P D840 or X2 3800+

[Earsly]

Anyone got any reviews of the two against each other?

Pentium D840 3.2ghz or X2 3800+

I'm getting the D840 for pretty cheap so I'm wondering what is better? I can't find any articles specifically with the two cpus reviewed against each other. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Hacp]

X2 3800 stock should about equal Pentium D840 stock.

 

[Mik3y]

so you want us to google it up for you?

 

[MobiusPizza]

If their performance is roughly equal, I would go for AMD myself for lower power consumption, better overclockerbility and potentially cheaper + motherboard + DDR Ram

But if the Intel one you can buy it for cheaper (that iss including DDR2 RAM, Motherboard, etc) then sure

 

[TSS]

it depends really..

if you want to OC it, still have good performance with stock, and save money on the electricity bill go AMD.

if your feeling cold and need something to heat up your room, buy the intel.

ya want a review, go look it up on google. should be enough around.

can always buy the intel, ebay it, then buy a opteron 165 or 170 and still make a few bucks.

 

[Markfw]

X2 3800 OC oe not OC'ed. Beats it either way.

 

[aatf510]

Stock by stock, the 840D might be a little slower because it's likely that it would be throttling down its clockspeed with the stock cooling.