Anyone else tempted by the Intel 920 Pressler?

Minstadave · 2 Feb 2006 at 15:17

These look like pretty impressive chips, dual 65nm cores, 2mb cache per core (4mb in total, nice clockers (over 4Ghz seems very easy) and under £200.

Seem to give some nice performance for the money.

smids · 2 Feb 2006 at 15:20

Interesting, but not enough. It's only a small performance increase over the 800 series. I'm more waiting to see what Yonah can do as well as the newer chipset which is due later this year. Still, if in the market for a DC Intel, then heck, yes of course. Oddly though, Intel still lag behind the X2 even with the improvements made.

Kesnel · 2 Feb 2006 at 15:42

I was very tempted, great clocking chips at a good price with no cold bug. However I think I'm going to wait for Yonah, that looks very promising right now.

smids · 2 Feb 2006 at 15:49

Kesnel said:
I was very tempted, great clocking chips at a good price with no cold bug. However I think I'm going to wait for Yonah, that looks very promising right now.

What wait

, it's already out: http://www.intel.com/products/processor/coreduo/index.htm

vapor matt · 2 Feb 2006 at 19:17

No motherboard suport for Yonah though!!!!!

and i quite fancy a presler, the 940 though as the 930's and 920's seem to be speed binned so not so good clockers, but they have the right multi mmmmm i wouldnt mind haveing a crack at one though!

Metalface Mark · 2 Feb 2006 at 19:21

I was about to buy the 3ghz one, if the 2.8's are clocking as well as that, i may as well save the cash and go for that instead.

The 3.2 is a bit on the pricey side, what are they clocking to matt?

vapor matt · 2 Feb 2006 at 19:32

the 3.2's are getting better clocks, 4.7 to 4.9 some even going over the 5 gig on water. phase has seen 5.5g

the 920's on average get to 4.2 to 4.5 for a good one unless your on phase change. the 930's look like speed binned 940's all needing extra voltage to get in the high 4.5's

only thing is the the 920 and 930 offer the best multi for clocking although iam tempted by the 940 because if you could get 4.8 on water at 300fsb

the 930 would be the best choice 4.9 at 330fsb !!!!!! i wouldnt mind some of that but i think it would be better to wait and let the first batch go before buying as the chances are more good cores would come in the 2nd batch release

Metalface Mark · 2 Feb 2006 at 19:48

Id be cooling with a Arctic freezer just now, although id be tempted to go for water in the future especially with those sort of speeds

vapor matt · 2 Feb 2006 at 19:56

some good speeds are being had on air also. and i saw your post on the asus 975 chipset board!!!! good board with some good results being had, again tempted but my 955X is a stonking board and as always not all are born equal.

Metalface Mark · 2 Feb 2006 at 20:18

ive got the nvidia p5nd2 at the moment, get really crappy clocks with my 630, only about 3.55ghz before it starts going teets up. I might order the board and a x1800 crossfire first and see what fun i can have iwth that before getting the dual core, hopefully it wont be too long before the 3.2 comes down in price.

vapor matt · 2 Feb 2006 at 20:35

well the 630 should get to 4gig easy! plus i might have a bargin in the next 2 to 3 weeks on a X1800xt if you get the crossfire version. and that board will get better clocks than the NF4 board as they are well known pants clockers for intel CPU's

and yea hopefully the 3.2 dual's will come down in price, i may well be tempted myself then. and dont forget cedermill is due any time which should give good clocks

Metalface Mark · 2 Feb 2006 at 21:00

vapor matt said:
well the 630 should get to 4gig easy! plus i might have a bargin in the next 2 to 3 weeks on a X1800xt if you get the crossfire version. and that board will get better clocks than the NF4 board as they are well known pants clockers for intel CPU's

and yea hopefully the 3.2 dual's will come down in price, i may well be tempted myself then. and dont forget cedermill is due any time which should give good clocks

Ive already got a X1800XT , thats why im looking for the crossfire one

vapor matt · 2 Feb 2006 at 21:25

well you better hurry on the crossfire one as they will not be makeing anymore and ocuk are maybe the only ones to carry stock that i know of

Metalface Mark · 2 Feb 2006 at 22:02

yeh thats what im thinking, but im not sure i really need the extra oomph, do you know if there are any crossfire issues on the intel 975? ive not found any benchmarks with intel for it.

vapor matt · 2 Feb 2006 at 22:09

well the things to consider are, 1 is your PSU upto it? 2 crossfire will eliminate the need to upgrade GFX for a while untill vista and DX10 cards are established.

its one of those questions really, do i really need it? awnser is always yes if your into overclocking, its a never ending cycle really lol

http://www.xtremesystems.com/index.php

check here at the extreame 3d forum for crossfire and intel, but 975i boards are new so there might not be many awnsers as yet

Metalface Mark · 2 Feb 2006 at 22:26

My psu is a hyper 480w - it says its sli ready, but its only got one pci-e cable on it strangely, it also dosent have the 8 pin power plug on it that is on the 975x board, so im not sure it would be man enough for the job.

vapor matt · 2 Feb 2006 at 22:43

well i would say get another PSU, but as always its if funds allow. to run 2 X1800 cards plus some serious OC i would say a 600W of a decent brand with at least 30w on the 12v rail

intel CPU's are power hungry so more the better. also remeber the quality of the psu is important, read reviews and read the power outputs carefully. some of the cheaper brands badly misquote output to there advantage.

i would say board and high output PSU top of the list

Metalface Mark · 3 Feb 2006 at 00:53

moneys not really a problem, i just dont know whether its worth getting a dual core intel at the moment, when it would be just like having 2 630's - but with hyperthreading, its not really as crucial compared to having a single core amd. Ill sleep on it, ill probably go for the psu/board and crossfire board just now, and see how the cpu clocks before going for a new chip.

Webster · 3 Feb 2006 at 11:11

vapor matt said:
No motherboard suport for Yonah though!!!!!

and i quite fancy a presler, the 940 though as the 930's and 920's seem to be speed binned so not so good clockers, but they have the right multi mmmmm i wouldnt mind haveing a crack at one though!

It's actually been found that the 940's have been speedbinned, and the 920's are the best clocking currently.

Webster · 3 Feb 2006 at 11:12

InwardSinging said:
moneys not really a problem, i just dont know whether its worth getting a dual core intel at the moment, when it would be just like having 2 630's - but with hyperthreading, its not really as crucial compared to having a single core amd. Ill sleep on it, ill probably go for the psu/board and crossfire board just now, and see how the cpu clocks before going for a new chip.

Alternatively you can get a 6x1 Cedar mill, people are getting 4.5Ghz clocks on air from 641's.