The Pentium D is a great choice if you live in Alaska. During those long
cold Winter months everybody can gather around the PC to stay warm.
However if you live in Florida the extra energy running it *and* the
extra energy your central air will consume might be a bit much..
Greg Sevart wrote:
You could get a new board and P-D 805 for less money than you can get
the cheapest X2...
If you overclock the living piss out of the 805, you would be close to
any X2 out.
The X2 is clearly superior, but AMD's pricing structure is retarded.
I'm dropping my 4400/4800+ X2 as soon as Conroe debuts...
Greg
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Udstrand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Sweet spot for a AMD 64 x2
I should have said, I have an existing PC with a socket 939. I am
looking strictly at the AMD's. :-)
-Gary
Jin-Wei Tioh said the following on 5/25/2006 1:24 PM:
At 10:46 AM 5/25/2006, you wrote:
I am planning on upgrading my PC to a new dual core CPU. Which CPU is
the has the best price/performance ratio at this time?
Thanks
-Gary
Hello Gary,
Some folks seem to like the Pentium D 805 since it runs 2.66GHz @ 533
FSB.
Most people can hit 3.5 - 3.7 on air, as high as 4.2 on water - quite
a nice deal for ~$130.
That said, it is a Smithfield and puts out quite a bit of heat. Also
have to watch out for
thermal throttling.
HTH
Best regards.
