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I am looking to build a new machine on a low tight budget and so cannot
consider either of the new cpu's from intel & amd i.e the core 2 and the x2
respectively. Using the cpu charts on toms hardware guide I can see that the
pentium d 820 is by far the best choice in terms of the type of performance
I want, far better than the price equivalent amd cpu but what worries me is
all the stuff i have heard about heat problems with the intel chips, despite
the hours i have spent so far trying to find out about this i am really none
the wiser, I get the impression that it was more the standard p4's of higher
clock speeds that were the problem, I understand that it ran
hotter than the amd's but as long as it did not have problems with
overheating with standard cooling solutions etc..., instability, throttling
down because of heat.
Anyhow after spending much time trying to clarify this issue with my own
searches I am now hoping I can get some good advice here because my own
searches have been of little help, so if anyone has any good or bad
practical experience with the pentium d 820 I would really appreciate
hearing about it. By the way my current cpu is an ancient pentium3 500, so
that has been my last experience with cpu's etc... so this is why I need
some advice from people with more recent experience.
consider either of the new cpu's from intel & amd i.e the core 2 and the x2
respectively. Using the cpu charts on toms hardware guide I can see that the
pentium d 820 is by far the best choice in terms of the type of performance
I want, far better than the price equivalent amd cpu but what worries me is
all the stuff i have heard about heat problems with the intel chips, despite
the hours i have spent so far trying to find out about this i am really none
the wiser, I get the impression that it was more the standard p4's of higher
clock speeds that were the problem, I understand that it ran
hotter than the amd's but as long as it did not have problems with
overheating with standard cooling solutions etc..., instability, throttling
down because of heat.
Anyhow after spending much time trying to clarify this issue with my own
searches I am now hoping I can get some good advice here because my own
searches have been of little help, so if anyone has any good or bad
practical experience with the pentium d 820 I would really appreciate
hearing about it. By the way my current cpu is an ancient pentium3 500, so
that has been my last experience with cpu's etc... so this is why I need
some advice from people with more recent experience.