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E8200 worth it over E2200? (Light(ish) use)

DAnDan

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Basically, I'm planning to upgrade my system soon, and I'm undecided about the processor. It's only for light gaming use (wow, and a few others... nothing intensive really), and general web browsing/college work.

So what I need to know is will I really see a benefit from the E8200 that actually makes it worth TWICE the cash? I'm getting a 9600GT as a present, so it will be used with that, and probably 2gb of ram.

So, E2200 for around £60, and clock it a bit, or E8200 (I probably won't clock it if i go for that).

Is it actually worth spening the extra £60ish, will I see much better fps or anything? Considering that I am on a single-core athlon 3800 currently, I know I will be pleased either way, but I have a feeling I could spend the extra cash in a better way?

Thanks all :)
 
Do the E2200s clock well? It will be my first serious time overclocking anything.

Will an E2200 clocked to around 2.66 have similar performance to the wolfdale?
 
For whats its worth I bought the E2200 over the E8200 and spent the money I 'saved' on a better GPU. Its worked out really well and I couldn't be happier.
 
Thanks DanDan for asking this question as I was wondering the same thing. The 8xxx chips seem to be popular with some but I was never sure what made them better than an overclocked 2200. Guess they are made for those who don't or won't overclock.
I'm going to be buying a 2200 and (without the aid of a safety net) attempting to overclock it.
My question regarding this is, if I get it to around 3ghz, can the intel cooler do the job fine or would another brand cooler be a better choice?
Thanks in advance.
 
The e8x00 series are for people who are happy to spend hundreds on 10% more performance. I'm not saying if that's right or wrong, but if that isn't you then the e2xx0 series are much better vfm.
 
the39steps said:
Thanks DanDan for asking this question as I was wondering the same thing. The 8xxx chips seem to be popular with some but I was never sure what made them better than an overclocked 2200. Guess they are made for those who don't or won't overclock.
I'm going to be buying a 2200 and (without the aid of a safety net) attempting to overclock it.
My question regarding this is, if I get it to around 3ghz, can the intel cooler do the job fine or would another brand cooler be a better choice?
Thanks in advance.
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think there's some1 on this forum running his e2xx0 chip @ 3.4 with stock cooler. Which with good air flow, not minding temps of 70+ and airport like enviroment :D is possible, however spend ~£15 on ac freezer 7 pro which comes with preaplied thermal paste as well.

edit: you can save bit more going for e2160/2140 which you should be able to take to 3ghz as well.
 
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melbourne720 said:
The e8x00 series are for people who are happy to spend hundreds on 10% more performance. I'm not saying if that's right or wrong, but if that isn't you then the e2xx0 series are much better vfm.
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Its 15% I thought, from what I see most people buy them to overclock them and be in the 4Ghz club, people have been telling me it makes next to no difference in windows and games at the moment and judging by games like crysis that seems the case.
 
the39steps said:
I'm going to be buying a 2200 and (without the aid of a safety net) attempting to overclock it.
My question regarding this is, if I get it to around 3ghz, can the intel cooler do the job fine or would another brand cooler be a better choice?
Thanks in advance.
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the39steps, you've asked the question I was just about to ask :)

I've got an E2200 in my rig, with the stock Intel HSF. It's been running at stock speeds for about a month now, so I've decided that it's time to have a play and start pushing things a little higher. I think I might do a little bit now... maybe see how loud this is gonna be with the Intel heatsink if I do get it towards 3GHz. Then, will see what difference the Freezer 7 Pro makes... hopefully it'll be nice and quiet.

I've become a bit of a noise freek since upgrading. The Intel stock HSF is almost silent in my Antec P182 case, which scores very highly on the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) as the PC is in the living room. If OCing it means it's gonna get as noisy as the kit I replaced, then the wife will want it put back to stock speeds :(
 
GarethDW said:
I've become a bit of a noise freek since upgrading. The Intel stock HSF is almost silent in my Antec P182 case, which scores very highly on the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) as the PC is in the living room. If OCing it means it's gonna get as noisy as the kit I replaced, then the wife will want it put back to stock speeds :(
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Tell her that the noise the pc makes is nothing compared to the constant drone of daytime TV, programs like Jeremy Kyle & Trisha damage the ears a lot more the hum of a pc. If the pc needs to be quiet the TV needs to be too ;)
 
GarethDW, get a massive rad and bolt it to the back of the sofa, -heats your sofa up and cools your pc down :)

in my 2nd year of uni, i had about 30 metres of copper piping coiling around under my bed as a fanless rad, looked stupid but my bed was always toasty :)
 
bayo000......One of my biggest worries with building this new pc I'm buying parts for was putting the thermal paste on the chip. Thanks for telling me about the pre-applied paste on the arctic 7, that makes things SO much easier. Putting on the paste wouldn't be that hard, there would just be that voice in the back of my head telling me I'm doing it wrong and my 2200 is going to melt into the motherboard! Pre-applied is brilliant for me!
I had the stock fan fail on my 9800pro graphics card a couple of years ago and had to buy a new fan (from overclockers). It had pre-applied paste and made putting it on such a breeze. Unscrew the old one, wipe off the old paste and screw in the new one. Simple.

Can't believe I haven't read anything about this in any product description. It's a definite plus for some of us more.....unsure builders and overclockers.
 
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