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Intel E5200 Budget 45nm CPU Review

@ 2008/08/21

No text, all benches. Straight to the point:

Comment from Justchill @ 2008/08/27

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

I would say that's quite low given the Mhz increase and possible vcore

best to actually measure at the wall outlet the total usage before/after the upgrade to get the real number

30W ; quite low ? really do you mean that?

My guess is that CPU runs idle 25W... load 50W..
I don't know, 30W seems alot for that overclock...

@piotke: let us know how well it overclocks!

E5200: 67€ http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/...02m-intel.html

E7200: about 90€ http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/...200-intel.html

Comment from piotke @ 2008/08/27

P5E3 deluxe.

Awaiting X48 from Asus for the moment.
http://alternate.be/html/productDeta...l?artno=GPEAA3

Comment from jmke @ 2008/08/27

what motherboard will you use?

Comment from piotke @ 2008/08/27

Just bought one

Comment from jmke @ 2008/08/27

soon in .BE I think, already available in .DE
http://www.hpm-computer.de/product_i...5200-tray.html

€75

more: http://www.google.de/products?q=Inte...chen&show=d d

Comment from piotke @ 2008/08/27

Anybody knows where to find the E5200 in Belgium ?

Comment from jmke @ 2008/08/27

I would say that's quite low given the Mhz increase and possible vcore

best to actually measure at the wall outlet the total usage before/after the upgrade to get the real number

Comment from Justchill @ 2008/08/27

Okay sweet... until then, it's waiting till starcraft2 and diablo3 come out...

Q: However a 30Watt increase for 1.5Ghz overclock; is that normal?

Comment from jmke @ 2008/08/27

E7200 @ 3.6Ghz will be plenty fast

Comment from Justchill @ 2008/08/27

E7200 @3.6 Ghz it will probably be; or should I go for a E8400 ?

Comment from jmke @ 2008/08/22

I'm basing this on test data with the old E6000 series; and it's only 2mb vs 4mb, best case scenario.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=2795&p=4

if this holds true for 45nm based C2D then I would go for 4Mb L2 CPU. The step from E2160 to E5200 in your case would not amount to much, unless you can squeeze an extra 400-500Mhz out of this CPU, but gunning for 3600-3700Mhz is a bit wishful thinking... who knows

Comment from Justchill @ 2008/08/22

10% performance; that's quite a lot, don't you think?
So a E7200 would be a better choice, if you want to play games?

Comment from jmke @ 2008/08/22

10% in games between 4 & 2mb cache, 4<>6mb difference is smaller

Comment from Justchill @ 2008/08/22

What do you guys think about this CPU?

I'm interested in buying it as it has a high multiplier and will be very good overclockable. I now have the E2140, overclocked to 3.2 Ghz (100% OC), and it's a very good CPU I think for desktop apps. Also very cheap (40 €)
I think the E5200 will be quite cheap also!

However a 30Watt increase for 1.5Ghz overclock; is that normal?

Would this be a good gaming processor compared to the E8400 eg.?
What is the influence of much cache memory for games?

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