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Sasso

Sasso

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getting a bit confused because reading reviews and listening to my mates im getting completely different answers :P building my self a new pc which will be for gaming (crysis, UT3) and also using autocad and finite element software. now heres the confusing part, origionally i was going to get a E2180 and overclock it to about 3.2GHz (well hopefully), but now the E2200 is out so thinking of getting that instead, but my mates are saying im stupi becasue it only has 1mb of cache, and they are saying i should go for a E6550 beasuse its got the 4mb of cache which is needed for gaming, but dunno if they know what they are talking about or they just assume that bigger is better :D the price of the E2200 really appeals to me cos its nice and cheap and sounds like u can get a lot from it by overclocking, but will it just be bottle necking the 8800gts 512mb? so does the ammount of cache really matter all that much? would it be better by spending the extra on a E6550?
 
Well if you have the money then go for the E6750/6550, if you have a tight budget then ignore your mates the E2000 series are excellent for the money. 3ghz overclock is pretty much a guarantee on these, 3.2 or more is very achievable.
 
Apparently the cache makes very little difference. There was a post on here where one of the members bench tested both versions.
 
SDK^ said:
If you're going to buy a E21xx and overclock it then don't pay the extra for the E2200. Just get a 2160 or 2180 and ramp up the speed :)

but wouldnt it be better because the E2200 has 11x multiplyer so should be easier to get higher clocks whilst keeping the temp lower from the reduced fsb?
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Temps are based on vcore not clock speed...

multipliers therefore make little difference to temps as althought you can run a lower FSB for the same clock you CPU will need a similar amount of vcore for that clock speed...

unlocked multi's in general allow you to clock higher as you arent limited by the FSB of the motherboard, but you are still limted by the temperature based on the vcore that you need for the clock
 
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Sasso said:
but wouldnt it be better because the E2200 has 11x multiplyer so should be easier to get higher clocks whilst keeping the temp lower from the reduced fsb?
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Both the E2160 and E2180 have very usable multipliers, on a modern board I doubt you will hit an fsb wall. The E2180 is on this week only :) for the money you can’t get a better gaming cpu tbh, providing you overclock it that is.
 
anyone know how the E2180/2200 run on crysis and UT3? cos i dont wana buy it and then find its pants running them :P
 
ahhh cool :D thats good to know :) what about with cad drawings and element mesh's? doing engineering and sometime the mesh files get pretty dam big.
 
No way do you need a quad core for casual cad work!
I used to have no problems with high part count 3d models in solidworks and proengineer with my old amd x2 processor. Autocad could run on an old p3.
 
Sasso said:
anyone know how the E2180/2200 run on crysis and UT3? cos i dont wana buy it and then find its pants running them :P
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I only have a 8600GT Graphics cards but UT3, Crysis and Call of Duty run fine at medium settings with my 2140 @ 3.2GHz.
 
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