Upgrade to this CPU or not?

[Terrier_Jimlad]

Hi guys,

I have a decent setup at the moment with this CPU:

But a guy at work is flogging a few of these for £30:

And I was wondering if it would be worth upgrading? I can obviously spot the difference in the clock speed and cache, but was wondering what the major difference between a Pentium Desktop CPU and a Pentium D CPU was?

Would I notice much improvement?

Thanks for your comments!

 

[mame]

Are you joking?

You CPU is the better one despite the clock speed. Also to not overclock your chip is almost crminial! It will easily do 3.0ghz

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

No I wasn't joking, i'm a bit out of date with the CPU's to be honest

I have the E2160 in at the moment, which is the 1.8Ghz, but in a week or so I will be getting a new batch of machines @ work, so will swap out the E2160 for a E2180 which I think come at 2.0Ghz

Any decent OC'n utils for a Dell? Also, the CPU at idle is running about 31º and about 42º after a blast on a quick game ... what's the max temp this kind of CPU should be reaching?

 

[mame]

I'm not sure about overclocking a Dell, you would have to look what bios settings you have. Your CPU may only be 1.8ghz but it does a lot more per MHz than the pentium D. The pentium D isn't a true dual-core, It's 2 P4's running together inefficiently.

Although if your dell won't overclock, there might not be a huge difference between the 2.

 

[hp7909]

The E2160 is based on the newer & better Core 2 Duo architecture. Read more about it here.

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

What about the max temp if I try to overclock the E2160?

Might just wait for the E2180's to come in then, and change it for a 2.0Ghz ...

Thanks fellas

 

[mame]

First, try to find out if you will be able to overclock using your motherboard. If you can, OC the e2160. Not much point installing the e2180 really. If you can't overclock, check what CPUs your motherboard can take and consider buying something like this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail