Friday, May 19, 2006
4.1 Ghz of Speed for $130 USD...No Way! Way? Way!
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 03:00 PM
"The bottom line is that the Athlon FX-60 and the Pentium Extreme Edition 965 have both met their match - there's simply no escaping this conclusion! This is bound to cause lamentation among the elite circle of users who've invested big bucks in their high-end systems, if not outright wailing and rending of garments. The basic stats for this insignificant-seeming budget processor read as follows: Pentium D 805 clocked at 2.66 GHz, equipped with two processor cores both with 64 bit support. At your friendly neighborhood retailer you can pick up this secret weapon for pocket change - right now, for example, it's available at newegg.com for just under $130. We were quite amazed as the first performance figures emerged from our test labs: stable operation was possible at 4.1 GHz, and without even the need for substantial boosts to cooling!"
If you're looking to build an Intel system that has a lot of clock speed for media transcoding, but you have a small budget, this article will put a smile on your face. Wading through the insane number of pages (45!) will not, but you can probably skip to the pages you actually want to read. ;-)
If you're looking to build an Intel system that has a lot of clock speed for media transcoding, but you have a small budget, this article will put a smile on your face. Wading through the insane number of pages (45!) will not, but you can probably skip to the pages you actually want to read. ;-)
