Intel Pentium D 920 2.80GHz $150!

[aZnDeViLbOi]

considered high end processer only shy 30 bucks from the basic 805... very good price for the high end dual processor deal... http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1645071&Sku=CP2-PD-920%20C

[ShaTR]

EDIT - JUST realized were talking about 9xx processors. thought it was 8xx. my bad.

either way, id take a X2 3800 or E6300 over it any day.

[shimh]

Those D9x0 CPUs are just too hot to buy. I just sold my D930 for 130. Core 2 is much much cooler. The temp. never exceeds 40C at full load and stock freq. w/ stock fan @ 1000rpm. Overall the new computer saves around 25% power consumption (D930 -> E6600).

[Emoe]

People need to stop complaining about the Pentium D series.

I've experienced, first hand, Pentium D's running at 30~ idle and 40~ on the stock heatsinks w/ default voltages. The only thing people need to do is install the heatsink properly.

Screenshot: http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r176/fang59/ec2435d6.jpg

[ShaTR]

People need to stop complaining about the Pentium D series.

I've experienced, first hand, Pentium D's running at 30~ idle and 40~ on the stock heatsinks w/ default voltages. The only thing people need to do is install the heatsink properly.

:lol: okay there buddy. maybe if your in the basement or a very cold room, but otherwise, i don't see this cpu staying that cool.

hell, if my prescott 3.0 in my basement (brothers rig) idles at 40, i don't see a cpu that consumes almost twice the power staying that cool. i would really like to see some screenshots of those temps.

and its definatly the slowest dual core cpu out there to date. very good for budget dual core, and usually great overclockers (at least the D805 was/is) but i wouldn't run one unless i didn't have central heating.


*edit* i suppose i could belive high 40's on load, but thats definatly default speed and voltage (or perhaps even undervolted). once you start overclocking, different story. just gotta hope you get a good chip that can go high enuf on low voltage.

[shimh]

I did not overclock/voltage either. I was using its stock fan and I didn't want it runing at 4xxx rpm all the time (My computer is running 24x7 and in the same room where I sleep). My D930's idle temp. was 54C when the fan was running around 2000rpm. It was easy for it to be close to 60 or more at full load even with fan running at full speed. Room temp was around 22C. It should be difficult to install the stock fan inproperly. Core 2 just eat less and does more. :-) E6600 takes around 50% less time to complete 1M pi compared with my previous D930.

[board123]

Just because this thing is cheap does not make it a good buy. If someone offers to sell you some half-eaten drumsticks for 5 cents, chances are you'll pass.

Half-eaten drumstick > Pentium D

[Emoe]

You guys asked for it...

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r176/fang59/ec2435d6.jpg

stock cooler.
stock voltages.
varies up to 39C - just took SS when it jumped down = /

Note the environment of which the computer is in is not effecting the CPU temps, as the motherboard temps are higher.

[ShaTR]

sry bro, but either your temp readings are wrong, or your using watercooling. i have a hard time beliving that at full load, your temp is 31 on your cpu.

the board temp is more likely your actual cpu temp. If pentium D's ran THAT cool, id throw a LOT more voltage at it, and clock it up rediculously high.

IMO, that temp is impossible with a stock cpu cooler.

[Emoe]

lol, those are the temps w/ stock cooler.(It does vary all up to 39C, just took the screenshot when it jumped back down) If you read many of the reviews on the Presler cores, you'll find that the only reason people complain on high temps is because of improper heatsink installation. Other than that, people are just basing their assumption on the PD9XX series off the temps of the PD8XXX series, which truly ran hot.

[shimh]

I have the same thought. 31C is more like air temperature of the case. Unless special cooling is used, 31C at full load is just "mission impossible" for D930. Emoe, could you touch the heatsink with a hand? Somehow, I guess the sensor mapping in software is not correct.

[ShaTR]

sry, just realized were talking about the 9 series. granted its 65nm, and lower power consumption than the 8xx series, its still a warm-running cpu, especialy with that intel boxed cooler. thing IMO is garbage.

i guess i can't dismiss the posibily of it running in the mid to high 40's under load with a better cooler but definatly not 31 degrees under load. i know my friends conroe dropped 10 degrees on idle with an arctic cooling freezer 7 pro, but even then, his stock E6600 idled in the mid 30's.

anyways, i suppose ignorance is bliss. if you choose to belive that your stock intel cooler is keeping your cpu that cool under those conditions, enjoy. im off to bed. EZ

[Coolme]

N/M it was a typo

[BB88]

It's kind of strange that your CPU runs at 31"C when the motherboard runs at 42"C right?

[mc hammer]

It's kind of strange that your CPU runs at 31"C when the motherboard runs at 42"C right?

maybe the math co-processor is on the the motherboard which is causing it to run hot. i once had a computer build like that :lol: