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

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the overclocked results are shown on the best of rams + cooling available and i guess all these testing chips are like the GOLDEN ones. its a good buy for a person on a budget with intel the demand . much better than the pentium d .
 
lol...way better then the Pentium D and equal in performance to the stock X2 3600+

the E4300 will always be a better buy because of less price difference between the two and most importantly because jump from 1MB L2 to 2MB L2 gives the max performance jump.
 
Ofcourse, if you compare the E4300 @ say 3 Ghz, vs. a Pentium E @ 3 Ghz, the E4300 would win, due to its double cache, but now, you have the X6800 @ 3 Ghz w/ 4mb Cache, which would wh00p both the E43 and the E2160.
 
Yes, but the difference between a hypothetical E4300@3Ghz and X6800@3Ghz will not be as much as between E2160@3Ghz and X6800@3Ghz.

This cycle is ofcourse quite endless and we will always have three range to processors : low end, medium and high end; with usually the medium end being suitable for most tasks.
 
then the e6600 can equally be overclocked right? ie at 3GHZ now would that be equal to the X6800? they both have 4mb cache and stuff.
 
Yep, I have to agree that E6600 is the best buy after looking at these benchies and seeing how much of a difference cache size does make.

Good news though is, Second Best buy is the E4300 :hap2:
 
Effortless Intel Pentium E2160 Overclock...

Pentium E2160 + ASUS P5N-E SLI

Reaching 3.0GHz should be relatively easy and to do so the FSB must be set to 1332MHz, with the memory frequency locked in at 800MHz. This overclock can be achieved without having to upgrade the standard Intel cooler ( and does not require any voltage adjustments ).
Now if you are a little more adventurous, as we were, it is possible to reach 3.40GHz by selecting a 1512MHz FSB. Without any voltage adjustments we were able to boot up into Windows XP, though once in the operating system the computer was unstable. Therefore the CPU voltage was raised from 1.3525v to 1.4000v, which stabilized the processor. The problem you face at such a high frequency when adding more voltage is heat! This meant ditching the standard Intel box cooler for something a little more extreme.
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^^ Well, this is interesting, but it probably was a golden piece like some E4300's here, which can do 3Ghz at stock.

What I don't understand is the what is the market 2160 taregtted towards at just $20 less then the E4300, 2140 makes sense for a low end market but 2160 just doesn't, not to me atleast.
 
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