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new sandy bridge Pentium chips

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Bman123

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So I was looking around on newegg last night and saw there are s1155 sandy bridge dual core Pentium chips now. I'm looking to upgrade my pc and got interested by them. The low end one is $77 for 2.6 ghz
can you overclock those Pentium chips?

Really I'm looking at it like this. I can upgrade my old Pentium d mobo CPU and RAM for under $200 then later I can get a quad 2500k when I have the money. Do you think this is a good idea for now? At least ill have a upgrade path...
 
You cannot overclock the Sandy Bridge Pentiums. I think that you ought to just save up enough for a 2500k so you don't waste any money.
 
You can not overclock much for any Sandy Bridge that does not have an unlocked Turbo multiplier.

BTW, I loved how people thought there would be an i3 2120K even though i3's don't have Turbo.
 
I won't have the money for a 2500k for months. I was thinking this would be a big upgrade over my Pentium d and I would be on socket 1155 now and could buy the 2500k when I got the money around Xmas
 
sangyup81 said:
You can not overclock much for any Sandy Bridge that does not have an unlocked Turbo multiplier.

BTW, I loved how people thought there would be an i3 2120K even though i3's don't have Turbo.
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It doesn't have to have turbo to be unlocked. My i5-2500K is overclocked by its base multiplier. I disabled turbo entirely.
 
sangyup81 said:
Sounds like a good plan to me! =)
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Well, let's interject some useful wisdom: President O: "I have to weigh the costs and benefits . . . " And either Milton Friedman or just about any competent economist: "A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow."

You might want to think about what you'll do with the budget CPU when you make the swap later . . . .

But your plan is just about what I would do . . . I suppose . . . Maybe you can put the budget core up for sale . . . .

ON OC'ING SANDY BRIDGE

I'd planned to build an x58/socket-1366 build, but thought I'd wait and see if Intel would ever temper the 135W "toaster-oven" TDP. I didn't think I liked too much initially the idea that you couldn't do much with the bCLCK for socket 1155. Then I looked at the reviews and performance benchmarks for the unlocked "K" chips. Figured this was the way to go.

We might have spent time over a month or two tweaking or adjusting these things with the earlier processors, and you could take that sort of time to play with the 1155's if you wanted . . . But ultimately, you're going to "run" your computer at the desired settings for all the myriad tasks that -- after all -- people "do" with computers . . .
 
It just seems like the best way to go right now in my eyes. Correct me if I'm wrong but jumping from 775 to 1155 will yield way better performance
 
It's a pity that there was a $10 coupon code at Newegg for the G620 that expired about 12 hours ago.

As a point of reference, I have the G620T (from buy.com; their CPU prices are slightly lower than Newegg's) sitting in a low-power always-on server. Since it's a low-TDP "T" SKU, its maximum clock is only 2.2GHz (vs. 2.6GHz for the non-T). Compared with a 2.2GHz Conroe-based 65nm Pentium dual core (E2200), I get only about a 15-20% performance boost with the G620T. The idles are no different from my i5-2400 (not surprising, since SpeedStep and power-gating pretty much levels the field for idling for all SB processors), but at maximum CPU load, the entire system (Zotac H67ITX + Chenbro storage server case) draws a mere 41W with onboard graphics and a 3.5" 7200 RPM HDD.
 
You will thank yourself in the end if you wait a few months of savings. You will regret in a few months that you bought this cpu. save it for 2500k.
 
If you MUST get a budget CPU, forget about the Sandy Bridge Pentiums. The Sandy Bridge Celerons will release soon and apart from the lowest-end model the only difference is slightly lower clock speed and 2MB L3 cache instead of 3MB, which will probably translate into very meager differences.

What I'm getting at: the Celeron G530 is clocked at 2.4GHz, is a Dual-Core, and comes with 2MB L3 cache. It should be around 10% slower than the Pentium G620 and will cost around $20-25 less at just $50-55. I'd get that instead when it comes out. The Sandy Bridge Pentium is too expensive for the performance it gives.
 
I really would have liked a low-end SB for a Hackintosh build. The lack of any OCing whatsoever kills it though, especially since I'm able to get a cheap E5200 up to 4.1GHz.
 
The only reason I consider getting one is its a cheap way to het me on the current platform. I'd be jumping from a Pentium d to a sb Pentium and be able to buy a 2500k later on when I have the spare cash
 
The name Pentium should have been banished the moment the 775 was retired.

Why not stick to the number system perhaps the pentium line can be like the i2 1300 or whatever
 
If you can deal with waiting. As in your computer is competent enough to do the tasks you require of it than wait until you have enough to buy what you really want as in the i5 2500k. Otherwise your buying a low end processor that really isn't that great by todays standards. Imo your buying a motherboard that is $77 more than it should be if you buy that processor.
 
Just keep saving up and when you are ready to buy everything do so all at once. Components should theoretically be cheaper then.
 
I say go for it. I know a lot of people are saying "wait", but compared to a Pentium D... the difference is going to be crazy. Intel way overstated the wattage these things take because they were afraid they'd cut into their low wattage chips. A G620 will hardly ever take over 40 watts at load. So your power requirements will go way down, your performance will go way up, and you have an upgrade path to a 2500(k) later. Seems like a no brainer to me. Also, low priced chips hardly go down in value, so you could sell it later at nearly the cost you paid for it.

I suggest picking it up here to save a few bucks over newegg:
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php...-Processor-G620-2-6GHz-3MB-LGA1155-CPU-Retail
 
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