How Much Difference Core 2 duo 2.4 GHz will make

I am buying a new system from Dell.

There is a great price difference between Core 2 Duo E 6600 2.4 GHz with 4 MB L 2 compared to Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz 2 MB L 2

How much difference will it make if everything else remains same. Is it worth paying almost twice for E 600 compared to E 6400 ?

Thanks

 

here is an interesting article. But IMO you won't notice any great difference

 

I posted some information on 6400 here
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=120051

 

Thank You ALL.

Really appreciate the help.

Mike

 

I highly doubt you will notice a large difference. The biggest thing that differs between the two, is the L2 cache. I'm assuming you aren't going to be doing crazy that stuff that will utilize all of it on the E6600. I personally got a E6400 for that exact reason.

 

ohhh yes u will! I have an e6400 and i can barely play single thread games like bf2,bf2142,fear,doom3...what i had to do in order to play the game was to overlock atleast to 2.4ghz. cuz current gen games dont use 2 cpus only 1. I noticed i could never play on bf2 on stock speeds so i had to overclock in the 2.4 range to play it.


Ohh another thing my pc doesnt suck if anyone is thinking that



2x 8800 xxx xfx
1000 tb harddrive
680i asus striker
e6400 overclocked to 3.4 ghz with zalman 9700 led w/ artic silver paste
cool master full tower case
1000 watt psu by Enermax
22 inch sceptre w/ hdmi,dvi monitor


but for the new games like crysis,alan wake ull barely noticed cuz how fast these chips are. They say u need quad for the new games which make me cry LOL. it seems when the newer technology comes out ppl always say its the best. yes, its the best but its so much overkill you dont even need it. Games still only use 1 cpu, the only game right now that is using dual core is supreme commander man. I say if u building a new pc wait till next moth for the e6750 which is 2.66 ghz for 180 dude.

 

Its in the BUS speed folks!! I run a E6400 on a 775 socket with 1066mhz FSB,Dell XPS 710 BTX mother of mother boards. I dont overclock(yet) I play all EA BF2142 dont have any problems. 7600GS video card, modem blaster fatilaty X-FI. Id love a Q6800 though