[Merged] 4.1 Ghz Dual Core Pentium 805 Monster

[popper]

lol

http://www.aria.co.uk/productinfocom...pecialStatus=1 have a few 805's left at 77.49 on offer

[luvclub]

I'm looking at upgrading my well ancient AMD Athlon 1Ghz. It has served me well, but doesn't really cut it anymore (e.g watching HD movies and encoding).

The thing is it runs quite warm. Maybe over 60 degrees constantly and has probably been on 99% of the time for the last 5-6(?) years. I'm a bit fed up with the heat it generates in the bedroom and I'm also concerned by the electricity consumption.

Could anyone give me an idea of the sort of wattage that the 805 uses at stock and overclocked speeds. I guess the 805 is not one of the greener CPUs, so could anyone suggest one (maybe the AMD64, AMD X2 or Core Duo?)

I hear the AMD64 have some technology which enables it to underclock when idle thereby saving electricity and slowing fan speeds. Do Pentiums have this tech (specifically the new Core Duo)?

Cheers for answering any of my questions. As you could see by my current processor I've been out of the loop for a while and hope to upgrade soon.

The 805 is a low power guzzler and with the artic cooling cpu fan it doesnt get hot

AMD uses cool and quiet that slows the cpu im not sure about the Intel however ive never activated c & q as its pants

[popper]

your AMD Athlon 1Ghz at 60 degrees is way to hot even in this heat we're having, i have one at 52c/126F and thats overclocked , on average its running at 111F or less.

you need to get a larger copper heatsink (and heat paste) on that with the fan running at about 2600 or less is nice and quiet.

for your encoding, you should look to nothing but the core or an x2 these days of AVC and HD encoding and even then, its going to be slower than realtime for the HD encoding

[TheBlueRaja]

Originally Posted by popper

your AMD Athlon 1Ghz at 60 degrees is way to hot even in this heat we're having, i have one at 52c/126F and thats overclocked , on average its running at 111F or less.

you need to get a larger copper heatsink (and heat paste) on that with the fan running at about 2600 or less is nice and quiet.

for your encoding, you should look to nothing but the core or an x2 these days of AVC and HD encoding and even then, its going to be slower than realtime for the HD encoding

So your recommending that he gets a new cooler for the processor he's thinking about changing because its "way to hot" even though its been on 99% of the time for the last 5-6 years (and by all accounts running fine).

Good advice...

[punky]

Right... i'm 99% sure i'm going to get one... Most likely get the CPU & motherboard now, and then grab other stuff later (memory, graphics card, HD - I only have IDE ones)

I remember vaguely somewhere saying that you need a very certain version of this cpu... other versions of the same CPU aren't overclockable like a certain version is... User comments on Aria mentions SL8ZH... Does it have to be this version, and if so, how can you tell the one you're getting is?

Does anyone know what I mean, or did I dream it?

Edit: Found this... doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me...

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardw...ict188562.html

Could anyone else explain it? And bottom line, will any 805 be overclockable the same as Zingle's/Tom's hardware's one?

[luvclub]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

The 805 is a low power guzzler and with the artic cooling cpu fan it doesnt get hot

AMD uses cool and quiet that slows the cpu im not sure about the Intel however ive never activated c & q as its pants

I've done a bit of googling and think I've found what I'm looking for.

Here for anyone interested http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=2389

Basically it would seem as if the 805 isn't really for me because even idle at stock it still guzzles way more power than pratically any AMD at load. I believe when overclocked it would probably use another 80W?

Overclocked and at load it may use up to 150W more than an equivalent AMD.

If like me the PC is left on at load 24/7 (I run a research prog in the background whilst idle) then it all adds up and it would probably be better to get an AMD or wait for the Core Duos.

The annual energy costs saved could probably get you a way better CPU!

Though for someone who enjoys a quick game here and there or likes a 'challenge' in overclocking then it would be a bargain.

dude it works out at less than 10- 15 p a day difference so if you can buy a cpu for 35-50 quid thats better than mine then go for that one ill have 10.So your happy with a single core cpu then? as thats what the 3500 is

[TheBlueRaja]

I'd get one of these but my bird keeps spending all my cash...

awwww dude lol lol

[luvclub]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

dude it works out at less than 10- 15 p a day difference so if you can buy a cpu for 35-50 quid thats better than mine then go for that one ill have 10.So your happy with a single core cpu then? as thats what the 3500 is

No, I'm not really happy about it. Whichever I choose I think it would always have to be a compromise between being powerful or green/cool (as in not spewing too much hot air into my bedroom).

If I had to choose now I'll go for the 4000+ (and maybe overclock it if necessary), but I think I'll wait for more info on the Core Duos first.

PS 35-50 quid a year all adds up considering how long I've had my last CPU for.

each to there own

[MovedGoalPosts]

Of course you could get the more powerful CPU, which may use more power, but gets through more work in a shorter time, so you can tunr the PC off for part of the day saving a bit of the power

Originally Posted by Rob C

Of course you could get the more powerful CPU, which may use more power, but gets through more work in a shorter time, so you can tunr the PC off for part of the day saving a bit of the power

excellent point there dude that would reduce costs quite a bit