Which proccessor to buy?

[mVp24]

I am in the market for a new processor to replace my pentium 4 630 so my quesiton is which processor would be best for me? I have an ECS C19 A-SLI mobo and I'm only 13 so I can't afford anything that's very costly. I was thinking of a Pentium D 930 or a Pentium D 940, which do you think is better?

Please tell me based on /Performance/Overclocking/Value

Thanks,

SpiritD

 

[FarFarAway]

What chipset does that motherboard have?

 

[mVp24]

nforce4 SLI

 

[FarFarAway]

I don't think that has dual core support does it? afaik you would need an i945 chipset or above (I think)

 

[PV5150]

That ECS motherboard uses the Nvidia C19XE chipset which does support dual core processors

 

[FarFarAway]

Ahhhh...only familiar with Intels

I think I'd save my money and wait for conroe

 

[|3ourne]

Get a Pentium 805D , lap the IHS of that chip , get a decent aircooling hsf ( Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro comes to mind ) and for real cheap you have a nice dual core that can easily be overclocked to about 3.2Ghz which should be suffice for your needs as a 13 year old .

 

[NickS]

I am in the market for a new processor to replace my pentium 4 630 so my quesiton is which processor would be best for me? I have an ECS C19 A-SLI mobo and I'm only 13 so I can't afford anything that's very costly. I was thinking of a Pentium D 930 or a Pentium D 940, which do you think is better?

Please tell me based on /Performance/Overclocking/Value

Thanks,

SpiritD

Just get the best one you can afford .

Nick

 

[systech]

Get a Pentium 805D , lap the IHS of that chip , get a decent aircooling hsf ( Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro comes to mind ) and for real cheap you have a nice dual core that can easily be overclocked to about 3.2Ghz which should be suffice for your needs as a 13 year old .

it's right!!now im using Pentium 805 D 2,66ghz @ 3.8ghz 1,5vcore.but, conroe is better i think.

 

[NoL]

Bah 8** series aren't worth the money. I'd wait for a 915.

 

[FarFarAway]

But is a P4 D much of an upgrade from a 630?

Why don't you just OC that sukka??

 

[PV5150]

Why don't you just OC that sukka

enVias got a healthy little overclock from his 630. :yumyum:

 

[JN]

Yeah the 630's can get up as high as 4-4.2ghz on decent air or water and pull PI's of around 28sec.

A decent overclock on the 630 combined with the fact that it has HT would make me think that buying an 805 would be more of a down/sidegrade.

 

[FarFarAway]

Agreed

 

[mVp24]

It's OC'ed right now to 3.3 ghz but once I get my Big Typhoon I'll try to OC it higher and see how it is. And I heard for some reason the Pentium D 805 can only run single core on SLI systems and the 9xx series is porbably better anyways with the 65nm and 2 x 2mb L2 cache. Thanks for your suggestions guys! Oh and by the way I'm never going to lap my processors until I'm a very rich lil boy lol