Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140 Overclocking results

[MadMan007]

Wait a sec, the CPU-Z ss says the e2140 is a Conroe?

Yea CPU-Z will only show what it's programmed to show, it doesn't mean the chip is really a Conroe. It needs to be updated to reflect new CPUs.

 

[bail_w]

what version of CPU-Z are yo using, I hear some versions are dodgy regarding those CPUs, adding 300-400 MHz onto the speed

lol that is one funny comment. Look at the FSB and Multiplier and calculate the speed yourself. besides, look at OCCT also.

Update: Well, i tested at 3.2ghz with 1.35v and it is stable with dual superpi but when i ran OCCT, the temperature went up to 80c so i need to wait for the pump to come...

 

[Sam__]

thats a damn nice OC

 

[timtooAMD]

i thought the E2*** were all single cores? i didn't even know these were out yet, nice o/c

 

[Reefa_Madness]

Here is a pretty decent review of these E21xx series processors done over at X-bit Labs...includes comparisons with the E4300, some of the previous Intel dual cores and some of the AMD dual cores, as well.

Testbed details:

CPUs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Socket AM2, 2.0GHz, 2x512KB L2, Windsor);
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ (Socket AM2, 1.9GHz, 2x512KB L2, Brisabane);
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 (LGA775, 1.8GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB L2, Allendale);
Intel Pentium D 935 (LGA775, 3.2GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2x2MB L2, Presler);
Intel Pentium D 925 (LGA775, 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2x2MB L2, Presler);
Intel Pentium E2160 (LGA775, 1.8GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2, Conroe-1M);
Intel Pentium E2160 (LGA775, 1.6GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2, Conroe-1M).

Mainboards:
ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe (Socket AM2, NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI);
ASUS P5K Deluxe (LGA775, Intel P35);

Memory: 2048MB DDR2-800 SDRAM (Mushkin XP2-6400PRO, 2 x 1024 MB, DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12);

Graphics card: PowerColor X1900 XTX 512MB;

HDD: Western Digital WD1500AHFD;

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x86.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/pentium-e2160.html

 

[bail_w]

Update: 3.2ghz @ 1.35v stable.

 

[Reefa_Madness]

Nice overclock for the money.

Edit:
So that there is no misunderstanding about my "for the money" comment...I think that these cpus are great value and I'm all for that, after all, overclocking is not, for the bulk of us, about having a WR at CAS 3 or the highest FSB for an i965 chipset, but instead, about getting way more out of our rigs than the manufacturer intended for us to get, and at 3.2GHz, this cpu does exactly just that.

 

[benbaked]

Yup, I'm sold on it. Great overclock regardless of how cheap it is.

 

[Froggy]

San Luis Obispo, CA. More results coming after this weeken.

 

[sno.lcn]

Mine arrived at my house today! Too bad I won't be able to play with it until I actually get there myself in a week or so

 

[Bageland2000]

what is the world coming to when you can get the performance of a $975 cpu (x6800) with a sub $100 processor

 

[mcoleg]

that's the reason most of us got into overclocking back in the day

 

[Stratcat]

And why we still stay...

 

[Stratcat]

Haha!

mcoleg -

Just after I posted that curt comment as an attempt at a humurous seque from yours, I noticed we coincedently have the same join dates displayed in our avatar display area.

Funny!

~ Strat ~

 

[Dapper Dan]

what is the world coming to when you can get the performance of a $975 cpu (x6800) with a sub $100 processor

but imagine if you got a godly x6800 and oc'd it ? that's why i like to go for a better stock chip

 

[mcoleg]

hehe

 

[Moto7451]

but imagine if you got a godly x6800 and oc'd it ? that's why i like to go for a better stock chip

Personally I'd rather imagine what I could do with an extra four or five Gs .

 

[bail_w]

CPU FSB wall at 400, i cant get it any higher.

 

[sno.lcn]

I finally got back to my house to find my shiny new e2140 waiting patiently for me

Now to see what she's got

 

[Evilsizer]

doesnt look to bad so far for 2.6ghz... keep going!