How gud is E2140 + Biostar P35-A7 + Thermalright Ultima 90 + Scythe 90mm for a 3 - 3.2Ghz overclock?
I heard that E2180 has 10X multiplier,i can buy dat after a ultima 90 sacrifice.
I do not wanna buy d abit board,outta ma budget.
I also heard biostar p35 has poor northbridge heatsink,is it true??
any other suggestions??
Special request to katmandude - i sent u 3 pm’s,got no replies,man i need d cost of evga 9600gt(stock) frm newegg!!
katmandude is out of town and wont be replying to any pms or posting any threads 
if you can sumhow accomodate the abit ip-35E, that will be awesome
the northbridge does get a bit hot…and sumtimes the mobo has cold boot issues with the overclocked config..
i run my comp 24/7 so i dont face it much…but if u turn on your comp everyday, you cud have trouble
i can run it at 400fsb though just fine, prime 95 stable and everything
yeah agreed but d ip35e has its share of issues,i would use ma pc daily for HOURS,will it touch 3.2Ghz,is ip35e worth d extra money,i dont think so,biostar is gud too.
its a decent combo and as far as ive read from the many users and posts on TE its a decent combo…and OC’s very well like any P35 board…
Try phoenix fer the evga 9600GT.. He’s also a regd dealer..
The combo u’ve suggested is decent even tho the aBit board beats tat in terms of overclocking..
^^even the biostar board overclocks well(i have it after all..reviews say it goes upto 480fsb)… the e2140 on the other hand could be a limitation…
most e2140 chips hit their sweet spot at 375-380fsb..thats around 3-3.1ghz
if you want to go higher, you need to feed it much more voltage…
but still, i believe that 3ghz is a good enuf speed and you really wont be able to tell the difference other than by running benchmarking tools.
a common problem with both the abit and the biostar board is that when you turn on your pc, the first time it will reboot before posting and overclocks will be reset. just go to the bios and load the overclocked config again…then it runs fine
and phoenix has many 9600gt cards on sale, evga,palit and pov… and he is an official Indian distri so you get Indian warranty…do check him out
one more thing…instead of an ultime 90, you could go for a thermalright ultra-90 which costs around 1400bux…its the same size but with fewer heatpipes… difference in performance wont be much
man ur really on steroids,thnx for d reply,how far can u expect d ocerclock to go wid d abit board??Which fan should i go wid.And is E2180 gud??
Which is better -
POV 9600GT or Palit 9600GT(NOT THE SONIC ONE)
^^first of all..no steroids 
as i said before…more than the board, the proccy will be the overclocking limit…i suggested the abit board bcoz when my biostar board doesnt boot up with right settings, it gets on my nerves 
^^i dont know exactly about the abit board problems though…a friend has one and he said a bios update solves its problems
with the proccy, you shud get one with as high a multiplier as possible…neways i think the e2140 and 2160 cost almost the same now..the 9 multiplier of the e2160 or 10 on the e2180 will really help you reach a higher OC
and you can search on the thermalright ultra-90 review…as far as i know, performance difference shudnt be more than 2-3 degrees.
and as for palit vs pov, they both use the same stock cooling which is good enuf for the 9600gt..it doesnt get too hot so you should be fine with either one of them…you could check out their warranty and price and then decide for yourself
thnx very much MR steroids
Wot do u mean by dat d abit board does’nt boot wid overclocked setting,do u hav to overclock all over again??Has dis stopped happening?
hi, sorry for the OT, n noob query, but during OCin, higher multi is preferred? so basically 2180>2160>2140 for OC? :ashamed:
yeah -
E2180 - - 10X
E2160 - 9X
E2140 - 8X
hmmmm…so the 2180 is better than the 2140
i read up in a couple of places that higher fsb is better cos ur RAM also runs faster and so the system as a whole gives better performance. However, i am anyway running my RAM in unlinked mode 
so i doubt higher fsb will do me any good
^^ram in unlinked mode is only available on nvidia chipsets i think…
high fsb IS good for ram speed but the problem is that with the e2XXX series, the max stable fsb is normally around 375-380 for everyday use…hence you can choose the multiplier you are going with and check what speed you get…
e2140 8 X 375 = 3ghz
e2160 9 X 375 = 3.35ghz <----which is good enuf i feel
neways…ill ask my friend about the abit board and tell u tomorrow
^^he is also on this forum..his name is gamervivek if u want to pm him
he has a e2140 on a abit IP-35E
2180 avail?
I have used E2140 and IP35-E combo in past, I able to reach MAX 3.46GHz (433X8) on ma chip (M0 stepping - SLA93). I dont see any reason to buy higher Allendale chip if U wanna OC, E2160 is K if its only Rs.200-300 more than E2140, no point in buying E2180, E2200. DDR2 800MHz RAM sticks r dirt cheap now, 8 or above multi is good. OCing is lottery, theres no guarantee, I have seen rare E4500/E2180 unable to cross 3GHz, and ma lucky fren runs his E2140 @ 3.6GHz. Be happy with what U get.
yup..me currently running an E2140 on a 650i ultra in ram unlinked @ 275fsb (2.2Ghz) on stock volts n cooling.
Thinkin i ll get myself a 2160 or 2180 (cos a frnd is looking to build an HTPC and can take my 2140..both of us will benefit there )
2180/2200 avail?
I was using the exact same combination until i got my E8400. Worked perfectly fine with no issues at all. The mobo is good tho the placement of the power connectors leaves a lot to be desired. And the norhbridge heatsink is poor, gets quite hot. Id recommend the Abit IP35-E, which for 1k more is a better buy IMO. Unless u have a strict budget, in which case the Biostar is the cheapest P35 board, get the Abit
Edit: Was running at 3Ghz 24X7 btw, but as stated by punjab, if the chip and cooling are good u can go even higher