Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > CPUs > E2140 vs E2160 vs E2180

E2140 vs E2160 vs E2180

Forum CPU & Components : CPUs - E2140 vs E2160 vs E2180

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
Seanydude678   02-23-2008 at 09:18:16 PM

Hi, I'm currently wanting to get a tad bit more juice out of my system before i have to make the leap to pci x 16. I have looked at these three processors listed above, and they are all in the $70-$80 range. My question is which one is better for overclocking, and which one will give me enough boost to get me through to my future upgrades?
My system currently contains the following

450w psu
celeron d @ 2.8
X1650 Pro 512 DDR3 (AGP)
1.5g DDR400 RAM

Thanks :)


Message edited by Seanydude678 on 02-23-2008 at 11:08:46 PM
Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
dochodochodocho   02-23-2008 at 09:32:15 PM
- 0 +

Е2160 is a good choice. It has 9 multiplier and can be easily set to the highest stable frequencies of 3.4 ( of course voltage and cooling), motherboard is not so important at this case.
Be aware you get newest M0 revision,which is easily to clock.

Reply to dochodochodocho
Silverion77   02-23-2008 at 09:47:48 PM
- 0 +

E2140 = 8x
E2160 = 9x
E2180 = 10x

Personally I would get the E2160. They seem to overclock better than the E2180 (others will disagree) but with a 10x multiplier I have a problem getting past a FSB of 300

------------------------------ Antec 1200|Antec Signature 850w|Asus Maximus II Formula|Q9650|4GB Dominator 1066|EVGA 9800GX2
 Reply to Silverion77
Shadow703793   02-23-2008 at 10:14:38 PM
- 0 +

^Agreed. There are some FSB limits on the E2180. I have maxed out at 330. But the 10x multi means you can hit 2.7-3.0Ghz easily.

Message quoted 1 times
------------------------------ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2617/3815217176_0a5be7955d_o.gif
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3818083596_1a772f7162_o.gif
 Reply to Shadow703793
Anonymous   04-07-2008 at 12:44:54 PM
- 0 +

Shadow703793 wrote :

^Agreed. There are some FSB limits on the E2180. I have maxed out at 330. But the 10x multi means you can hit 2.7-3.0Ghz easily.



which is your core revision , is M0 ?

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to Anonymous
boonality   04-07-2008 at 01:11:27 PM
- 0 +

It all depends on whether or not you plan to overclock and how much experience you have. Everyone has automatically assumed that you will overclock. If you have little or not intention on overclocking or just want to tinker a tiny bit without going for big big gains, you are better off with the E2180.

------------------------------ Exchange Engineer - Why is it that when DNS goes down everyone thinks it's my exchange server?

Oh ya, email is the heart of work.
 Reply to boonality
boonality   04-07-2008 at 01:20:17 PM
- 0 +

Edit, just re-read your post... I swear my brain didn't read your post correctly or something. So nevermind as you plan to overclock.

------------------------------ Exchange Engineer - Why is it that when DNS goes down everyone thinks it's my exchange server?

Oh ya, email is the heart of work.
 Reply to boonality
benrr   04-07-2008 at 02:18:14 PM
- 0 +

2140 works perfect for me at 3.2ghz and never hits 55 deg c under full load .For the price is hard to beat but then again you never know if your getting a better one or a lemon (2.7ghz lol). I have seen some e2180's not even hit 3.2..

Reply to benrr
cah027   04-07-2008 at 03:36:06 PM
- 0 +

I am thinking about getting one of these with MB and Ram as a hold me over until Nahelem is available at an affordable price. Right now I have an old 2400+ .

Does anyone know of a good cheap combo MB and cpu that has an agp port? This way all I would need to buy with it would be ram and keep my X1650Pro agp card ?

Reply to cah027
cah027   04-07-2008 at 04:03:03 PM
- 0 +

http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ [...] 20231098|1


For those of you interested in doing the same thing, I found a few things on Egg. Just wonder if I will be able to OC at all with that MB ?

Reply to cah027
roadrunner197069   04-07-2008 at 04:20:11 PM
- 0 +

As far as the 10x vs the 8x if your 2180 cant do 300x10 you can change the multi to 8. My 3180 runs 3.33 on stock cooling it will go up to 3.5 but it gets HOT HOT HOT.

Reply to roadrunner197069
husky mctarflash   04-07-2008 at 04:25:07 PM
- 0 +

Hi cah027:

Pass on that board. The first review on NewEgg says you cannot change voltage. You will need to up the voltage if you want to OC those chips. And the whole point about the e2000 series is that you have to OC them if you are a gamer. Try this one instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128084
There are some references to OC'ing the 2160.

Plus, get away from that AGP card. Sell yours, get about $50 for it, and buy this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814261002

At $109 after rebate, this 9600GT is perhaps the best deal I have ever seen. It will do wonders for your system. You are "bottlenecking" yourself by holding on to the 1650 and AGP ;)

I have my e2180 at 3.2 GHz (8 x 400 mhz) and it is rock solid on my P35-based board. I went from a similar AMD/ATI system (x2 4200, 850Pro), and it is a night and day difference. You will be ecstatic with the results--but I urge you to go the distance otherwise you will regret it!

Message quoted 1 times
------------------------------ e8400 at 3.85 GHz with Xigmatek 120mm Rifle | MSI P35 Neo2 FR | HIS HD3870 ICEQ3 | 4 GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800| 250 GB WD Caviar | 600 Watt OCZ StealthExtreme | Antec 900 | XP SP3
 Reply to husky mctarflash
Shadow703793   04-07-2008 at 04:50:34 PM
- 0 +

^ Agreed.

Anonymous wrote :

which is your core revision , is M0 ?



Yes. I have the M0.
http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/screenshot/314696.png
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=314696

------------------------------ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2617/3815217176_0a5be7955d_o.gif
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3818083596_1a772f7162_o.gif
 Reply to Shadow703793
roadrunner197069   04-07-2008 at 07:35:30 PM
- 0 +

I have the Mo as well. I can get stable at 1333FSB but any higher it causes trouble. By board is supposed to support 1600FSB but this chip I have seems to have a 1333 FSB limit.

Reply to roadrunner197069
joefriday   04-07-2008 at 08:49:35 PM
- 0 +

husky mctarflash wrote :

Hi cah027:

Pass on that board. The first review on NewEgg says you cannot change voltage. You will need to up the voltage if you want to OC those chips. And the whole point about the e2000 series is that you have to OC them if you are a gamer. Try this one instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128084
There are some references to OC'ing the 2160.

Plus, get away from that AGP card. Sell yours, get about $50 for it, and buy this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814261002

At $109 after rebate, this 9600GT is perhaps the best deal I have ever seen. It will do wonders for your system. You are "bottlenecking" yourself by holding on to the 1650 and AGP ;)

I have my e2180 at 3.2 GHz (8 x 400 mhz) and it is rock solid on my P35-based board. I went from a similar AMD/ATI system (x2 4200, 850Pro), and it is a night and day difference. You will be ecstatic with the results--but I urge you to go the distance otherwise you will regret it!



If the guy wants to hold onto his AGP, that's the best board out there. It will overclock the CPU to 300 fsb for sure, but the board maxes out around 330 tops. Voltage can be upped through pin mods. Depending on the CPU purchased, voltage may not have to be increased at all. A 2140 or 2160 at 300 fsb is only 2.4 GHz and 2.7 GHz respectively. Both of those speeds should be easily achievable without any need for increasing vcore.

Reply to joefriday
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > CPUs > E2140 vs E2160 vs E2180
Go to:

There are 1098 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.309 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?