E2160 question

[Seanydude678]

I'm planning on upgrading from a Celeron D (2.8ghz) to an E2160 sometime in the near future, what i want to know is if will see a huge increase in performance, or just a decent amount.

System specs:

Celeron d @ 2.8
1.5g DDR400 RAM
AGP X1650 Turbo Edition


I do plan on overclocking, so you can take that into account

 

[Hellboy]

I'm planning on upgrading from a Celeron D (2.8ghz) to an E2160 sometime in the near future, what i want to know is if will see a huge increase in performance, or just a decent amount.

System specs:

Celeron d @ 2.8
1.5g DDR400 RAM
AGP X1650 Turbo Edition


I do plan on overclocking, so you can take that into account

Bearing in mind the E2160 is faster than any Pentium 4 and even the higher MHz ones then you will see an improvement.

You should see a double fold performance, if not more.....

I would recommend going for a E6400 series if your budget can stretch that far then you will see a massive leap.....

Failing that for a little more a E2180 is worth the purchase..

Get at least 2GB of ram as XP flies with 2GB

 

[bob8701]

you can't use the old ddr memory and the AGP video card any more. so you will buld everything from ground up. you will see the huge difference.

 

[Xpyrofuryx]

You will see a very big increase in performance, especially if you overclock. But I see your running on an old motherboard that wont support the E2160 (DDR, AGP) You will need to get a new motherboard, so Not only will that CPU be about 2 to 3 times faster, but the RAM will be significantly faster (DDR to DDR2) and the GPU will also increase quite a bit (AGP to PCI-E)

 

[redzoneos]

I just received my E2160 and now am a bit wary... How much does the cpu stepping matter? There are 2 versions for the E2160 (L2, and M0)... what are the differences, and which one is better? I've heard the L2 version, the type I received does not OC nearly as well as the M0 versions (requiring more voltages at lower speeds...) Is this true? Please respond soon, I need to return/exchange it if there is a difference, because the only reason I bought this processor is to OC the hell out of it!!!!!

Thanks!