OEM E5200 $52.99 shipped (2/14 deal DEAD)

[Engineer]

Retail version for $65.99 with FREE shipping.

 

[Zap]

Thanks Engineer. OEM no longer has free shipping either, so I updated the OP. Heck, I should get me another one. 😛 I've got spare boards.

 

[Spike]

Dog gone it... I had to freaking order one to go in my recently returned from RMA ECS board. Now I have ANOTHER pc in my house that I have no use for, thanks guys.

 

[BlueWeasel]

I'm in the process of building a budget system for my brother and the E5200 is probably the route I'm taking. What speed RAM would be needed for a reasonable OC with the E5200?

 

[Jester666]

Great deal, but your link isn't working

e5200 retail

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
I'm in the process of building a budget system for my brother and the E5200 is probably the route I'm taking. What speed RAM would be needed for a reasonable OC with the E5200?

I would assume all you need is good old DDR2-800 (6400). Since the CPU runs at an effective 200 FSB vs the 400 of the ram you have alot of headway. Even if you overclock the CPU to 3.32 by upping the FSB to 266 (1064 effective) you are still much slower than the ram can go (1600 effective). You can always up the ratio to keep the ram running at or near it's rated speed or just leave it underclocked.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Spike

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
I'm in the process of building a budget system for my brother and the E5200 is probably the route I'm taking. What speed RAM would be needed for a reasonable OC with the E5200?

I would assume all you need is good old DDR2-800 (6400). Since the CPU runs at an effective 200 FSB vs the 400 of the ram you have alot of headway. Even if you overclock the CPU to 3.32 by upping the FSB to 266 (1064 effective) you are still much slower than the ram can go (1600 effective). You can always up the ratio to keep the ram running at or near it's rated speed or just leave it underclocked.

That's what I figured, thanks. For this price, I could pick up the E5200 and a used IP-35E for about the same price as a new AMD X2 6000+ and MB from Newegg. Given that, I think it's a pretty easy decision to go with the Intel setup.

 

[skillyho]

Let's assess the boxes and equipment around me..........2 e6600's, 1 e8200, 1 e8400 & 1 6000+X2............

I really really wish Fry's would bring back the FAR Ultra Cases now.

 

[ncage]

Originally posted by: Zap
2/3/09 update now retail box!!!

https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=E5200BOX">https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=E5200BOX</a>

$65.99 with free ground shipping

This is around $2 over the post-price-drop 1k pricing. Not super hot, but warm for anyone who was not planning to use the miniscule heatsink it comes with.

Newegg is around $73 shipped for a retail boxed unit.

This is the cheapest Wolfdale core chip available and is great for low power draw.

Haha zap i think you must have a server farm in your basement how much computer stuff you buy 😀

I have this processor for a WHS (Windows home server) box i build and its a great little processor. Pretty good dang performance and very low power use.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Jester666
Great deal, but your link isn't working

[shifty eyes] Yes it is. I don't know what you are talking about. [/shifty eyes]

Originally posted by: skillyho
I really really wish Fry's would bring back the FAR Ultra Cases now.

Frys.com still owes me a couple Ultra Aluminus cases for around $50 each with free shipping. My order is still listed as "backordered."

Originally posted by: ncage
Haha zap i think you must have a server farm in your basement how much computer stuff you buy 😀

I can neither confirm nor deny...

Alright, time to order another one of these...

 

[jcarson]

Help.. I just got one of these and and asus p5kpl-cm board from the egg..

I cant set the bus above 210 or it wont boot.. Any ideas where to start trying to figure out what is the limiter??

Ram is ddr2 800
stock fan - idles around 28-30 at 2.5ghz

Help! It just wont boot until I lower. Saw it post at 2.77 but wouldnt boot windows.

What can I do to help?

 

[skillyho]

Originally posted by: jcarson
Help.. I just got one of these and and asus p5kpl-cm board from the egg..

I cant set the bus above 210 or it wont boot.. Any ideas where to start trying to figure out what is the limiter??

Ram is ddr2 800
stock fan - idles around 28-30 at 2.5ghz

Help! It just wont boot until I lower. Saw it post at 2.77 but wouldnt boot windows.

What can I do to help?

