A 4.1 GHz Dual Core at $130 - Can it be True?

[angelkiller]

If I were to oc a 805 D today, what is the best board to use.

A Gigabyte GA-P965-DS3. Linky

 

[eatcarrotsnow]

I've got two 8800 cards, any board you know of that could handle two PCI 16x's?

 

[yipsl]

I'd rather have my Athlon X2 4600+ Windsor or a similar C2D Allentown. I'd rather have a quiet budget multimedia and gaming PC than a space heater that's the 805 Smithfield, let alone a Smithfield overclocked.

My second PC, a P4 2.8 Northwood is noisy enough. When my wife's using it, I can hear it from across the room. It's noiser than the Windsor I'm sitting at. The Northwood is also hot enough, it gets to 55C at startup, whereas the Windsor is a mere 35C. I plan on getting an 8800GTX (or an 8900, whatever is reasonable come holiday season in time for DX10), and I'd hate to imagine how many fans I'd need to keep a 4.1 gigahertz Smithfield plus a high end GPU cool.

That's just my point of view. Many people like to overclock as a hobby, and overclocking a Smithfield is a feat to behold, but it's not practical for most people. If you can manage it as a stable overclock, and your PC does the job for a year or so, then go for it.

 

[enewmen]

I'll much rather have a X2 Winsor or a E4400 Allendale for the same price.
Even if the clock speed is lower.

 

[weskurtz81]

I wouldn't waste my time if I were you.....

wes

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

To Wes' sig:

Chuck Norris cried last night on TV when the host was talking about the recent death of this wife due to a car accident.

Though I am convinced that the tears traveled back in time and prevented the wreck by zooming around the earth backwards until time went in reverse. I say this because I can find no evidence that those events actually took place.

Am I the only one who still remembers the alternate time line?

 

[Hatman]

As far as I knew pentium d's couldnt handle things aswell as core 2 duos meaning that a 4gig pentium d might be equal to a 3gig core 2 duo.

Any light on that would be awesome.

 

[weskurtz81]

Good one comptia, I need to update those with some new ones. I don't really know why they are funny, they just are.

After I read your post, I immediately scanned google to find info of the death of his wife..... since I was unable to find any info on it, I have come to the conclusion that you are correct in your theory, it happened, but yet again..... it never did.

wes

 

[stljeffbb]

Hello everyone....it's been 1 1/2 years, and everything is still working very well, better than any out-of-the-box computer I've ever had:

Pentium D 805 2.66Mhz (of course!)
OCZ DDR2-800 2 GB RAM (dual channeled 2x 1 GB)
Asus P5WD2 (just the plain version, no E, Premium, etc.)
Zalmzn CNPS9500-LED
Sapphire X1900 Radeon w/512MB VRAM
Samsung SATA 3.0GB data / 40GB storage
Lite-On DVD
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

I've been overclocking to 3.5 Ghz since June 2006....the computer freezes about once every two months, and with some of the higher end games, every now and then I get some graphics glitches, but things are fine otherwise!

I've thought about buying some more RAM, however I'm also thinking about building another computer 12 to 18 months from now and running Vista (I'm especially looking forward to Mafia II 😉 )...

Thank you Tom's Hardware!

Jeff

 

[stljeffbb]

Just over two years! Still works very well...because I have not been doing any hardcore games lately (as a matter of fact I've been playing a lot of Red Baron 3d [yup from 1998]), I've often turned off the overclocking, however I have it on right now and have had it on for one week without incident...

 

[eaglesfan]

hah


My 805 is sitting in a box in my closet.

The P5WD2-E Premium that I purchased to do this OC was my favorite MB ever. I just wish that it had supported C2D like expected at that point in time.

If it did, I would still be using it to this day. Instead, it sits in my spare PC, with a Pentium D 950 😛

 

[stljeffbb]

Hello all who read this...it has now been four years since I built a computer around the D 805...it is still working well! I still use this computer quite a bit, although I now have a laptop that I use for any "heavy" gaming and other important tasks....

I do believe my motherboard is "dying"...I have had problems with a sound card that works fine in my stepson's computer (but not in mine), and since switching to the stock hardwired sound card embedded in the motherboard a couple years back, it often creates noises, has a rather loud background buzz, and the Asus soundmixer screen often pops up with phantom messages of inserted jacks....

Otherwise, everything is working very well. I still have no major problems when overclocking....thanks again Tom's Hardware!

Jeff