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Core-based Pentiums excellent oc'ers?

dug777

dug777

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I recall reading something very complimentary about them a while back, is this the case?

If I wanted a cheap oc'ing monster, what mobo is currently flavour of the month?

Cheers folks :beer:
 
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: SpeedEng66
are you trying to ask about
pentium dual core? or pentium-m?

most ppl are using p35 chipset mb's
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Desktop core based arch 🙂
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just making sure

well I just purchased and built a e2160 (1.8ghz) and it easily oced to the max (max limited by my mb) to 333 = 3ghz on stock voltage so yea they are pretty easy oc 🙂
on a budget board (p55 7050 pcchips mb) and cheap ram (super talent sst800 1x2gb stick)

 
See my #1 system in my sig.

The Dual core pentiums (E2xxx series) are overclocking champs.
 
abit IP35-e is probably the cheapest overclocker-friendly board out there (~$65 after MIR at newegg). Pair that up with an e2180 from ClubIT for $75 and some cheap DDR2-800 memory (2x1GB for ~$30 after MIR) and you are set.
 
the ip35-e deal on newegg is $97 but has a $30 rebate to get it to $67. The rebate ends today. I've seen good rebates on them before, but that is a pretty aggressive price for that mobo imho.
 
hi peeps, i have a pentium duel-core e2180, lga775 pkg in an asrock dual series 4coredual-sata2/a/asr motherboard running 1 gb of ram, but am a complete noob when it comes to overclocking any advice on the bios setup cheers
 
Originally posted by: dug777
Thanks folks.

One more thing, how does a e2180 at say 3.2Ghz compare to the stock intel range?
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Performance should be somewhere between a stock E6750 and E6850, or roughly E8200 levels if compared to the 45nm C2Ds.
 
These chips are the first CPUs that gave me 100%+ overclock for me. I sell CPUs after I upgrade to something else, but these (an E2140 and an E2160) are staying with me as memorables. 😀
 
what are the architectural differences between these "pentium-based" core chips and the other core 2 duo chips?

how are they related to the pentium chips (if they are?)
 
Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
what are the architectural differences between these "pentium-based" core chips and the other core 2 duo chips?
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There's zero difference, except for the 21x0's having ¼ the L2 cache. Oh, and they (along with the 4x00's) are much slower when running a virtual machine, compared to the more expensive chips.
 
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