Upgrade to my E2160

[NozzaC]

My 2160 is running at 2.8Ghx on my Gigabyte P35 D3SL board. I'm wondering about a good value-for-money upgrade chip. Could you kindly offer some suggestions? Someone suggested an E5200 - would that offer noticeable improvement in speed?

Thanks

 

[Robzere31]

The E5200 isn't much if any of an upgrade.
What sort of budget are you looking at?

 

[NozzaC]

Dunno really but less than £100 for sure.

 

[Robzere31]

Second hand E8400? They seem to go for around £85ish on a well known auction site.

I had one last year, ran @ 4.2GHZ 24/7 for a year or so till I sold it for £110.
You could sell your E2160 for say £30, to re-coup some of the cost.

 

[cpatain-chaos]

Pre owned Q6600 expect around 3.0-3.6ghz with a decent cooler. sell the 2160 around £25 a Q6 should then cost around £80 ish

job done

 

[pastymuncher]

Have a look at my review here for E2000/4000/5000/6000/8000 series Intel dual core comparisons. All were tested with identical components at various clock speeds so you will be able to see what you could gain.

 

[bliss]

Have a look at my review here for E2000/4000/5000/6000/8000 series Intel dual core comparisons. All were tested with identical components at various clock speeds so you will be able to see what you could gain.

Got a link to that? Can't seem to find it.

 

[Hesky82]

The latest e5200 are R0 stepping and overclock like the clappers!!
I recently picked up one for £40 from a competitor and its a right little beast!

I'm only running it on a tiny Zotac 9300 micro ITX board and stock Intel cooler, yet it still had no problems hitting 4GHz at near as damn it default voltage

I'm yet to tweak the ram but it is into the 13 second range for 1m PI runs! that's just a small indication of what this ridiculously cheap processor is capable of even on my humble media PC setup.

If your looking for a decent boost in gaming performance over your e2160 or want vista to feel more snappy and improve light media encoding I cant rate the E5200 enough for the price!

It does 95% of what my overclocked Q6600 can do.

 

[El Jimben]

Second hand E8400? They seem to go for around £85ish on a well known auction site.

I had one last year, ran @ 4.2GHZ 24/7 for a year or so till I sold it for £110.
You could sell your E2160 for say £30, to re-coup some of the cost.

This.

 

[pastymuncher]

Got a link to that? Can't seem to find it.

Bugger!! Sorry, forgot to add the link. Here it is.

 

[easyrider]

Pre owned Q6600 expect around 3.0-3.6ghz with a decent cooler. sell the 2160 around £25 a Q6 should then cost around £80 ish

job done

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