On Jun 11, 7:33 am, Steve wrote:
"Robert McMillan" wrote:
Is there a web site that explains in simple English the differences
between the Intel E4300, E4400, E6320, and E6420? Dell's "Help Me
Choose" is, of course, useless. Thanks!
Intel E2140 - 1.60GHz - 1MB CACHE - 800FSB
Intel E2160 - 1.80GHz - 1MB CACHE - 800FSB
Intel E4300 - 1.80GHz - 2MB CACHE - 800FSB
Intel E4400 - 2.00GHz - 2MB CACHE - 800FSB
Intel E6300 - 1.86GHz - 2MB CACHE - 1066FSB
Intel E6320 - 1.86GHz - 4MB CACHE - 1066FSB
Intel E6400 - 2.13GHz - 2MB CACHE - 1066FSB
Intel E6420 - 2.13GHz - 4MB CACHE - 1066FSB
Intel E6600 - 2.40GHz - 4MB CACHE - 1066FSB

Thanks Robert. For "normal" (non-gaming) use, are the differences in
CPU speed or bus speed or cache size significant?


200mhz difference in speed isn't going to matter much. The large
caches and higher fsb might be a major plus in a game.

For basic word processing, internet, music playing and dvds, any of
those chips will work just fine. You can do all of these things on a
Pentium 3, and even many Pentium 2s. All but the dvds can be done on a
pentium 1. Subtract music at the 486 level, and the internet at the
386 level.