E2xxx temps and power

[perdomot]

Curious how this chip stacks up to the E4xxx series because I might make a small pc and am wondering which chip to select.

 

[Accord99]

A few watts less power usage under load. Both series have impressive performance/watt.

http://www.digit-life.com/arti...-e2140-2160-page3.html
http://www.matbe.com/articles/...m-et-celeron/page5.php

 

[perdomot]

Thanks for the info. Looks like there's no advantage for me in getting a 2160 chip instead of my current e4400. Didn't see any info on temps. Any articles cover this aspect?

 

[JackMDS]

The E2160 is $74, and the newer E2180 is $84 they produce less heat than the e4400.

I do not know what you want to do with this computer but in most cases, a user would not really see a difference between E4400 and E2180.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuch...ts/showdoc.aspx?i=3112

The page was written before the E2180 came out so but you can extrapolate from the E2160 to the E2180.

 

[perdomot]

Thanks, missed the article before somehow. Don't see a section mentioning temps so are you estimating the less heat idea based on about 1 watt of difference in power?

 

[JackMDS]

The Data Sheet of the CPU states the Max temperature allowed.

The actual temperature that you get is a matter of the CPU Wattage and variable that are specific to your system.

I.e. HSF, Air Flow in the case environment temperature etc.

 

[hokiealumnus]

Can't verify this b/c I don't have an E2160 to compare it to, but I've heard mention that the E4xxx larger L2 cache (2M) adds to its overall temperature as opposed to the E2xxx L2 Cache (1M). That said, I've gotten my E4400 to 3.0GHz with only one bump in Vcore (from 1.325 to 1.345), completely Orthos stable (blend, large & small tests) with the stock cooler and it gets ~72c with Orthos.

I have had it to 3.33GHz but I had to use 1.465Vcore and couldn't test for stability because I'm still on the stock cooler. Just did it to see if it would do it and it booted just fine. Haven't tried higher yet. My Tt Big Typhoon is arriving tomorrow, so we'll see what this CPU will really do then.

To see my (and many others') results with these two series of processors, check out this thread: E2xxx and E4xxx overclock thread. Some very impressive results with CPUs from both series.