E2180 2GHz DUAL CORE BETTER THAN A P4 3.4GHz HT?

[Guest]

I WAS WONDERING IF THE E2180 2.0GHz IS BETTER THAN THE PENTIUM 4 3.4GHz HYPER THREADING?

 

[Guest]

HI ZIPZOOM, THANKS FOR THE REPLY.

ITS A P4 SINGLE CORE, OVERCLOCKABLE TO 3.7 BUT RUNS SILLY HOT. I KNOW THE E2180 IS A BUDGET CPU BUT THE MOTHERBOARD IM GETTING WITH IT CAN SUPPORT THE QUADS AND CORE 2 EXTREME SO I WILL BE UPGRADING IN A FEW MONTHS.

WHICH CPU WOULD YOU RECOMMEND ON A BUDGET?
WHICH CPU WOULD YOU RECOMEND ON A BUDGET?

 

[Guest]

^^ SORRY FOR THE DOUBLE QUESTION ON THE END, NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.LOL

 

[Emperus]

What is the make and model number of your motherboard..??

 

[Guest]

the p4? im using an abit uguru an7

 

[Emperus]

Strange but a quick search on google shows your motherboard to support AMD CPU's..

http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=AN7&fMTYPE=Socket%20A

http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1283_2.html

 

[Guest]

your right lol, that was my last board. the one im using at the moment ....

Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 02/02/2005-865PE-ICH5-6A79AE19C-00
Motherboard Name ECS 848P-A (Deluxe) / 848P-M Deluxe / 865G-M (Deluxe) / PF1 / PF2

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel NetBurst
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 800 MHz
Bandwidth 6400 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth 3200 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel Hub Interface
Bus Width 8-bit
Real Clock 67 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 267 MHz
Bandwidth 267 MB/s

Motherboard Manufacturer
Company Name Elitegroup Computer Systems
Product Information http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/pd_list.asp?submenu_id=4&function_id=1
BIOS Download http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/dw_list.asp?submenu_id=23&function_id=1

 

[Guest]

and cpu...not clocked

CPU Properties
CPU Type Unknown, 3400 MHz (4.25 x 800)
Original Clock 3400 MHz
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 16 KB
L2 Cache 2 MB (On-Die, ATC, Full-Speed)

Multi CPU
Motherboard ID OEM00000 PROD00000000
CPU #0 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz, 3392 MHz
CPU #1 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz, 3392 MHz

CPU Utilization
CPU #1 3 %
CPU #2 8 %

 

[Guest]

just noticed it says cpu#1 & cpu #2?? is it a dual core???

 

[Emperus]

just noticed it says cpu#1 & cpu #2?? is it a dual core???

Must be hyper threading in action..

 

[Guest]

oh, so hyper threading causes it to show 2 logical cores? but really there is only 1?

 

[Emperus]

oh, so hyper threading causes it to show 2 logical cores? but really there is only 1?

Something like that.. The fastest intel dual core is the E8600 clocked at 3.33 GHz..

 

[yannifb]

Remember that your motherboard probably doesnt support 45nm LGA 775 chips, so forget the 8xxx and 9xxx core2duos and quads. the 6xxx series is what you should be able to get.

Also, did you forget caps lock was on for a bit?

 

[Guest]

i did indeed lol. im not planning on using this board for the dual core. i was just wondering if the e2180 2gz was much faster than my current cpu.

most games if not all these days require dual core as min requirements. i know the e2180 chips are entry level but i will upgrade to a better chip once i have more funds.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

Yes, a 2GHz 65nm C2D is much faster than Pentium4.

 

[FunSurfer]

The E2180 is about twice as fast as the P4 3.4GHz. The E2180 gets 1125 on Passmark and the P4 3.4GHz gets only 544. Look here: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php to choose the best bang for the buck for your PC.

 

[gamerk316]

775 is good if he already has the mobo; given the speculation about Sandy Bridge and future compatability, I'm not too keen on i5/i7 right now...

 

[Guest]

i was thinking about getting this mobo ECS / P965T-A and the E2180 2GHz that actually comes with it in the sale. im not paying much for it to be honest.£50 max

 

[Guest]

Best answer selected by MARK-GHz.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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