Page 1 of 1

Quick CPU question

PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:33 am
by michaelb15
I found a Pentium D 945 @ 3.4GHz (which I could prolly OC further), with 4Mb cache for $35.

I currently have a Pentium D 820 @ 2.97GHz with only 2MB cache.

Think its a good buy? I am trying to find something better, but I can not afford to get a new mobo, RAM, and CPU at the moment.

Re: Quick CPU question

PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:23 pm
by waspiflab
I found a Pentium D 945 @ 3.4GHz (which I could prolly OC further), with 4Mb cache for $35.

I currently have a Pentium D 820 @ 2.97GHz with only 2MB cache.

Think its a good buy? I am trying to find something better, but I can not afford to get a new mobo, RAM, and CPU at the moment.



How much do you have to spend?

Re: Quick CPU question

PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:03 pm
by michaelb15
I found a Pentium D 945 @ 3.4GHz (which I could prolly OC further), with 4Mb cache for $35.

I currently have a Pentium D 820 @ 2.97GHz with only 2MB cache.

Think its a good buy? I am trying to find something better, but I can not afford to get a new mobo, RAM, and CPU at the moment.



How much do you have to spend?


I have about 50 bucks right now. It will take me another couple months to afford a PC that will last me a while.

Which is why I am happy I found a cheap CPU!

What will doubling the Cache on the CPU do for peformance? I figure it would be worth the 35 buck CPU. (Plus S&H)

like its at least an extra 400mhz boost on each core, plus doubling the cache. I would be happy with a couple FPS boost in my fsx.