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Worth getting Pentium D915?

daryll

daryll

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Ive currently got an overclocked Pentium D805 which I am happy with apart from how much power it uses..

Me and my gf have been really trimming our elec bill and our PCs are now the largest chunk of what we use by far..

Im asuming the 915 uses less as it drops to 65nm?

Conroe would prob be best for low power but id rather not have to replace both MBs as weve not had them that long.

My main question is..is it worth it?
 
Ok im not normally one to scrimp on my MB but if I get an ASRock board i can get us both a new MB and E6300 for £310 delivered..which doesnt sound bad at all..(im trying to convince myself ;) lol)

Would I regret it going from my Asus?
 
daryll said:
Ok im not normally one to scrimp on my MB but if I get an ASRock board i can get us both a new MB and E6300 for £310 delivered..which doesnt sound bad at all..(im trying to convince myself ;) lol)

Would I regret it going from my Asus?
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You would be limited with a 300 FSB

Making the 6300 run at 2.1ghz.

What you have to take into account is the money that you will get for your old chip and mobo.

This upgrade might cost you less than you think. ;)

45 for your 805
40 for your mobo

get a DS3 for 50 more
get a 6300 for 65 more

If you get roughly that for your old mobo and chip upgrade to conroe
£125
 
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It really depends what you want it for... if its overclocking then no. But if you want something that you can run almost silent in a HTPC or like they yes.. They are amazing. I have a stock one in a machine at work and it sits at 25Degrees idle and hits 35Degrees under load (2 instances of toast one on each core and then burn in tests running the machine flat out) with the standard cooler... Thinking of buying one for my HTPC/Download Server...
 
lol, it's a jump of 133MHz at stock, that's really not worth it.

If you get a crap 915 that doesn't clock as far as your 805, you may end up losing performance!

I agree with Easyrider here, now is as good a time as ever to make the jump to Conroe, the E6300s are cheap yet blindingly fast!
 
If this is all about power consumption and making your electricity bill smaller, have you calculated how much it costs to run your PCs? Have you worked out how much an E6300 PC would cost to run? What will the annual difference be?

The reason I ask is that the money you'd be laying out on changing your setups would go a long way in the extra on your electricity bill by staying as you are?

There are other ways to save cash on your PC too? I've never heard of your PSU for instance, a Seasonic or similar PSU would probably be more efficient. Do you leave your PC on standby? Do you power down hard disks etc when it's idle? Can you change your usage patterns to use them less? Do you need to run the overclock you are at the moment?

Sorry if any of that is teaching you to suck eggs by the way, but the point I'm trying to make is that changing to Conroe setups isn't going to save you much cash on its own if you're trying to reduce your electricity bill...

Of course, if you just fancy a Conroe setup, then do it for that reason! It will use less power, but not that I think you'd notice much. :)
 
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