Intel Pentium E2160 and Pentium E2140

Sidney · 31st May 2007, 14:52

Intel Company started shipping new dual-core processors on Core micro-architecture. One of their major advantages is very low price of only $90. But are these intriguing newcomers as attractive as their counterparts from Core 2 Duo family? We are going to answer this question with our extensive performance and overclocking tests!

http://xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/dis...ium-e2160.html

jmke · 1st June 2007, 00:02

Time to buy one E2160

Sidney · 1st June 2007, 06:04

evga 650i board ~$100
DDR2 667 2 x 1 GB ~$70
E2160 ~$90

Nice upgrade from X2

My laptop using the cheapo 2060T @1.6 Gz 1 mb cache scores 4.5 CPU, 4.3 memory in Vista; wish I could oc it.

1st June 2007, 08:34

It would have been nice if he'd also compared thermal output between the AMD's & Intel's. I'm considering both for HTPC use.

jmke · 1st June 2007, 11:08

at stock speeds, they'll be easily kept cool with a larger passive, or smaller slow fanned heatsink

1st June 2007, 11:16

Damn. Just when I thought I'd narrowed down to a 690G MB and low power AM2 x2...

Sidney · 1st June 2007, 18:05

DDR2 price at retail is rising fast ...... get them while a few "sales" are still available.

31st May 2007, 14:52	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Intel Pentium E2160 and Pentium E2140 Intel Company started shipping new dual-core processors on Core micro-architecture. One of their major advantages is very low price of only $90. But are these intriguing newcomers as attractive as their counterparts from Core 2 Duo family? We are going to answer this question with our extensive performance and overclocking tests! http://xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/dis...ium-e2160.html __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

1st June 2007, 00:02	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Time to buy one E2160 __________________

1st June 2007, 06:04	#3
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	evga 650i board ~$100 DDR2 667 2 x 1 GB ~$70 E2160 ~$90 Nice upgrade from X2 My laptop using the cheapo 2060T @1.6 Gz 1 mb cache scores 4.5 CPU, 4.3 memory in Vista; wish I could oc it. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

1st June 2007, 11:08	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	at stock speeds, they'll be easily kept cool with a larger passive, or smaller slow fanned heatsink __________________

1st June 2007, 18:05	#7
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	DDR2 price at retail is rising fast ...... get them while a few "sales" are still available. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

1st June 2007, 08:34	#4
FireTech Posts: n/a	It would have been nice if he'd also compared thermal output between the AMD's & Intel's. I'm considering both for HTPC use.

1st June 2007, 11:16	#6
FireTech Posts: n/a	Damn. Just when I thought I'd narrowed down to a 690G MB and low power AM2 x2...

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