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The EVGA GeForce GTX 580 1536 MB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card will work just fine with an Intel E1400 microprocessor but before you try it out, this review will help you predict the effect that this ultra slow CPU will have on your DC Universe Online 3D gaming. In this review, I will provide you with all the detailed statistics and performance specifications that will change your line of thinking about the Intel E1400 dual core processor. If you want to save time then jump to the summary section of this review to find a recommendation for another Intel processor that falls within your tax refund budget but also has enough speed to make you the leader of any online gaming community!

The Intel Socket 775 uses two distinct micro architecture families: Pentium and Core 2. The Conroe core was the first Intel Core 2 Duo branded processor ever offered to the desktop computer market. The Conroe is a replacement for the Pentium D and Pentium 4 branded CPU's that were as much as 40% slower than their new counterparts.

The first generation, the Conroe, was produced using a 65nm manufacturing process. While still largely unknown, many of these processors had half or all of their L2 cache disabled. With the Intel Celeron E1400, we have a processor that has almost all of its L2 cache disabled and a front side bus (FSB) of 800Mhz.

L2 Cache prevents the processor from having to frequently request information from your DDR2 RAM. Since, the FSB of the Intel E1400 is just 800Mhz, you computer will be bottlenecked with slow memory access speeds. As a saving grace to these architecture limitations, the Conroe core does offer 40% less power consumption when compared to the scorching disaster, the Intel Pentium D.

For years, we have been told that cache is critical to unlocking the true performance of any desktop computer. The Intel 386 was quickly offset by the larger cache on the Intel 486 (and a FPU helped too). Now, we see Intel pushing out low level Celeron products that only have a total of 512Kb of cache beyond Level 1.

Gaming and intense number crunching applications like SETI@Home or other BOINC projects will not perform well on this processor. Yet, this is also why the processor can be found so cheaply at many online retailers like Amazon.com and on eBay.com. The processor still manages to hold its own in benchmarks because it makes up for the lack of cache with its two physical cpu cores.

As you will see later in this review, the lack of Level 3 cache on this Intel product and dual cores have some significant advantages to the extreme computer system builder. The Intel Celeron E1400 Socket 775 Processor will overclock quite well to 2.6Ghz on a stock cooler with Arctic Silver heat sink compound applied to the die surface. For the testing portion of this review, I used a ASUS P5QL-VM DO/CSM LGA775 motherboard, Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB (1GBx4) DDR2 1066 all running under Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit edition.

I was able to overclock the Celeron to 2.6Ghz using the stock air cooler and was even able to get the BIOS to post with 3.0Ghz. The problem came with loading Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. The computer would freeze after just a few minutes at 2.8Ghz.