ABIT IP35-E, e2180.....build list decent?

[gaspain]

What do you think of this ultra-budget system build/upgrade? it will be replacing my intel 640 and abit aa8xe listed in my sigline. All the other hardware will remain.

I plan on overclocking the e2180 to 3.5 to 4.0ghz.

I am upgrading my system to play crysis. I would like to get a q6600, but im a poor college student and have a beer budget that I have a responsibility too

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# INTEL PENTIUM DUAL-CORE E2180 (BX80557E2180) 2.0GHZ EM64T DUAL CORE W/1MB X 2 CACHE 800MHZ LGA775-PIN RETAIL BOXED W/COOLING FAN (3 YEARS WARRANTY)THERMAL COMPOUND OPTIONS
$89.50

# ABIT IP35-E INTEL P35 CHIPSET ATX FORM FACTOR 1xPCI-E(X16)/2xPCI-E(X1)/3xPCI/4xDDR2 W/SATA2,LAN(Gb),USB 2.0 & AUDIO (CPU TYPE:INTEL - SOCKET 775) ($20.00 Mail-In Manufacturer Rebate Available from 9/1/07 till 9/30/07)CPU OPTIONS
$89.00 $69.00

What do you think? good enough for Crysis?

 

[g14novak]

you plan on getting 3.5 on a E2180? Planning on running DICE 24/7? lol, sorry, the world record for one of these is 4.0 so I don't think you should expect that much out of it. I'd say go for a E6550. Or maybe a E4300.

 

[Tyranos]

The egg also has open box 6400's for cheap too.

 

[White_Pawn]

It will be a decent upgrade from your P4.

 

[MadMan007]

For games you'd really be better off with a 2MB cache chip at least. Depends on the graphics card a bit too though.

 

[Evilsizer]

i would suggest tring to get the extra money for a E6420 over the others for the L2 cache reason. about the only thing i would suggest a E2xxxx cpu for is someone wanting a stepping stone to either the 1333fsb cpus or the new 45nm cpus.if your lucky enough to still get E4300's though i would go for one of those, the prices may not have dropped since intel put them on the EOL list. the board is a solid choice though, if you did get the E2xxx though expect a more real oc around the 3.2 - 3.4ghz range. even at 3ghz it would smash your P4@4ghz.