Difference Of Refurb 2.8 C2d & Refurb 2.8 C2d Extreme?

[ceehjayem]

Hey everyone, I just noticed that Apple has a 2.8GHz C2D Extreme on the refurbished site. Is there any differences other than the hard drive capacity bump that should warrant the extra $100 difference and the "extreme" tag from the regular 2.8Ghz C2D?

Sorry I'm not too technical savvy and looking to purchase one by tomorrow. Thanks!

[spinnerlys]

"The 2.8GHz iMac, which sports an overclocked 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X7800" from here: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/08/14/apples_new_imac_core_2_extreme_mac_mini_benchmarked.html

[NRose8989]

Extreme(2.8) == Merom + 667mhz (ram) + $100 < C2D(2.8) == Penryn + 800mhz(ram) - $100


Get the cheaper one because it's newer, faster, and cheaper.

[Advance The Man]

Extreme(2.8) == Merom + 667mhz (ram) + $100 < C2D(2.8) == Penryn + 800mhz(ram) - $100


Get the cheaper one because it's newer, faster, and cheaper.

+1

Unless you have to have the nominal amount of additional hard drive space, go with the 'regular' 2.8

[Mike in Kansas]

The "Extreme" is 2007 technology, which I believe is a 2.6GHz processor overclocked to 2.8GHz. As another poster mentioned, its FSB is 800 MHz and uses 667MHz DDR2 RAM. The other 2.8GHz is the 2008 model with a native 2.8GHz processor and a faster FSB of 1067MHz with faster 800MHz DDR2 RAM. Geekbench shows a slight performance improvement (about 2%) of this architecture over the "Extreme".

[ceehjayem]

Thanks for all the replies. I'm making my purchase right now!