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At stock speeds, they're comparable. However, the Core2Duo can *easily* overclock beyond 3.0GHz, and the X2's don't have at all as much OC headroom. Run a compare of the X2 6000+ against the E6850 - that's the equivalent CPU the E6650 becomes at 3.0GHz.
Thx man. I'm sorry for spoling the thread but I figure I might as well ask.

Is it easy to clock? I'm guessing it's done in bios. Can I use the original cpu fan?
I'm gonna buy a motherboard with 4xram slots. And I'm gonna buy 4x1024mb ram(all the same manufacturer). Does this work without problem?
It's easy to overclock, but you want to be careful and watch temperatures/voltages or you can fry your cpu. There are guides to overclocking online, I suggest you google one on overclocking the Conroe Core2Duo cpus. You'll have to check the motherboard's manual to see if the ram is the right type for the board. Generally, you can use 4x 1GB sticks in a 4-slot motherboard. I have a Gigabyte P965-DS3 with 4x 1GB Corsair XMS DDR2-675 sticks and no problems.

However, I would not attempt overclocking any CPU on the stock heatsink beyond 5-10%. The $40 Scythe Ninja (comes with decent fan) is all you need to get the Conroe from 2.4GHz to 3.2GHz safely. All chips do not have the exact same tolerances though, so you'd be safer to stick with a 2.8-3.0GHz goal. If you've never overclocked before, you'll probably want some help along the way.. it can get expensive if you don't know what you're doing.