cheapest boost upgrading from Celeron?

[Sniper82]

Board supports 775 1333mhz(FSB) so I can put about anything in it. Currently have a 2.6 celeron and want to go dual core. Whats the best budget dual core?

 

[sutahz]

Overclocking or not?
What RAM do you have?
Any specific reason for the upgrade?

 

[RussianSensation]

E4xxx series.

 

[JWade]

in one system I have i went from a celeron 420 to an e2160 it was a noticeable difference.. If you arent overclocking, i would have to say for the most part any c2d will be a performance increase for you, better thing to post is how much are you wanting to spend?

 

[boomhower]

Another vote for the 2160, can't be beat for bang for the buck ratio.

 

[Tempered81]

2160 4300 8400 6750 q6600

all those are nice. they all are priced well and overclock great

 

[daveybrat]

My personal favorite:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819116052

The Intel E2180 2.0GHz Core2Duo is a great processor for $88 and free shipping. I just built my brother's computer using it and it's very fast even at stock speeds! And it's very overclockable from what i hear, although i don't overclock myself

 

[Sniper82]

would the 2160/2180 be good for gaming? I was looking to spend around $100-120. The board the CPU is going in I don't think overclocks well. It might allow me to up the FSB but thats about it. If the CPU could do that at default voltage then I might be able to.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Sniper82
would the 2160/2180 be good for gaming? I was looking to spend around $100-120.

The 1MB cache models really fall behind the 2MB and 4MB models, at least in gaming. You'd probably be better off spending $125 on an E4500.