Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 / 2 GHz

I recently purchased the Pentium Dual Core E2180 for my parents PC from ebuyer.com. I bought the retail version which comes with a fan for about £45. This price puts it at the low end of the scale in terms of Intel CPU pricing. It is clocked at 2.0ghz, this may sound low to lots of you but it is a improved design over old CPUs so is very good. The CPU is packaged in a big Intel Box. There is a security seal so you know you are getting a genuine, tamper free piece. The CPU is in the top with the pads protected by a plastic thingy and the cooler in the main part or the box below. The packaging in simple, blue and good looking in my opinion. The CPU ...  Read the complete review

Even though this CPU is called a 'Pentium', it is essentially the same as its bigger brothers in the Core2Duo range. This means it is power efficient (and therefore quieter) and fast. The Pentium range has less 'Cache' - essentially on-board memory required for faster processing. This part is also one of the most expensive parts of the processor. The rest is the same as any other Core2Duo processor. The reduced cache will result in a -10% to 15% drop in performance vs and equivalent speed E4XXX or E5XXX range of C2D and normally a much lower % cost. You will notice the drop in performance when gaming, or video editing etc. If you only want to surf ...  Read the complete review

I Brought This Product in December in replace my old Altlon 64 setup then I upgraded to the E2140 and now I have the E2180. The only Difference between the two CPUS is the E2140 is 1.6Ghz and the E2180 is 2Ghz. The Great thing about this CPU is that the value is Very Good the Processor cost me £45. I have played Hell gate London and Medal of honour Airborne without any problems whatsoever and the game play is more smooth. The CPU is clocked at 2.0Ghz X 2 (4.0 GHz). The CPU performance on windows Vista is Very Good. Some people have told me to get a top of the range Dual core and say to me that this CPU is more for Basic Gaming and use in Windows ...  Read the complete review

Intel wanted to make a processor that goes at the lower end of their core 2 range, and while brainstorming for names came up with the pentium dual core range. Although they are actually just standard core 2 processors with a cut down L2 cache and FSB speed, Intel chose this name because pentiums have had 10 years of advertising and are well known for quality, incidentally this is what you get with the E2180. I bought mine without a cooler, and bought an Artic cooling freezer 7 pro, 1 of the clips has broken from my fumbling but this processor still remains cool. As for performance this processor can when coupled with my 7900GS graphics card play any game i have thrown at ...  Read the complete review