Core 2 Duo E2140 Good For Gaming?

[Mista.Gee]

Hey chaps.

looking at building a nice system but don't want to spend a great deal of cash and was looking at the Core 2 Duo's nice new range and I was thinking of building a Base Unit around the E2140 with 2GB memory and a X2600XT just for playing World in Conflict and general video encoding etc.

Would this chip be upto the job?

 

[233]

my 2160 running at a mere 2.2 ghz runs WIC spot on

 

[TheRedZealot]

OC'ing would help loads

 

[Mista.Gee]

Hey Chaps.

Thanks for the quick response.

Not really an overclocker to be honest just want a stable system.

Would like some advice though on a motherboard and memory to use with the E2140 Chip.

Only want to play World in Conflict and general Video Encoding and application use.

 

[TheRedZealot]

Budget?

 

[Mista.Gee]

Looking at spending £270 on a decent and complete new base unit.

Will consider integrated graphics for the time being though as i'm not in any great rush to play games yet.

Must be compatible with the E2140 out of the box with no need to flash the BIOS to make it work etc.

 

[Richdog]

Hey Chaps.

Thanks for the quick response.

Not really an overclocker to be honest just want a stable system.

Would like some advice though on a motherboard and memory to use with the E2140 Chip.

Only want to play World in Conflict and general Video Encoding and application use.

You can overclock and have a stable system y'know... overclocking the E2140 to 3ghz pays huge dividends, especially for gaming and encoding.

 

[Garyj881]

Spend an extra few quid and get the E2180 with the 10 x multi, will make overclocking a breeze.

In short yes they are great budget chips for gaming.

 

[Dingleberry88]

It's actually breaking Intel's EULA if you don't OC your C2D.

 

[Mista.Gee]

As I said chaps.

Looking at spending £270 on a decent and complete new base unit.

Will consider integrated graphics for the time being though as i'm not in any great rush to play games yet.

Must be compatible with the E2140 out of the box with no need to flash the BIOS to make it work etc.

Not looking at overclocking, only want to play World in Conflict on it and general video encoding and application use.

 

[TheRedZealot]

spend an extra few quid and get the E2180 with the 10 x multi, will make overclocking a breeze.

In short yes they are great budget chips for gami

You've read my mind

 

[Garyj881]

Wouldn't you maybe better off getting an amd rig if youre not going to overclock?

 

[Mista.Gee]

Anyone have any suggestions on a decent baseunit for £270 then?

 

[233]

Wouldn't you maybe better off getting an amd rig if youre not going to overclock?

Kill him with fire

blasphemy i tell ye

 

[Garyj881]

Ok, I'll try and redeem my self

Right with the amount specified this would be a good system.

i have chosen the 1950 pro over the 2600 as its a lot better, see HERE

This is the spec i would choose, not sure what psu you have but a good 350+ should be fine.

if you need case, PSU, hdd, and opticals then its going to be hard.

 

[Mista.Gee]

This is a AMD system i've just found on a competitors site as adviced by one of the members above saying that i may be better of with a AMD rig, priced at £269 inc VAT and Del.

Processor AMD Athlon X2 4600 Dual Core 64 Bit Processor.
Processor Speed 2 x 2.0GHz.
Memory 1GB DDR2 667MHz Single Channel Memory.
Hard Drive 250GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive.
Graphics nVidia 8400GS PCI-E Graphics.
Drive 1 18x Dual Layer +R/-R/RW DVD burner.
Sound 5.1 High Def Audio.
Motherboard NVIDIA 6100S AMD AM2 PCI Express Chipset.

 

[Mista.Gee]

Or for £269.

Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 1MB Cache 64Bit Processor.
Processor Speed 2 x 1.6GHZ.
Memory 2GB DDR2 667MHz Ram.
Hard Drive 250GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive.
Graphics Intel GMA 950 PCI Express Graphics & 1x PCI-E 16 Slot.
Drive 1 18x Dual Layer +R/-R/RW DVD burner.
Sound 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio.
Motherboard Intel 946GZ Chipset MicroATX Motherboard.

Don't need graphics card just yet to be honest.

 

[TheRedZealot]

8400 is a pretty (badword) card

 

[Richdog]

Or for £269.

Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 1MB Cache 64Bit Processor.
Processor Speed 2 x 1.6GHZ.
Memory 2GB DDR2 667MHz Ram.
Hard Drive 250GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive.
Graphics Intel GMA 950 PCI Express Graphics & 1x PCI-E 16 Slot.
Drive 1 18x Dual Layer +R/-R/RW DVD burner.
Sound 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio.
Motherboard Intel 946GZ Chipset MicroATX Motherboard.

Don't need graphics card just yet to be honest.

Can't you just build your own and thus get a 10x better system for your money?

 

[Paracelsus]

Neither of those 2 setups could play WIC properly.