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Pentium D 820 For sale yet?

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Minot

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Has anyone seen the new dual-core Pentium D 820 for sale yet? If so, would you be kind enough to post a link. Thank you.
 
The 820 appears to be in stock at ZZF. I was about to order one until I read about the DRM and hardware remote management. :frown:

(and not to mention the blatant whipping it gets from the X2's, though it is significantly cheaper until you add a motherboard)
 
Originally posted by: ProviaFan
The 820 appears to be in stock at ZZF. I was about to order one until I read about the DRM and hardware remote management. :frown:

(and not to mention the blatant whipping it gets from the X2's, though it is significantly cheaper until you add a motherboard)
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And they sure aren't $241 like was said. $310 !!!!!! With the performance difference, unless the X2's are way out of line also, they are the way to go. So when you add the motherboard also, it really makes the X2 look better and better.
 
Originally posted by: Markfw900
Originally posted by: ProviaFan
The 820 appears to be in stock at ZZF. I was about to order one until I read about the DRM and hardware remote management. :frown:

(and not to mention the blatant whipping it gets from the X2's, though it is significantly cheaper until you add a motherboard)
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And they sure aren't $241 like was said. $310 !!!!!! With the performance difference, unless the X2's are way out of line also, they are the way to go. So when you add the motherboard also, it really makes the X2 look better and better.
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ZZF always price gouges with new items. The new LGA775 945 mobo's came out at newegg starting at $159 and will drop also.

In regards to price gouging, doing a froogle search for a X2 4400+, the prices vary from $595 to almost $700.
 
Originally posted by: Markfw900
And they sure aren't $241 like was said. $310 !!!!!! With the performance difference, unless the X2's are way out of line also, they are the way to go. So when you add the motherboard also, it really makes the X2 look better and better.
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I didn't catch the price difference - that changes things a bit also. It wasn't my intention to come in and "crap" on an Intel-related thread, but OTOH I'm coming from a dead-end platform (Socket A), didn't have biases one way or the other, and was about ready to grab the 820 for various reasons (including cost) until I did some more research. Now, due to the DRM and remote management security implications (which Intel is not very forthcoming about), I won't touch one at all out of principle.
 
Originally posted by: ProviaFan
The 820 appears to be in stock at ZZF. I was about to order one until I read about the DRM and hardware remote management. :frown:

(and not to mention the blatant whipping it gets from the X2's, though it is significantly cheaper until you add a motherboard)
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I know what DRM is, but what is hardware remote management ..

thanks

 
So does this mean that all a user would have to do is disable the onboard NIC card and install a PCI NIC to disable the AMT function? It says that the AMT function depends on the new type of NIC so I'd imagine this would render it useless.
 
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
So does this mean that all a user would have to do is disable the onboard NIC card and install a PCI NIC to disable the AMT function? It says that the AMT function depends on the new type of NIC so I'd imagine this would render it useless.
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Could be, but that still won't stop the Digital Rights Removal, er, Management.
 
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