Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 Review - The Next Overclocking Wonder

Despite the entry level processor positioning with an almost Celeron-class price, the Core architecture based Pentium Dual-Core processors had tremendous untapped potential. Air-cooled at a rock-stable 3.33GHz, the Pentium Dual-Core E2160 demonstrated that it was more often than not, far speedier than the Core 2 Duo E6850, the highest performing dual-core processor. At worst, it was still as fast as the E6750 model, especially reminiscent in some of the gaming tests.

From a low-end dual-core processor, just an ‘ordinary’ FSB tweak to 370MHz catapults it to the highest end of the spectrum. For a US$84 processor, if you ask us, that’s an awesome capability. And having known the high yields and overclocking headroom of the processors, there’s really nothing to lose if you’re still not convinced.

..You don’t require any exorbitant cooling, or a high-end motherboard or memory for that matter. Any ordinary system can pull this off as long as the motherboard offers the necessary FSB clock control and at no extra cost, you get almost double the processing power! So if you are talking about value for money, absolutely nothing beats this.

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