Pentium Dual Core E2140 is same as old "pentium D" ?

[wesley]

hi

just browse ebay for small desktop PC

DELL Optiplex 320 DT Desktop PC

Pentium Dual Core E2140 (1.60Ghz/800MHz)

2GB 667 MHz Memory(2*1GB)

wondered if the cpu is same old "Pentium D"

like this?

The machine i use at work got "pentium D" sticker on the base unit. i dont like it at all too slow

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Nah, completely different architecture, pretty much just Conroes with lower cache.

Edit: Also, the E2140 is a great budget performer for a desktop machine, had a Optiplex745 with one in and it was a pretty speedy machine for the usual office tasks, video watching, etc.

 

[Trunks9486]

Its not, E2xxx are Core 2 based

 

[mrthingyx]

I think we need a sticky or a banner that states the 21XX series are in fact derived from Conroe. Pentium D is just a marketing moniker.

This is the third thread in as many weeks, I think.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Proof that it is a hideous marketing blunder, since their release there have been questions about these chips, it's the same in the laptop sector for the Yonahs.

 

[drunkenmaster]

I think we need a sticky or a banner that states the 21XX series are in fact derived from Conroe. Pentium D is just a marketing moniker.

This is the third thread in as many weeks, I think.

not as bad as the what appears to be 30 thread per week saying "anyone know why my core is running at such a low speed, is it broken, have i been ripped off, etc".

Those threads are doing my head in now.

 

[mame]

didnt they say that the pentium D was just 2x pentium 4's togther and not a true dual core

 

[Lightnix]

And the Q6600 isn't a true quad core but it smokes Phenom.

The Pentium Dual Cores are just Allendale based Core 2 Duos with 1MB of L2 cache, completely different. A 1.6GHz Pentium D would be awful.

 

[steve258]

didnt they say that the pentium D was just 2x pentium 4's togther and not a true dual core

That's right but it's Pentium "D" as in Desktop and the E2***s are Pentium "Dual Core" which is completely different.

Very confusing it's like the Mobile Pentium4 and the Mobile Pentium4-"M".