Pentium D 805 or something else

[DarrylLicke]

Okay I saw this on sale today: Pentium 805 D

well actually a few weeks ago but the sale ends today. Lots of searching on anandtech says I should avoid the Pentium Ds because they run hot and don't perform as well as the comprable AMD chip.

The thing is I like conroe and while the AMD dual cores are not out yet I need to decide before EOB today so I can catch the sale of the chip above because the boards I'm looking at currently support Pentium D and Conroe.

The main uses of this computer: internal webserver, internal file server, software engineering, maybe video encoding (heavy heavy maybe), web surfing, occasional gaming like BF2 (best buy is getting mad at me from hanging out there), and occasional lan party server. Primaries will be SE, web surfing, and internal web server/file server and that's about it (getting the Wii).

So that's about it. Help.

Not tied to intel but prefer best performance for price and what i want to do.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Here's the link:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116001

AMD dual cores are not out yet

AMD X2, those are dual core.

 

[DarrylLicke]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
Here's the link:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116001

AMD dual cores are not out yet

AMD X2, those are dual core.

yes it is. My mistake. But none are under $100 according to pricewatch.

 

[DaveSimmons]

You have to overclock the 805D by around 20% to catch up to the speed of an AMD X2 3800+ at stock speed, so keep that in mind comparing the 2.

For business and _light_ gaming (when a 2.66 GHz P4 is good enough) the 805D is a decent value.