Lower RAM/Mem divider first to make sure that's not the issue. Make sure all the SpeedStep/Voltage reduction C1E stuff is disabled, along with CPU Spread Spectrum.

Bump the FSB up by 20 or so each time and run Orthos/Prime with Small FFT's to check for stability for about 1hr.....keep bumping up the FSB until you get a no POST/or unstable platform. Back down FSB or bump up voltage and begin fine tuning with longer stress tests.

Edit: You may want to check for a BIOS update before you do any of this too, b/c many boards I had in the past were just unstable at anything other than default until a BIOS update came along.

 

[Zap]

jcarson, besides lowering RAM multiplier and checking BIOS updates, see if there is a FSB "Strap" setting in BIOS. Sometimes adjusting that will help a board that otherwise won't clock up.

BTW I didn't buy one yet... was going to after my previous post but then the ewiz.com site wouldn't come up. It had just turned midnight, so maybe they did some maintenance? Will try again if price hasn't changed.

EDIT: Deal dead, price up and no more free shipping. Darn.

 

[jlee]

Mine is running at 3.24Ghz on a stock E2180HSF on the earlier $24.99 ECS G31 deal. 🙂

 

[conlan]

Received my E5200 today 😎

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: conlan
Received my E5200 today, eWiz sent me an OEM :Q

Did you order from the first post that Zap posted which was OEM or the updated post (yesterday I think) that was for Retail Box unit?

 

[conlan]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: conlan
Received my E5200 today, eWiz sent me an OEM :Q

Did you order from the first post that Zap posted which was OEM or the updated post (yesterday I think) that was for Retail Box unit?

NM...i'm an idiot 😱

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: conlan

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: conlan
Received my E5200 today, eWiz sent me an OEM :Q

Did you order from the first post that Zap posted which was OEM or the updated post (yesterday I think) that was for Retail Box unit?

Ordered Retail Box unit on Sunday.
I'm sure they'll square it away, eWiz has always been good to me.
I'm just curious if anyone else had the same problem.

So you didn't order the one from Zap's OP on Sunday, but you did order one from eWiz/Superbiiz/Newbiiz. I'm sure they will fix it then.

 

[Zap]

conlan, I think the retail box became on sale just Monday or Tuesday, so I think you ordered the OEM. Check your purchase price. If it was $64.99 then you purchased the OEM, and if it was $65.99 then you purchased the retail. Part numbers is E5200BOX for retail, and just E5200 for OEM.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: Zap
conlan, I think the retail box became on sale just Monday or Tuesday, so I think you ordered the OEM. Check your purchase price. If it was $64.99 then you purchased the OEM, and if it was $65.99 then you purchased the retail. Part numbers is E5200BOX for retail, and just E5200 for OEM.

That's why I asked earlier as I posted the retail version yesterday. Your original posting had a conflict on the eWiz page...stated OEM in the title but Retail in the description. Since it didn't show a "box" as the boxed edition does, I concluded it was OEM.

 

[conlan]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: Zap
conlan, I think the retail box became on sale just Monday or Tuesday, so I think you ordered the OEM. Check your purchase price. If it was $64.99 then you purchased the OEM, and if it was $65.99 then you purchased the retail. Part numbers is E5200BOX for retail, and just E5200 for OEM.

That's why I asked earlier as I posted the retail version yesterday. Your original posting had a conflict on the eWiz page...stated OEM in the title but Retail in the description. Since it didn't show a "box" as the boxed edition does, I concluded it was OEM.

Yup, you're right. eWiz quickly showed me my error.
I coulda swore it was retail box....brain fart on my part.

 

[conlan]

Back from the dead..

E5200 Retail box $65.99 shipped LINK fast shipping too. :thumbsup:

 

[Zap]

Thanks for the heads-up conlan. Updated the OP and gonna buy one too. 😀

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: conlan
Back from the dead..

E5200 Retail box $65.99 shipped LINK fast shipping too. :thumbsup:

Thanks! Just placed the order. This will go great with the IP-35E that I just bought from you. 😉

 

[conlan]

I don't think you'll regret it.

I fired this little beast up this morning and have it @ 266 x 12.5 = 3.33GHz, it's yet to go over 50C in RealTemp running either Prime95 or Orthos.