CPU Pentium D 820

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  1. Mechh69

    Mechh69 I think we can make that fit

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    I had someone give me a computer with the Pentium D 820 in it the box no longer works but I think the CPU is fine. Is it worth getting a new MB/PS and using it? Not really sure how capable it is / what the best use for it would be. Does it OC well if its worth buying parts for? Or should i just toss it in the spare parts and if i happen to come across a MB then use it? Thoughts and suggestions welcome and appreciated.

    EDIT: Is it as powerful as my E5200 or is it more Powerful?

    Thanks
    Mechh69
     
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  2. bdigital

    bdigital Is re-building his PC again

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    These are not too great in my experiance (ive got a system with one somewhere). It has a decent clock speed (2.9GHz i believe) but it runs hot, and therefore reduces the amount of OC potential.

    I would stick to the e5200, as its a newer litography (smaller nm) and will overclock better with the right parts.

    Not sure what any1 else thinks but im not keen on the Pentium D 820
     
  3. Mechh69

    Mechh69 I think we can make that fit

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    thanks for the quick reply.
     
  4. DragunovHUN

    DragunovHUN Modder

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    The Pentium Ds were amazing overclockers, the 920 (2.66) happily did 3.6 on air and stock voltage, 4.2 on water.
     
  5. bdigital

    bdigital Is re-building his PC again

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    Really? Better than an e5200?
     
  6. GeorgeStorm

    GeorgeStorm Aggressive PC Builder

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    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    The 9xx series where made to a smaller manufacturing process then the 8xx series if memory serves. The 8xx's weren't good at OC'ing at all I believe... Still have my 920 somewhere...
     
  8. padrejones2001

    padrejones2001 Puppy Love

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    Correct. The 8xx series is based on a 90nm process and are essentially two Prescott cores on the same die. Prescott cores required a lot of power and kicked out a ton of heat, but they were overclockable.
    The 9xx series was based on the 65nm process and utilized the Cedar Mills cores, which were Prescott cores on a smaller process, essentially. I wish they would have carried on the evolution of the Northwood with die shrinks. They overclocked like no tomorrow.
     
  9. Mechh69

    Mechh69 I think we can make that fit

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    Well I want to thank everyone for their responses as always lots of help thanks:clap:
     
  10. Guest-16

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    That E5300 will smoke any P4 in performance.
     
  11. lamboman

    lamboman What's a Dremel?

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    I'd underclock it and use it as a second system or whatever, provided you can get a motherboard for it for...gah, probably about a tenner to be honest. It's a slow processor nowadays, but that isn't to say that it's completely unusable. As a second system, it'd be comfortably fast enough :)
     
  12. asteldian

    asteldian Minimodder

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    The Pentium D is a horrble beast, your e5400 is far superior. As long as you are doing nothing more than simple tasks then the Pentium D can be of use, though I would not invest in any real money to get it up and running
     
  13. Nealieboyee

    Nealieboyee Packaging Master!

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    This. My e5200 kicks the crap out of the Pentium 4 we have at work. And thats at stock. You should get 3.3ghz easy out of an E5200.
     

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