Did I buy a Core 2 Duo?

[muon]

e2xxx cores are allendale cores with 1MB cache. e4xxx cores are allendales with the fill 2MB cache. Whether you want to call the e2xxx C2Ds is upto you. Also werent some of the later E6300/E6400 cores allendales as well?

As for ocuk labelling them as Core 2 Duo is wrong since thats not Intel calls them.

 

[Lightnix]

e2xxx cores are allendale cores with 1MB cache. e4xxx cores are allendales with the fill 2MB cache. Whether you want to call the e2xxx C2Ds is upto you. Also werent some of the later E6300/E6400 cores allendales as well?

Nah, they were Conroes with 2M of cache disabled, they still had virtualization and all that jazz, just less cache.

 

[muon]

Nah, they were Conroes with 2M of cache disabled, they still had virtualization and all that jazz, just less cache.

I thought they had swicthed them to allendales later on to reduce costs. But yeh im probably wrong.

 

[Phude]

You didn't buy a C2D

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[alastair84]

thanks for all your replies, when I purchased it I was aware of the 1MB level 2 cache, and the clock speed. If this is the only difference between the E2200 and a 2.2GHz core 2 duo, then I've got what I expected to get so no problems there. The main problem is that I can't overclock this chip, I've got it Orthos stable at 10x266 (2.66GHz) but have tried 11x266, 10x270, 6x500 etc and no joy. I'm using crucial ballistix 1033MHz which I underclock to get the cpu stable, but I'm not getting anything. I've set the vcore up to 1.3V and no joy. Like I said earlier in this thread, my friend has a core 2 duo 1.8 overclocked to 3.2 on stock volts and cooling with good temps, I expected my overclock to be a bit easier. I've disabled spread spectrum for both the cpu and the pcie bus, but left most other settings on default. I've manually set the FSB NB strap to different values and no joy. Can anyone suggest what else I can try?

bump up the voltage. i have my E2200 running at ~ 3000mhz 9x334 @ 1.45v
temps go to 60oC on orthos, using stock intel cooler.

watch your temps though when you push up the voltage.