Intel Pentium E2140 Review

With Intel’s Core hogging the limelight in every regard, it’s almost enough to forget the Pentium name. Intel doesn’t want that to happen though, as is evidenced with this brand new release.

What we basically have here is a stripped down, low-clocked “Conroe” processor, which is the architecture used in the initial Core 2 Duo product lineup. “Conroe” cores typically have 4 MB of shared L2 cache and start at clock speeds of 1.86 GHz and higher. Low-end Conroe processors like the Core 2 Duo E6320 start at about $170 today. Pentium-E2100 processors are starting at around $90, however, almost half the cost of the cheapest Core 2 Duo.

Many associate budget with low performance, but that’s not the case here. Compared to the E6300, this chip performed 10% slower in most tests… not a big deal. The kicker is the fact that it’s superbly overclockable, reaching almost 3.0GHz with the stock cooler!

Source: HotHardware