Pentium-D – poor man's Core Duo?

[MEGADENZ]

Keeping up with Intels chips is difficult. The names they give the chips dont necessarily tell you anything about it, so you need to visit their website to know exactly what it is you are purchasing.

The once king of the hill Pentium-4 is no longer top dog.

Core-2 Duo and Core-2 Quadro are....but what if you cant afford it? 

The Pentium-D. (production ceased on 9 March 2007, yet CPUs are still on the market)
Pentium-D is a Dual core chip. If you dont mind the short-comings that the newer chips have overcome...this is the way to go. Yes, I know they are not as good as Core-2, but if Core-2 is not within your budget range...and you want a dual core chip...then look at the Pentium-D.

http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentium_d/index.htm
http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/pentium_d.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_d
http://static.tigerdirect.com/html/Intel_Pentium_D-Article.html

It runs hot so dont forget to buy a fan for it. 

Anyway, anybody here knows where you could buy this or the price of this cpus here in Manila

[KitC]

pcx.com.ph - download the pricelist

You can also check out tipidpc.com

[chrijdaq]

Yes, I know they are not as good as Core-2, but if Core-2 is not within your budget range...and you want a dual core chip...then look at the Pentium-D.

what's the significance of this dual core chip?

ano naman yung pentium M nung kelan may ganun?

big thanks!

[sjon014]

Instead of a Pentium D, why not spring for an Athlon 64 X2? They're dirt cheap nowadays, plus Socket AM2's gonna stay around for a while anyway, so you can upgrade to whatever AMD brings out next. The A64 X2 is available in 3600+, 3800+, 4200+, 4400+, and 4600+, and Intel's best Pentium D (The PD 945) is still slower than the 4200+.

Pentium-M's? These are Notebook/Laptop chips. They're like the Core 2's. Gigahertz is not equal to speed. Imagine, their 1.6MHz is comparable in performance to an old 3.0GHz P4! More efficient architecture, I'd say. Less power consumption too. Sobrang sikat nito sa enthusiasts that they released a CPU socket adapter for Socket 478 motherboards to accept Pentium-M chips.

<Ang geek ko!!!!! >

[Presler]

the Intel Pentium E2140 is based on Core Microarchitecture.... this is indeed the poor man's Core 2 Duo processor. more info from Xbit Labs: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/pentium-e2160.html







cheers!

[dref40cc]

sayang kabibili ko pa lang last year ng aking p4 2.80 ghz tapos me bago na naman siguro padagdagan ko nalang ng memory gawin kung 1 gb para makasabay sa dual core