This is kind of old news, Intel has released the Pentium D 805 for a low price $150, some time ago
The Pentium D 805 is dual core, runs on the Smithfield core, which is better then previous Prescott, runs cooler then comparable Prescott. It gives 2X1 MB L2 Cache, no EIST, & is very good solution for low cost Dual core computers. It runs at the lower 533 MHz FSB & comes in LGA 775 (Socket T)
In performance, it doesn't beat the Athlon64 3800+ X2 CPU, but this is also hard to find here in India, & costs more. Pentium D 805 is not the best performing CPU out there, & if u can afford a Pentium D 920 then that is indeed better, but not everyone needs performance all the time, it can easily do 70% of Athlon64 3800+ at a very low price
The biggest drawback with Pentium D 805 is the lack of EIST support, basically EIST lower the CPU clock speed when higher clock speed is not required, some available in Pentium D 9xx series & 6xx series. this results in lower temperature, as hardly anyone needs full CPU power all the time, for normal usage a Dual core CPU running at 800 MHz (EIST throttle speed) is enough, when encoding or Gaming the CPU throttles back to full clock speed, however since the 2.66 GHz is a lower clock & generates low heat compared to previous Pentium D 8xx models, this is not a feature to cry on, as long as U have good cooling.
There are many Motherboards it can be paired with, Intel motherboards have always been famous for rock solid stability, & no over clock, Intel's own
Desktop Board D101GGC, which uses the older Radeon Xpress 200 chipset, is a good pair for this CPU, not only it's balanced for value usage, it also gives good enough onboard graphics, & ability to use a PCIe graphics card if required later. Or better yet buy a
Intel 945GNT motherboard which lacks to D101GGC only in onboard graphics department, but if u r going to add a graphics card to it then 945GNT is indeed better
It seems that the over clocking capability is also good with good cooling of course, the Maximum temperature this CPU has is 64C, but it will hardly reach there, & if it does it will start to throttle itself down or shut down your PC, note that this throttling of clock speed is not EIST
AMD Athlon64 CPU are all the rage these days, but quite frankly if U r looking to buy a Athlon64 3200+, Sempron 3100+ or Celeron D, or similar CPU, U better give this CPU a serious consideration, this is far better then those, when multitasking. If u have enough money for an Athlon64 3500+ then forget this CPU & buy that instead
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Some user benchmarks (Over clocked). Seems like at Stock speed, the temperature is within good limits
Cheapest Dual Core CPU : Intel Pentium D 805
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