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E2140 or E2160

duvet77

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OK... I've finally decided I'm going to make the switch from AMD to intel. I've currently got an Athlon 64 4000+

I'm going to get a cheap CPU (as you may have guessed from the title) and stick it in a Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard so I can put a newer CPU in if I come into some extra cash.

So which cpu should I get, the E2140 or 2160. I plan on overclocking it. Do they both overclock well? Should i just get the one with the highest stock clock speed?

Also, what HSF should i get to go with it? I've never OCed a cpu before, is it easy? I've done a GFX card with ATI tool but i suspect it's a bit trickier than that!

Sorry for all the questions and thanks for any advice! :D
 
Both chips overclock to 3Ghz plus, should be able to get that on stock cooling alone. The E2160 will overclock very slightly further with its higher multi.

I chose to save some more pennies and went for the E2140, using it at 3Ghz 24/7.
 
I would get the E2160, the extra multiplier is worth the little extra tbh, as for cooling you can get a fairly cheap cooler such as the ACF7 Pro for £17 although the stock cooler should be fine.
 
They will overclock to the more or less the same speed, so as above, the extra multiplier will help, so its worth going for the E2160.
 
Have to agree with going for the higher multiplier, the e2140 I got hit a quite low fsb wall so the extra multiplier would have helped a lot with my overclock.
 
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