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3200+ Barton V's Pentium D 805

The Barton would be a fair bit quicker

You cannot directly compare clock speeds between Intel and AMD processors as the AMD XP has a far shorter pipeline than the Intel P4, meaning that it does more per clock cycle. This is the primary reasoning for the PR ratings

I'd spend £100 on an X2 3800+ if money is a concern as this will be quicker than both your AXP and the PD in both single and multi threaded apps
 
The pentium D 805 is a great chip...except for the fact that it drains 200+ watts when overclocked.

I'm not down with that kind of inefficiency.
 
gurusan said:
The pentium D 805 is a great chip...except for the fact that it drains 200+ watts when overclocked.

I'm not down with that kind of inefficiency.
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I can confirm this. At 3.8GHz mine was drawing so much power that a transistor by the CPU burst into flames :eek:
 
I can confirm that the 805 draws a lot of juice.

I bought 4 of them to use for DC [Distributed Computing].
So far i have burned out 4 MB's and keep spare MB's in 'stock'.

Not quite the bargain they first appeared to be. :(
 
PCZ said:
I can confirm that the 805 draws a lot of juice.

I bought 4 of them to use for DC [Distributed Computing].
So far i have burned out 4 MB's and keep spare MB's in 'stock'.

Not quite the bargain they first appeared to be. :(
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Lummy ! What speeds/voltages have you been typically running them at?

My mobo spontaniously combust at 1.5v/3.8GHz
 
They run at 100% 24/7

Not particularly high clock speeds around 3.3ghz.
If i run them higher than this then math errors could creap in and that wouldn't be good.

The voltage regulators on the MB's give up after a while but it's not surprising considering how much current they the CPU's draw.

Im sure for normal desktop use they would last for years.
 
PCZ said:
They run at 100% 24/7

Not particularly high clock speeds around 3.3ghz.
If i run them higher than this then math errors could creap in and that wouldn't be good.

The voltage regulators on the MB's give up after a while but it's not surprising considering how much current they the CPU's draw.

Im sure for normal desktop use they would last for years.
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Lol, mine lasted 10 minutes (literally) running Nero Recode :(
 
These are very bizarre reports about the 805.

Mine runs at 3.66Ghz 1.41 volts under full 100% load 24/7 - I have run it at 3.8 but backed off due to heat concerns.

But now Power Issues, not had a bust transistor or blown capacitor, or anything!

I wonder what dodgy motherboards you guys must be using....
 
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