Fry's combo Core 2 Duo E4500 $118.99, Allendale core??

[AMDBOY]

A small O/C article in Maximum PC stated the Core 2 Duo E4500 with the Allendale core at 2.20GHz may be able to do a 50% O/C. That sounds pretty good, right?

Are they all the same stepping? (Allendale)? iF you buy this Fry's combo, will you likely get an Allendale (as opposed to a Clydesdale, jus kidding). If it will do a 50% O/C for $120 I'd be very happy. Any thoughts? Tia.:shocked:

 

[angry hampster]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2099932&enterthread=y


The Egg's got the same thing, and it's got free shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115031

 

[AMDBOY]

angry hampster,

Cool! Thanks for the link.

 

[angry hampster]

Originally posted by: AMDBOY
angry hampster,

Cool! Thanks for the link.

NP

I'm in the market for a new CPU at the moment as well, so I've been surfing and searching for the past couple hours. I may actually be getting a 2160 and overclocking it to 3GHz+ instead of sprining for a 4xxx.

 

[zach0624]

my chip got 3.3ghz easy on a 680i which overclocks pretty well but not as well as a p35. If you game this is a great chip because games are very cache dependent in cpu performance. You should get that deal from fry's sell the mobo and get a abit ip35-e(not v), serpent royal can tell you why, there is a great thread on it in the mobo forum, or gigabyte ds3l and overclock the shit out of it. You probably can get 3.5ghz out of it. If you don't game get a 2160 or 2180(maybe 2200 if your ram sucks) and all should hit 3.2ghz for 70-80 bucks

 

[coldpower27]

Originally posted by: AMDBOY
A small O/C article in Maximum PC stated the Core 2 Duo E4500 with the Allendale core at 2.20GHz may be able to do a 50% O/C. That sounds pretty good, right?

Are they all the same stepping? (Allendale)? iF you buy this Fry's combo, will you likely get an Allendale (as opposed to a Clydesdale, jus kidding). If it will do a 50% O/C for $120 I'd be very happy. Any thoughts? Tia.:shocked:

E4500's only come in M0 Stepping Allendale cores. So yes no disabled anything.

 

[SorryImLate]

Can you post a link for the frys deal? Search websit but didnt see it. thanks

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: AMDBOY
If it will do a 50% O/C for $120 I'd be very happy.

It won't do anywhere near a 50% OC, it's an ECS motherboard with a Via chipset. You'd need a P35 chipset motherboard to get over 3 Ghz, although people were having success with 965P boards and 650i/680i boards, as long as they did the BSEL mod, IIRC.

Originally posted by: SorryImLate
Can you post a link for the frys deal? Search websit but didnt see it. thanks

That's because it's in-store only, as far as I know.

 

[MooMooCow]

Originally posted by: SorryImLate
Can you post a link for the frys deal? Search websit but didnt see it. thanks

Combo deals are generally in store only for Fry's

here is the link for the add though

http://newspaperads.mercurynew...3&subid=19373844&type=

 

[Comdrpopnfresh]

Originally posted by: AMDBOY
A small O/C article in Maximum PC stated the Core 2 Duo E4500 with the Allendale core at 2.20GHz may be able to do a 50% O/C. That sounds pretty good, right?

Are they all the same stepping? (Allendale)? iF you buy this Fry's combo, will you likely get an Allendale (as opposed to a Clydesdale, jus kidding). If it will do a 50% O/C for $120 I'd be very happy. Any thoughts? Tia.:shocked:

The E2180 I used in a recent build did 50% easy. 1.396V, DDR2-1200. It could post at 3.45ghz. With stock cooling. The build didn't dictate a 3rd party hsf. It couldn't take the heat (1.48V, max by intel is 1.5). Allendale core- although the E4xx has how much cache?

 

[Tempered81]

my 4300 will do a 90% oc

some will do 100%

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: zach0624
If you don't game get a 2160 or 2180(maybe 2200 if your ram sucks) and all should hit 3.2ghz for 70-80 bucks

You might want an E2200 just for the OC headroom. A friend of mine got his to 3.4Ghz. My E2140s only get to 3.2Ghz. Then again, I have better memory bandwidth at 8 x 400, rather than 10 x 340.

 

[AMDBOY]

Thanks to all for your input. I game, but I'm want a lot for a great price. This will work for me for now.Thanks, man.