How long will a C2D E4500 or Pentium Dual Core E2200 last?

[Fardor]

How long would an Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 Allendale 2.2GHz 2M shared L2 Cache

Same question for an Intel Pentium E2200 Allendale 2.2GHz 1MB L2 Cache

Do you think it would be a bad idea to get one right now? I'd like it to last around 2 years (or more).

 

[DSF]

What are you doing with it?

Generally speaking, yes, it will last two years easily.

My E4500 overclocked to 2.93GHz without any trouble. I was even able to lower the Vcore and keep it stable at that speed.

 

[jdkick]

I have an E2200 still in the box on my desk right now... should find it's way into an ASUS P5K-E before the night is out. Even with the lower cache, a 2.2GHz dual-core CPU should be around for a while to come. Once my new machine is up an running, my next upgrade will probably be the GPU... not the CPU.

 

[Fardor]

Which one should I get? I want to save money. If the difference isn't huge I'd get the E2200.

 

[DSF]

Are you planning to overclock? If money's tight, the E2200 should be just fine.

 

[Fardor]

Is the 4500 a lot better though?

 

[CatchPhrase]

I have a e2140 1.6 overclocked to 2.66 stock vcore and temps never touch 51c at 100% load
I could put it at 3.0ghz and temps would be 55c at 100% full. 33c idle all at stock vcore.
I just don't need that speed.
I would say 2.5 years for this cpu then upgrade.

 

[Mondoman]

If you're going to OC, just get an e2160, which will OC no problem to 3GHz/1333MHz FSB with the stock cooler and cheap standard DDR2-667 RAM. The e2160 runs $80-85 shipped -- that's hard to beat.

 

[o1die]

If you can, Fry's has the e2180 retail boxed with ecs board for $78.99 until Tuesday.

 

[Fardor]

thanks guys

 

[n7]

Personally, i consider them both already well below average.

If you must go cheap, i'd go no lower than the 2 MB cache C2Ds myself.

However, everyone has different standards & needs (& wants).

An E2180 + mobo for $80 is remarkable though, what can i say.

 

[GundamF91]

With new Penrym out, 4x and 2x are already below average. If you look at Intel's cache scheme, it's pretty important, so I'd pick 2MB over 1MB shared cache if you intend to use the CPU for a while. The additional 1mb cache should give you roughly a 200mhz speed advantage.

 

[Fardor]

i see. maybe i should get an e8400 or something then. i really have more money (not THAT much more, but more) but I just didn't want to spend too much for a computer. but I guess it's better to spend a bit more and get more use out of a system..

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: GundamF91
With new Penrym out, 4x and 2x are already below average. If you look at Intel's cache scheme, it's pretty important, so I'd pick 2MB over 1MB shared cache if you intend to use the CPU for a while. The additional 1mb cache should give you roughly a 200mhz speed advantage.

the 1mb extra cache is really maybe 1 speed grade.


that said, you could just get an e4400 instead of an e2200 also. the e4400s especially the newer m0 stepping ones, can generally do 3.33 ghz @ 1.35 volts from what i've read.


i dont have an overclockable board, but mine with a pin mod does 2.66 ghz with no additional voltage at all.

i would say between an e4500 and e2200 , they will both last about the same long. even the e8400 or something compared to an e4500 .. in the long run will barely last any longer.

computers generally are about the generation.... if you think about it 3 years ago you could buy say a p4 2.6 or a p4 3.2 as an analogue to say getting an ee4500 or e8400 now . they would both be slow now, so its all about what would be fast today i gues.

 

[dingetje]

get an e8400 and overclock the hell out of it with stock cooling (e8200 should oc really welll too and will save you a few bucks)

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: Fardor
i see. maybe i should get an e8400 or something then. i really have more money (not THAT much more, but more) but I just didn't want to spend too much for a computer. but I guess it's better to spend a bit more and get more use out of a system..

It all depends on what you're doing with the system and whether you plan to overclock.

I'm going to assume that you're planning to game on this computer.

The current state of the industry is that games tend to be much more graphics-card-dependent than CPU-dependent. As such, even a mid-to-low-range Core2Duo is going to be enough computing power to play games for several years. Heck, I could play Lost Planet and Crysis on my 4.5-year-old P4 2.6GHz. My computer was falling behind not as much because of the CPU (although that was close to becoming an issue) but because of my aging graphics card and RAM.

If you're willing to overclock, you'll extend the useful life of that CPU even a little bit longer.

 

[Mondoman]

Remember, too, that if you only spend $80 instead of $200+ on a CPU now, you'll be able to afford to spend another $120+ on an upgrade CPU 2 years from now, when a $120 CPU will likely outperform today's $200+ CPUs bigtime.