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? about Dual Core Cpus

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RLeav20717

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So i feel its time to get a new CPU...my mobo can take these kinds of cpu :

CPU/Processor

* Socket: 775
* Supports the following processors:
o Pentium D 900 series Dual Core (Presler)
o Pentium D 800 series Dual Core (Smithfield)
o Pentium 4 500 (Prescott)
o Pentium 4 600 (Prescott)
o Celeron D (Prescott)
o Celeron D (Cedar Mill)



So i was thinking about getting a Dual Core, i noticed that the 900 series is about twice as much as teh 800 series (in terms of $)

Currently, i have a P4 3.2 (OC'ed to 4.0Ghz) , and i was wondering if the 800 series would show a vast improvement compared to my P4.


I was thinking about buying either this : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116213

or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116253
 
As far as I know, there's little or no performance-difference between 800 and 900 series, at the same clockspeed.
900 series draws considerably less power though, and hence runs cooler, may also overclock better (my brother has a 900 at 3.6 GHz which he runs at 4.5 GHz or such).

In general... going from a 3.2 GHz singlecore to a 2.8 GHz dualcore will mean slightly less performance, except when you are doing heavy multitasking or running software that is optimized for multithreaded processing.
Eg in games you're probably better off with the 3.2 GHz singlecore. But when doing audio/video encoding, the dualcore may be more than 50% faster.
 
Why are you considering the Pentium D series CPUs at all?

I'd spend a little more and get a Core 2 Duo E6300 which outruns all of these CPUs to start with. Plus it's an overclocking beast. Truely the most bang for your buck you can buy today.

Does your mobo not support Core 2 Duo or something?
 
Dan_D said:
Why are you considering the Pentium D series CPUs at all?

I'd spend a little more and get a Core 2 Duo E6300 which outruns all of these CPUs to start with. Plus it's an overclocking beast. Truely the most bang for your buck you can buy today.

Does your mobo not support Core 2 Duo or something?
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Yes, including the motherboard details would help :)
 
He did list the CPUs that his motherboard supports, and no Core2's were included...
And considering he links to some of the slower Pentium D CPUs, around $100-$125, I think it's safe to assume he just wants a simple temporary upgrade...
You cannot get a Core2 Duo at those prices, and apparently he'd need a new motherboard aswell, which would make the cost even higher.

I think he wants to know if going dualcore on the old board is a good idea, or perhaps just wait and save money to go for a completely new system.
But as I already said, it depends on whether the software you use takes advantage of the second core.
I however forgot... Your 3.2 GHz P4 probably already supports HyperThreading? In that case dualcore is even less interesting... HT already makes sure you can run other processes in the background without losing your system's responsiveness.
So even for heavy multitasking dualcore isn't that interesting... unless you really need the extra processing power. But generally you'd only run one heavy task, and the rest is lightweight (browsers, chatting, mailclients etc), but just needs to respond smoothly.
 
Dan_D said:
Why are you considering the Pentium D series CPUs at all?

I'd spend a little more and get a Core 2 Duo E6300 which outruns all of these CPUs to start with. Plus it's an overclocking beast. Truely the most bang for your buck you can buy today.

Does your mobo not support Core 2 Duo or something?
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I dont know, i suppose i just wanted my computer to be faster

I bought a HP a1320n system from newegg a few months back

mobo is RC410-M (Asterope) (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...56&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=1818050&lang=en)

Came with 1Gb of DDr2 (PC4200), so i bought another 1Gb stick of DDR2 (pqi PC4200)

thermaltake 430W PSU

Geforce 7600 GT


that enough info?
 
RLeav20717 said:
I dont know, i suppose i just wanted my computer to be faster

I bought a HP a1320n system from newegg a few months back

mobo is RC410-M (Asterope) (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...56&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=1818050&lang=en)

Came with 1Gb of DDr2 (PC4200), so i bought another 1Gb stick of DDR2 (pqi PC4200)

thermaltake 430W PSU

Geforce 7600 GT


that enough info?
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Yeah, if your board doesn't support anything else, that's fine. I'm not sure what the most bang for your buck is in the Pentium D series CPUs since you won't be able to overclock too much on that HP motherboard.

I skipped Pentium D CPUs altogether. I had AMDs at the time they were current.
 
Thanks alot for the help everyone, i suppose i could wait and save up for a C2D, as well as a new mobo.

Appreciate it !
 
there's an overclocking different, UNLESS you buy a Pentium D 805. I got my 805 up to 4.0ghz with no problem. As for my PD950, that thing goes to around 5.0Ghz effortlessly, as long as you have sufficient cooling. I can hit around 4.6Ghz at 1.35V stable.
 
I would wait if I were you...

Most games don't really take advantage of dual cores... Not yet anyway...

You're not going to improve too much with a Pentium D when you're already at 4ghz
 
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