Intel E7200 2.53GHz Dual Core Processor Author:  Chris Swertfeger Date:  2008.11.20 Topic:  Processors Provider:  Intel Manufacturer:  Intel

Intel E7200 2.53GHz Dual Core Processor

A Closer Look:

The E7200 from Intel is based on the 45nm technology and is rated for a 1066MHz FSB. This means that it will run cooler than its previous 65nm incarnations. There has been a lot of stir around the net about this chip's awesome overclocking ability. Of course we put this to the test in the overclocking section.

The E7200 comes packaged with the standard OEM heatsink, which of course we won't be using. If you want the most from an overclock, you would be silly to use the factory heatsink.

Overclocking:

This is everyone's favorite part (mine included). So does this processor deliver on all of the hype of overclocking? Holy smokes yes! I was easily able to overclock the E7200 to 3.2GHz on just stock voltage. This, of course, isn't good enough for a final result. So up goes the voltage and the FSB.

I was able to overclock to 3.8GHz, but no matter what I did I couldn't seem to get it rock solid except to take a screen shot of CPU-Z. I was also worried about the amount of voltage that was required to reach this overclock (it was near 1.45V for the Vcore). I ended up settling on 3.6GHz for the final overclock.

Unstable 3.8GHz Overclock	Stable 3.6GHz Overclock

I had to drop the multiplier down to 9 from 9.5 and raise the FSB from 266 to 400. The E7200 has a rather low FSB which is what allows such enormous overclocks. The final voltage I settled on was 1.4V which should be safe for continuous 24/7 operation.

The fact that we were able to overclock this processor more that 1GHz above it's standard clock speed is astounding. The best part is that it is also a budget processor. With results like this you can be sure you are getting your money's worth. I believe if we had a little better motherboard, a little more fine tuning, and maybe a little better cooling we could have hit the 4GHz limit that I would have liked to have hit. This could also be attributed to the actual nature of our particular chip, as not all chips are created equally.

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