Need CPU advice

[Abyss of Borg]

Well I'm not sure this is the right place to post this but it is more of a general question then one concerning just AMD or Intel. I was wondering are the Pentium Ds any good? I'm looking at possibly getting the cheapest one that they offer for about $240. It is cheaper then the AMD ones I can't afford an AMD dual core. Is it worth it? My only other option is to get an AMD single core that is around the same price or cheaper. Also was wondering about the overclocking. How far can it overclock or has anyone gotten with it on just air no water cooling system? Would getting an AMD single core be better for the time being? Also was wondering do Xeon's work well at all in desktops? I know most of the AMD server grade ones do like the 939 Opterons. Can't really afford anymore then $240 stretching my budget at that. Thanks for any replies.

 

[Dan17]

well from what i've seen on the net the amd 64 3700+ has pretty good overclocking potential. The review i think got it up to 2.7 or 2.8 using stock voltages and fan. Most likely you do gaming, and the dual cores dont show any performance improvement in games since they are single threaded applications.

...Dan

 

[Abyss of Borg]

Thanks. I'm gonna get the 3700+ soon. Gaming is the really the only demanding thing I do. Other then gaming I just surf the web and watch/listen to media.