e2180 or e2140

[thumper]

Hi all,
I 'm hoping to get the consensus on whether there's any point on getting the 2180 over the 2140 - I was initially leaning towards the 2180 because of its 10x multiplier as I planned to use the crossover asrock 4core board which seems to maxout near 300fsb but I've now secured a Gigabyte 965P-DS3 & plan on pairing it with the GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit that's currently on offer.

From what I can tell overclocks seem to be comparable, but obviously there is not much cash in it so I don't want to compromise for the sake of a tenner - therefore if there is any advantage to the 2180 please let me know..

thanks for looking

 

[Kirth Gersen]

Your tenner will secure you 200 - 400 Mhz extra power. Seems like a fair deal to me.

 

[steve258]

E2180 is more likely to come with the latest M0 stepping which overclocks like monster, so yeah an extra tenner is worth it IMO.

 

[mosfet]

E2180, have mine running 24/7 at 2.5GHz, undervolted, passive and never goes above 35deg C loaded. Not an impressive overclock, but a silent and quick system. I expect it to be a monster overclocker when I have some time to try.

 

[thumper]

the e2180 it is then (unless I cave and get the q6600 ) - thanks for the help guys, much appreciated

 

[Vir]

You know, there is also a E2160 Incase you want a bit of both

I love mine <3