Best Overclock CPU For The Price

I have been trying to search for current processors and what users have achieved as far as gains. Basically I was wondering what CPU has the best bang for the buck as far as safe overclocking speeds without watercooling or some other over the top cooling system. Building a second setup and wanted to start off on the right foot.

This is my first post and I wanted to get a thread that a lot of people could talk about so I left it pretty open-ended.

I am by no means an expert but my bet would be the E6750. I am reading more and more about the high OC's with this processor on air. The lower power consumption combined with higher FSB capacity make for a damn fine CPU.

Undoubtedly E21 family, personally I'd say E2140 as I have achieved a 3.00GHZ stable OC with it. Thats 100% !!! I've read of people getting it to 3.2GHz but haven't had the nerves to push it that far yet.

It goes to 2.67GHz easily with stock cooling, price performance ratio on this baby is just ridiculous.

EDIT: I just came across this post. Have a look.

Wait are you getting the PD 805..........not a great choice IMO

With the same clock it will not run nearly as fast as the C2D and new E21xx.

I got the E2180

Not getting anything yet, just trying to get as much information as possible before purchasing anything. If I do get anything other than the E2180 I would probably get flamed huh?

And I was wondering, why would the PD805 not run as fast as the Core 2 Duo or the E21 family of processors? I ask this question knowing if I think about it some more the answer would be pretty clear...

... but I am at work and they don't pay me to think about building my dream computer.

@ itotallybelieveyou

The Pentium D 805 is dual core......

But, anyways......the C2Ds and E21xx run on a different architecture than the Pentium Ds.

At the same clocks the C2Ds and E21xx (also C2D architecture) will run faster than the 805. Sort of how the Penryns will be faster than the C2D at the same clock.

And theres also less power consumption etc.

Who cares its $90..........Ive seen so many ppl do it though so it seems consistent and safe

Ive also seen clocks to 3.6 with a thermalright 120 cooler

I'm not really sure (ppl haven't done it long enough to really kno) on the lifespan

I'm overclocking mine......(stock HSF for now)

Other choices are the E4xxx and the regular E6xxx
ppl seem very happy with the E6550 also

For now I'm using stock until I get a little $$$$

I'm not going to go crazy......just the best I can get with a good stress test

hehe, thats what everybody says until they get addicted. It's like driving a fast car.. just a little more speed...

Anyway, good luck with it and let us know how it turns out.

The E6750 has a 4mb L2 cache where as the E2180 only has 1mb. So the E6750 would always be superior to the E2180, but when it comes to price/performance ratio I doubt the E6750 can beat the E2180. Haven't been lucky enough to have my hands on the E6750 though, I guess it comes down to what you will be needing it for, if it's primarily for gaming and other graphic intensive tasks then the E6750 may very well be the best choice.

My personal fav is the E4600 actually.

Stock is 2.4 ghz (12 x 200)

I bought a couple sticks of Ballistics PC8500 (DDR1066) run the E4600 at a 1066 FSB brings it to 3.2 ghz, with everything except the CPU at dead stock speeds. If I tweek the voltage just a bit on the memory it will do 4-4-4-12 even at 533/1066 mhz.

I've tried this with three different E4600s... one runs 3.2 at stock voltage, the other two require just and extra .15 or so.. still pretty safe.

I am using a Nasnua cooler, really quiet unit.. no problems.. a really easy overclock.

I have E4300 running at 3GHZ with a sligh UNDERvoltage. It is perfectly stable and 6 months old now.

actually i just got a q6600 from a friend of mine...

... sold it to me for like $150...

... too tempting.

if i still had to choose though i would probably get the e2180 just to hold me out until prices dropped or something new comes out.

Lol nice. I'm thinking of selling my Blood Iron, Memory, and Q6600 for $250 or so to a buddy when I get my X38 and Penryn.

I was wondering, is there any difference between overclocking the E2140 vs E2180 (ie. one overclocks better then the other)?

I have a 2180 with a Tuniq running 3.1 in the 52c-54c range.

I absolutely LOVE my e2160. im not much of an OC guy, but there was really nothing to it! i went a little overkill getting a $200 asus board, patrior Viper ram, lol and 4 vantec tornados, that it totally defeated the purpose of a cheep fast computer. but it was totally worth it! i also have a 6750 that i never OCed and its been great to me the way it is.if the e2180 is like my e2160 all i did was set my fsb to 1333 and messed with the memory ratios a bit. i didnt mess with anything else. the one thing i did notice is that the thing didnt really get hot so i took out the tornados (them dam* things are LOUD lol).

i agree with everyone here about the 2180. But beware, this chip will make u want to push everything u got, and it normally isnt this easy. I was told to get the 2160 cause it clocked just as good and was cheaper, but i didnt do a lot of research. i got my 2160 to 3.2 and thats where its at right now, i dont think u can reach a 1600 fsb with this chip but i hope people try

e5200 can get to 4.0GHz! 12.5x multi, 45nm, 200fsb stock! AWESOME overclocking potential at the cheap price (@ newegg...) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116072

add a Arctic cooling freezer 7 pro for like $27 and ya good to go!

btw not all people can get to 4.0ghz, some people get good chips and get there easily, some dont get there at all. i'm getting one for my next rig next month and i will update with results!

Don't put up the voltage to high or you will burn out the cpu and then you will have to buy a new one!

What was the Stepping Code of the one that made it to 4.0GHz do you know?

Thanks,

Plague_spores

By far the best bang for buck is a sandy bridge overclock. 32nm processor sub 200 up to 5ghz no question no comp.