Whats better at this price point?

Inquitus

https://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=323807

or

https://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=330167

Its for a HTPC so quiet cooling is the order of the day and as such overclocking is probably not on the cards, unless these new Intels can be ramped up without increasing the Vcore and generating alot of additional heat.

DirkVoodoo

The E6600 gets up to 3GHz on stock volts, so as far as I know this applies to most good batches of conroe chips.

That X2 is a darn fine processor, but its beaten by the core2duo. If its a HTPC and only light gaming in mind, then you wont need much grunt under the hood. I would go for a 65nm X2 with the low voltage rating. There was a review on tomshardware (sigh) recently pointing out the very low power consumption, hence low thermal output.

But if you haven't bought a mobo and you plan to salvage some of the components later for another build, the intel might be the better option.

Its a win-win situation for you anyway.

christophicus

I'd go with the intel chips, You might get one of the new nes with low power consmption.