E2160 vs. E7200 (Help)

[Deleted member 134994]

I'm considering updraging my E2160 (overclocked to 3.33 GHz from 1.8) to the new 45nm E7200 from intel - and I plan on doing as much overclocking as a can with it. The question is do you think it's a worthy upgrade and will I notice much of a speed difference?

The rest of my rig:

8800GT
2Gb OCZ 800Mhz
Abit IP35-E

Thanks for the help.

I mainly play all the latest games.

 

[forrehmmnd]

I dont think you would see too much of a performance change. You would probably get a bigger increase with a better video card or more ram.

 

[mzs_biteme]

Don't know if it's gonna be much faster in games... There you're most likely capped by your vid card.... But, from my experience of just (like 2hrs ago) upgrading from e6400@3.32Ghz to e7200@3.98, everything else feels snappier... Extra MHz and 1MB cache (over 6400) helps quite a bit...