Pentium D 915

[RonAKA]

Have done a bit of research on what to use to upgrade an older PC. Would like to retain all old hardware except MB, CPU, Mem, Case/PS. Need two IDE channels, and one parallel printer port. It is basically an internet surfing machine with some business application use. Runs W2K now but will probably upgrade to XP for hardware/software compatiblility. Total cost is looking like $500 or so.

Thinking of Pentium D 915, with an Intel D946GZISSL board. These are in the $100 range each. I want a MB with graphics o/b to reduce cost. Probably 512 DDR2-667 memory, with option to double if that is not enough. Suspect the CPU will run warm stock, and the Intel board will not O/C?

Is that a reasonable choice? AMD 3800+ X2 seem to be more expensive. Am I missing any obvious alternatives?

 

[stevty2889]

There is also an AMD X2 3600+ CPU thats a bit cheaper, and still far better than getting a pentium-d.

 

[RonAKA]

Ok, thanks. I'll check out what I can get for a MB at a good price including graphics, and necessary I/O. Is the advantage of the X2 3600+ less heat? better OC? or just performance? I saw some reports that the D performed pretty good on business apps, but less well in games.

 

[Cheex]

Originally posted by: RonAKA
I saw some reports that the D performed pretty good on business apps, but less well in games.

This has more or less been my experience but it did perform well in games though.


EDIT: I just found it funny that I was referring to the D915 and this is my 915th post...

 

[vmyap]

I just bought a pentium d 915 for economic choice ( i still use a agp vcard and ddr400) and paired it with asrock 775dual-vsta (no 4core-vsta here yet)

 

[Cheex]

Well you seem well set then because that is the board I started using my D915 on. It performed pretty good.