E2140 and E2160 released today

[maroon1]

Intel released today E2140 and E2160, they will be priced $74 and $84 respectively

Here are some benchmarks
Benchmark - Intel Pentium E2160
pentium e2140 benchmark

From those benchmarks we can say that E2160 clearly beats 3600+ and 3800+, but E2140 is just slightly faster than 3600+

 

[maroon1]

Here are the new CPU's on newegg
Newegg.com - Intel Dual-Core E2140 Allendale 1.6GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
Newegg.com - Intel Dual-Core E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

But the problem is that those are priced higher than what intel priced them !!!

 

[b1gapl]

I'm guessing those will overclock really well, with that high multiplier. Maybe they're priced higher, because they just got them in stock, and it's not in demand yet?

 

[gurusan]

these have been out in the UK for quite awhile now and have shown to be EXCELLENT budget C2D chips. They have all been hitting 3.2-3.4ghz....however for some reason these chips seem to run very hot.

BTW here is a very nice chart showing all the budget chips at identical clock levels and the same FSB speeds:

 

[b1gapl]

Maybe they run a little hot, because they need a little extra juice to get to those speeds.

 

[gurusan]

Maybe they run a little hot, because they need a little extra juice to get to those speeds.

nope even at low vcore they tend to run hot.

here's just 1 example..the same guy has a quad core @ 3.3ghz and it runs cooler than that:

 

[Sora]

Those are waiting chips I think. Those are the chips you would use on a lower budget build that wanted to use LGA 775 but not a lot of money. For instance if you went C2D right now and want a Quad in July you can save some money.

The X2 3600 is still better for the money though since not only is the chip 20 bucks cheaper, a good overclocking mobo is also cheaper. Plus the X2 3600 runs a lot cooler than those new Allendales.