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trowand · 10-11-2006, 04:12 PM

The 7900GS is a pretty darn good card and I'm sure we all highly recommend spending the money on it as the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit, i.e. graphics card) has the utmost impact on gaming. HOWEVER, I have to say the that while the E6300 is indeed a fast, powerful new Core 2 Duo CPU, the E6600 is definitely worth the $150. The E6600 has 4MB of L2 cache while the E6300 has 2MB. I think that it would be wise to go with the E6600 to ensure a longer life for your PC, more gaming strength and for the fact like you said, you don't want to (or know how to) do it later. If you can swing it, go with the E6600, 7900GS and only 1GB of RAM since you said you can just buy more later and install it yourself. An E6600 and 7900GS will rip through some games!

10-11-2006, 04:12 PM	#17
trowand Member (9 bit) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South New Jersey Posts: 505	The 7900GS is a pretty darn good card and I'm sure we all highly recommend spending the money on it as the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit, i.e. graphics card) has the utmost impact on gaming. HOWEVER, I have to say the that while the E6300 is indeed a fast, powerful new Core 2 Duo CPU, the E6600 is definitely worth the $150. The E6600 has 4MB of L2 cache while the E6300 has 2MB. I think that it would be wise to go with the E6600 to ensure a longer life for your PC, more gaming strength and for the fact like you said, you don't want to (or know how to) do it later. If you can swing it, go with the E6600, 7900GS and only 1GB of RAM since you said you can just buy more later and install it yourself. An E6600 and 7900GS will rip through some games!