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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
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Today's demanding personal computing world requires more than just processor speed. You need the power of the Pentium D 915, offering the simultaneous operations found only in a dual core processor. This nimble chip features two processor cores each running at 2.8GHz with an integrated 2MB L2 cache. Intel's manufacturing process reduces power consumption and improves thermal performance permitting faster processor speeds without heat-induced failures. Users today want the most productivity and enjoyment from their PCs when running multiple applications at the same time. The Intel dual core processor gives you the resources to support both multitasking and multiusers. Drive your system to new levels with this high performance chip that gives you two processors in one!
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Great Processor! Heat? What heat???
- Pros: Simply a great budget dual core CPU. With my Newegg account this cost me around 100 bucks and it runs great. Yes a Core2Duo is faster, but I can't believe the performance you get for the price of this chip. I overclocked it to 3.2 GHZ and it still remains incredibly stable and cool. I seem to have the latest version of this chip. It has a production date of about 2 months ago. The 915 is not supposed to support Virtualization, but apparently mine does. As to the heat issue, this chip is frosty for me, even OCd and using stock. so I'm totally mystified about the heat reports. I'm watching SpeedFan as I type this and the system is moving between 27 and 32 degrees. I ran it a full load for about a half and hour and it didn't break 50 degrees. Great deal. Grab it.
- Cons: None at this price. Again, I don't get the reports about the heat issues. I had a Prescott P4 3.4 GHZ hyperthreading CPU, and that thing was a furnace. This chip is much faster, much cooler, and I honestly can't believe how cheap it is.
- Other Thoughts: The heatsink that comes with this CPU is actually of very good quality. If you remove the fan you'll see that the entire core, not just the bottom pad, is copper. It is formed into a large inverted cone. The cone quickly and effectively pulls heat off the chip, dissipates it over its surface, and then the fan pulls the heat right out of the funnel and blasts it out of the case. I'm using a Foxconn micro-atx case and an Asus micro-atx board. The side panel of the case also has a plastic funnel which rests over the heatsink and fan and allows the cpu's heat to be pushed directly out of the case.
- Pros: This CPU is exactly what the Pentium D was supposed to be. Unlike the 805, it isn't crippled, and the cache size is just mind boggling (especially to a person coming from a 3500+ w/512 KB).The benefits of this processor are apparent in what I do (over the 3500+) sure I game, but I also like to be running other things in the background.
One thing I like about running this in Windows XP is the ability to set affinity-For those of you who don't know how to do this I will explain. Setting the affinity allows me to have all my background tasks running (antivirus programs etc.) while playing single threaded games at full speed. For those of you who do not know how to do this, I will say that the CPU load balances on its own, and setting affinity can can screw up programs.Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to summon task manager,click the processes tab, right click on the process you wish to set, click set affinity.There will be a big box w/ core 1 & 2 checked, uncheck the box you wish to free of the task
- Cons: Price cuts of the conroe, and a pentium D based on the core architecture are coming soon. If you want more performance (By quite a big margin) wait for the price cuts (April 27th 2007) if you are like me, and have no patience, get this CPU. THe reason I recommend this over the AM2 CPUs is the upgradeability, most motherboards that support this CPU support Conroes. Be forewarned, Intel does plan to drop LGA775 for their next architecture, K8L can be run on AM2 (note, you need DDR2 to run AM2, and the mobos that support AGP on AM2 are mini ATX). I couldn't afford both DDR2 and a new pci-express gfx card, so I went presler.
- Other Thoughts: Again, weigh your options, I was perfectly happy with this CPU only because I knew that this was the smartest choice at the time. Do your homework, look up the CPU charts on toms hardware. Especially look at what mobo options you have. If you didn't prepare for DDR2 or PCI-Express (like Me) look for a Mobo which has what you need (in my case the ASrock quad VSTA). Newegg's search featurehelps a lot.
| Model | BX80553915 |
| Series | Pentium D |
| CPU Socket Type | LGA 775 |
| Core | Presler |
| Multi-Core | Dual-Core |
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Running perfectly
- Pros: I got this and the coolmaster centuruion 5 case. i get 47C idle and 60C max on cpu temp. Everything runs perfectly. Got that silver arctic thermal compound and using stock heat sink. No problems on install. Its running nicely. didn't put much compound on accidnet when i first hooked it up and heatsink was not flushed to processor. temps went to 80C but nothign bad happened. Put a bit more compound on and bam temps are in the nice 40 range.
- Cons: None. Running like a champ
- Pros: works well not a bad cpu
- Cons: cant over clock with ASUS P5K DELUXE
Good processor
- Pros: It's good for everyday stuff, it's not too expensive, it works.
- Cons: Not core 2 duo, but this was in the price range. Next time I'm definitely going AMD, though. Same price gets you a faster processor, according to benchmarks and other things.
- Other Thoughts: I'm not overclocking.
| Model |
| Brand |
Intel |
| Processors Type |
Desktop |
| Series |
Pentium D |
| Model |
BX80553915 |
| CPU Socket Type |
| CPU Socket Type |
LGA 775 |
| Tech Spec |
| Core |
Presler |
| Multi-Core |
Dual-Core |
| Name |
Pentium D 915 |
| Operating Frequency |
2.8GHz |
| FSB |
800MHz |
| L2 Cache |
2 x 2MB |
| Manufacturing Tech |
65 nm |
| 64 bit Support |
Yes |
| Hyper-Threading Support |
No |
| Virtualization Technology Support |
No |
| Multimedia Instruction |
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T |
| Voltage |
1.225V-1.325V |
| Cooling Device |
Heatsink and Fan included |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
3 years limited |
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Reviewed By: Dual Core Rules on 1/30/2007
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
