CPU/Mobo Dual-Core CPUs: Intel Pentium E2160 and Pentium E2140, New Budget OverClocockers

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This is a very good result, as we overclocked our CPU by 89% above the nominal in this case and even exceeded the nominal frequency of the top CPU on Core micro-architecture from the Core 2 Extreme family.

The second processor, Pentium E2140, didn’t overclock that well at all. In the same testing conditions, i.e. with 1.5V Vcore, we managed to increase its FSB frequency only to 355MHz. further increase led to system failing to boot. Further experiments revealed that this CPU can even work without Vcore adjustment at this FSB speed, which means we have hit the “FSB wall†for this processor. This problem wouldn’t let us continue our overclocking attempts, and we had to admit that the maximum result for this processor would be 2.84GHz, which doesn’t look that appealing at all especially against the background of the previous result.

However, you should always remember, that overclocking is a lottery to some extent, so far not everyone will score high in it. We decided to find out what you could get from overclocking with some good luck on your side by comparing the performance of the Pentium E2160 overclocked to 3.4GHz with that of Intel’s top dual-core processor – Core 2 Extreme X6800.

Source : X-bit labs - New Budget Dual-Core CPUs: Intel Pentium E2160 and Pentium E2140 (page 14)
 
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This has been posted several times already, AFAIK these are to be launched along with the July price cuts.....
 
This has been posted several times already, AFAIK these are to be launched along with the July price cuts....
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Its better not to post if you are not sure :P

Lol these were launched June 4 internationally. Yesterday saw a E2140 in SP Road , Bangalore. Price was quoted at 3450 +VAT
 
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^whoa! cool..all new models? :)

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WOot!!
 
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i think AMD will now have to price things even lower in order to survive and its high time they release their new chips. damm it.
 
@ Supra...hehe yeah I guess so, but I remember seeing the prices of these models with the July 22 Price cut links so I thought that these would be launched then, anyways thats good info....

Now all we need is a budget m/b with OC abilities
 
dark star they are out the 2160 should be around 4 - 4.2k max the other one being 3.5k .

and i think amd might still survive for a while coz a good oc mobo is still 6k minimum xfx ultra + a gpu ! dam it release a good mobo with onboard gpu for the users and i think AMD is gonna have a very very hard time.
 
200mph said:
dark star they are out the 2160 should be around 4 - 4.2k max the other one being 3.5k .

and i think amd might still survive for a while coz a good oc mobo is still 6k minimum xfx ultra + a gpu ! dam it release a good mobo with onboard gpu for the users and i think AMD is gonna have a very very hard time.
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Erm . where dude :huh: :ashamed: I cant see any details abt them in Intel site :rofl:
 
The one that was shown here hit 3.4 Ghz, but what is the average OC of this proc family?

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^^ Thats a great price!!!

Bye Bye AMD X2 3600+ :bye1: :bye1:
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Not so soon. Coz, the pricing of intel proc was never a problem, the pricing of a good LGA 775 mobo was always a question. IMO even a 4300 is very good VFM proc, but to use it properly, You need to spend more than 6k on a good mobo which looses the VFM overall.
 
just saw newegg the pricing is just like the indian pricing for the E2140 so that ways the e2160 can be a max of 3.8k + tax . looks good. now release a good cheap mobo.
 
Yep, after AMD's aggressive pricing tactics, Intel has started playing the game too, and IMO prices the processors equivalently.

But the lack of good VFM OC'able M/B from Intel or any of the chipset manufacturers leaves something wanting.
 
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just saw newegg the pricing is just like the indian pricing for the E2140 so that ways the e2160 can be a max of 2.8k + tax . looks good. now release a good cheap mobo.
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You mean 3.8k + tax nearing to 4k
 
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