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Intel D 820

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Novensu

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Guys,

I haven't bought an Intel processor in a while but decided to get a Pentium D 820. I am currently running it on an ECS 945P-A (I know, I know) I plan on upgrading the board in a bit. The question I have is, how does the bios read the chip. My ECS is showing that there is one processor. If I run CPU-Z it shows both cores, or run msinfo32 it shows both cores as well, is this normal or is my board acting funky?

Thanks,

~ Novensu
 
It's the fact that you have an ECS board. If CPUz sees both CPU's, and so does task manager, you're good.
 
I thought so. Any good recommendations for a good solid board? I have been an AMD man for a long time. I think the last Intel chip I owned previous to this was a P4 1.6a. Do you have an suggestions for a good solid board?

Thanks,

~ Novensu
 
you got the deal at your local fry's didnt you. I was thinking about it, but I was about 40 bucks short.
 
In a round about way. I originally purchased the motherboard with a Pentium 4 630. I decided to upgrade so I sold the processor and bought a Pentium D 820.


~ Novensu
 
I just convince my sister to get the same mobo and processor (with a 2GB upgrade) so she can do some video editing. Anyway, as long as the board reads it as a Pentium D 820, you're fine. The important part is the D. I believe it just tells you the model number, not how many processors it has (because technically, it only has 1 processor, with 2 cores on it).

Anyway, it was a bitch getting it together thanks to only 1 IDE and my sister only has IDE drives. Had to get a controller card (hey, it's cheaper than a new 200GB SATA drive.)
 
I received a reply from ECS Support stating that it would not show both cores, but everything was alright if it designated it as a 'D' core.

~ Novensu
 
Novensu said:
I received a reply from ECS Support stating that it would not show both cores, but everything was alright if it designated it as a 'D' core.

~ Novensu
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Aweee ECS being ECS. You're really lucky you have it running at all. ;)
 
ECS's recent boards are decent. Not anything I'd run, but for a stock job they're fine
 
Donnie27 said:
Aweee ECS being ECS. You're really lucky you have it running at all. ;)
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every company makes budget crap boards and higher end boards the ECS crossfire board i have is probly the best intel crossfire board ive seen and for my has been super stabile and easy to overclock my 820 is running the same overclock it was in my gigabyte 955x royal board and that board is NO slouch Oh which rev do you have of that 945 board?? After looking on ECS website both rev of that board support all the intel chips up the EE's plus 945 was made for dual core so you shouldnt have a problem
 
HisSvt76 said:
every company makes budget crap boards and higher end boards the ECS crossfire board i have is probly the best intel crossfire board ive seen and for my has been super stabile and easy to overclock my 820 is running the same overclock it was in my gigabyte 955x royal board and that board is NO slouch Oh which rev do you have of that 945 board?? After looking on ECS website both rev of that board support all the intel chips up the EE's plus 945 was made for dual core so you shouldnt have a problem
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The board should show Both Processors=P If it doesn't, that's a bug. There's really no reason besides weak hardware that it shouldn't support any of the current EEs. ECS cuts corners to keep its prices down. Each time anyone buys one of their boards for a build, it's like "rollin' da dice", hit or miss or etc..., not worth it. There are good low cost boards like Asrock, Albatron, hell, even Foxconn and etc.., there's very little reason to gamble on ECS (Extremely Cheap Shit).
 
Donnie27 said:
The board should show Both Processors=P If it doesn't, that's a bug. There's really no reason besides weak hardware that it shouldn't support any of the current EEs. ECS cuts corners to keep its prices down. Each time anyone buys one of their boards for a build, it's like "rollin' da dice", hit or miss or etc..., not worth it. There are good low cost boards like Asrock, Albatron, hell, even Foxconn and etc.., there's very little reason to gamble on ECS (Extremely Cheap Shit).
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As I have said, there quality seems to have changed as of late. I've dealt with a few of there recent boards and all have been top notch. Btw I <3 albatron :D
 
exactly they seems to be going for the gamer market like when DFI came outa nowhere with there lanparty series.
the board i have the PA1 MVP is a awsome board top notch quality and the bundle in the box was perfect including theing such as cat 5 crossover cable even for if you use the 2 nic cards on board and tons of cables sata cables for every hookup.

and OCing was a breeze as good as any ABIT or Gigabyte board ive had hell its as good as my Gigabyte 955X royal and that board is stacked too.


But yes alot of there boards bundled at places like frys are crap boards
 
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