[Pc_Support] The $130 Intel Pentium D 805 (dual-core) at 4.1GHz!!! -- Fwd: overclocking

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 23:59 -0500, David Simmons wrote:
> How so...as I remember your comment/post that AMD is going to be
> introducing the new technology - at the same cost as current - I'm sure
> it's not a low cost as this?

First off, the cost of the Intel mainboards required to drive this CPU
is a major reason.  Save $150 on the CPU, but pay $100 more for the
mainboard?

Secondly, at 4.1GHz, you've got to have some serious cooling and
over-volt!  You're going to turn the CPU's lifetime into less than a
year.

Not good, it can still _lose_ to an Athlon x2 3800+ in many benchmarks.

> you've got "the CPU ran at a clock rate of 3.33 GHz without any
> problems at standard voltage levels of 1.3375 V, even when both cores
> were fully loaded".

And it will still get its butt kicked by an Athlon x2 3800+.
That's the problem.

> .....so it comes down to - for the 'most bang for the buck' - will a new
> system with an Athlon 64 x2 outdo the 3.33GHz wonder?

Oh hell yes!  Did you see the benchmarks?
You're _only_ going to best it in _some_ benchmarks at 3.8-4.1GHz.
And that's with a far more expensive mainboard.

So, again, after re-visiting the option -- I don't think it's worth it.
I'll spend $50-100 more and have a much longer lasting and more stable
solution.


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