For those of you like me, looking for a good deal on the highly overclockable budget E2140 Core 2 Duo processor.
Probably a good pair with the GeminII heatsink that was FAR a few weeks ago.

E2140 @ Microcenter

Reviews:
Reviews @ Newegg

Anandtech OC benchmarks

Edit: for title

Good find! with a solid mobo this cpu can hit 3.0Ghz or higher.

Green for OP!

azntalldude said:For those of you like me, looking for a good deal on the highly overclockable budget E2140 Core 2 Duo processor.
Probably a good pair with the GeminII heatsink that was FAR a few weeks ago.

Yes - most people that are overclocking these 1.6Ghz processors are getting 3.0 - 3.4 Ghz out of them. I have the E2140 processor in my new gaming rig that I built and have successfully overclocked the processor to 3.0 Ghz! It is insanely fast. The E2140 is just about the best bang for the buck for someone that wants to overclock. For overclocking instructions, go to:

Overclocking Instructions @ Anandtech.com

This is, in essence, 10 pages of instructions that are to the T. Absolutely no guesswork is needed to overclock and if you're like me (previously unknowledgeable about overclocking), you'll be dead in the water without these instructions!

One downside to this processor, is it is not a true dual core (only 1 processor). It is, however, a hyperthreading processor. If you overclock it, it will scream. Just be sure to have a GOOD CPU Cooler for dissipating the heat!

Edit: Edited for clarity.

Sk8terboy said:
One downside to this processor, is it is not a true dual core (only 1 processor).

ummm...methinx you are a little confused

dumpav said:but your Newegg links are 75$ and free shipping, so this deal isn't that hot.

if for your price after shipping and tax, maybe more than Newegg.

Total with shipping from MC comes to $65.98. So unless you pay $9 in taxes MC is the better deal!

Thanks OP!

nhenny2005 said:carpetclimber said:Sk8terboy said:
One downside to this processor, is it is not a true dual core (only 1 processor).


ummm...methinx you are a little confused

I agree with carpetclimber...

I think he meant that it isn't a "core 2 Duo" but it is in fact a "dual core"!

This is as good as you can get for the $$$

brotherhpj said:kevint said:what are the cheap, reliable, OC MBs to pair with this CPU? Thanks!

I was wondering that too!

yes, it's a core2duo chip with less cache and is meant as a celeron replacement.

intel named it core duo to keep it from getting confused with the higher line core2duo with larger cache.

Some jokingly call the Pentium E2140 a Dual Celeron, since the two cores share a 1mb cache. The new Conroe-L single core 512Mb cache Celeron 420 430 440 models also give crazy overclocks and strong performance. My $38 retail Celeron 420 is doing 3190 Mhz at stock vcore in a Abit IP35-E. That is a 95% overclock. SuperPi benchmarks 1 Mb calc around 22 seconds.

They are both good budget overclocking chips. The much more expensive Core 2 and Quad core chips usually clock much higher.

Abit 35E can be found for around 70.00. New bios resolves issues. I have one with a 4300@3.2 using Serpent Royals link under motherboards at Anandtech.
Hope this helps.