Grin

It should last you a year at least, probably closer to 2yrs. Assuming you have upgraded the rest of the hardware as well.

These days though, gpu's seem to be the most expensive part of a computer. Especially now that Intel is aggressively cutting prices. The e6750 will be $185 in a couple weeks, so if you haven't purchased the e6700 yet you might want to wait a bit and see if the e6700 prices come down as well. AMD x2 4000's are like $75 right now! Crazy! but you gotta love it.