Which Processor is Better? - Page 2 - Computer Juice

#11

19th Nov 2008, 20:33

Carbon

Donor Group

You may want to go with the E8500 - it has a newer stepping, iirc, slightly higher multilpier, and so might be easier to overclock. Shouldn't be too much more expensive - if it is, skip it, but if not pick it up instead.

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