Which CPU do you own?

[Anusha]

In an attempt to understand Sri Lankan people's thoughts and maybe to learn from each other....please post your replies with:

EXACT Model:
Stock Speed:
Currently running speed: (unless you have overclocked, it's the same speed as stock)
Time of purchase:
Price you paid for it:
And reasons behind your choice:

I'll go first.

Model: Intel Core2Duo E6300
Stock Speed: 1.86GHz
Current speed: 1.86GHz (not overclocked)
Time of purchase: 2006 Q4
Price: Rs.23,500
Why: Low power consumption with admirable performance; better multitasking with dual cores; AthlonX2 3800 wasn't available for purchase; very goo
d price to performance ratio

For the people who are lazy to type these, copy and paste this list:

Model:
Stock Speed:
Current Speed:
Time of purchase:
Price:
Why:

[amila325]

Model: Intel Pentium D
Stock Speed: 2.66GHz
Current Speed: 2.66GHz
Time of purchase: 2006 October
Price: 11000
Why: Because of the price i go for that it is dual core but the cn is it 533MHz bus speed but dual core that's why i bought it

what do you think anusha about that

[vnc]

SUCH A CHEAP PRIZE!!!!:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: ;) ;) ;) ;)

[yoshitha]

Asus P5 N32 SLI Board with 1333/800 bus speed
Intel 3.6 Ghz Dual core LGS 775 WITH 800mhz 2mb L2 Pentium D Proccesor
DDR2 667 MHZ MEMORY
nVidia ge force 7800GT PCI Express mb 2 Gddr3 Vedeo card 512mb

I build this one one month ago, cost about $2000. just for pc.

Yoshitha
:D ::) :lol:

[Anusha]

Asus P5 N32 SLI Board with 1333/800 bus speed
Intel 3.6 Ghz Dual core LGS 775 WITH 800mhz 2mb L2 Pentium D Proccesor
DDR2 667 MHZ MEMORY
nVidia ge force 7800GT PCI Express mb 2 Gddr3 Vedeo card 512mb

I build this one one month ago, cost about $2000. just for pc.

Yoshitha
:D ::) :lol:

Good setup, but that's not what i asked :confused: And, US$2000 for that setup looks too much. But I don't know the other components. They might add up. And the motherboad doesn't support FSB1333MHz btw.

I only need the CPU info. Open another thread to talk about your setup.

[yoshitha]

Asus P5 N32 SLI Board with 1333/800 bus speed
Intel 3.6 Ghz Dual core LGA 775 WITH 800mhz 2mb L2 Pentium D Proccesor
DDR2 667 MHZ MEMORY
nVidia ge force 7800GT PCI Express mb 2 Gddr3 Vedeo card 512mb

I build this one one month ago, cost about $2000. just for pc.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Yoshitha
:D ::) :lol:

[DJ.Parker]

Is this valid 4 upgraded ones?:D wow these r really cheap. I think I got my pc in 99. N it was like 65 000

[Anusha]

CPU (processor) only. Not the whole System. Post your latest CPU details.

[Anusha]

Asus P5 N32 SLI Board with 1333/800 bus speed
Intel 3.6 Ghz Dual core LGA 775 WITH 800mhz 2mb L2 Pentium D Proccesor
DDR2 667 MHZ MEMORY
nVidia ge force 7800GT PCI Express mb 2 Gddr3 Vedeo card 512mb

I build this one one month ago, cost about $2000. just for pc.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Yoshitha
:D ::) :lol:

Ahem.... double post.

[yoshitha]

PROCCESSOR INTEL 3.4GHZ INTEL DUAL CORE LGA 775 2MB L2 800MHZ PENTIUM D PROCCESOR.
ASUS BOARD P5N32 SLI BOARD WITH F/SPEED 1033/1066/800/533MHZ SPEED.

I LIVE IN BERMUDA WICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE PARTS ARE.
HEY ANUSHA I HAVE TELL U THIS U LIVE AT PILIYANDALA, ME TO MY HOUSE IS WAWALA JUNCTION COLOMBO ROAD.

YOSHITHA
:D :D :D

[mlakmal]

PROCCESSOR INTEL 3.4GHZ INTEL DUAL CORE LGA 775 2MB L2 800MHZ PENTIUM D PROCCESOR.
ASUS BOARD P5N32 SLI BOARD WITH F/SPEED 1033/1066/800/533MHZ SPEED.

I LIVE IN BERMUDA WICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE PARTS ARE.
HEY ANUSHA I HAVE TELL U THIS U LIVE AT PILIYANDALA, ME TO MY HOUSE IS WAWALA JUNCTION COLOMBO ROAD.

YOSHITHA
:D :D :D


bermuda tri eke neme neda :lol: :lol:

bermuda carribean country ekak neda... wisthara tikak kiyapan monawageda ohe :D

man wadiya oya country eka gena ahala naha

[Anusha]

PROCCESSOR INTEL 3.4GHZ INTEL DUAL CORE LGA 775 2MB L2 800MHZ PENTIUM D PROCCESOR.
ASUS BOARD P5N32 SLI BOARD WITH F/SPEED 1033/1066/800/533MHZ SPEED.

I LIVE IN BERMUDA WICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE PARTS ARE.
HEY ANUSHA I HAVE TELL U THIS U LIVE AT PILIYANDALA, ME TO MY HOUSE IS WAWALA JUNCTION COLOMBO ROAD.

YOSHITHA
:D :D :D

Wewala? Nice ne.

Too bad the parts are expensive there. At least you have the parts no? Here, you have to be extremely lucky to find the parts as well as get a good deal.

And....that motherboard doesn't support FSB1333. :confused: There is only one chipset that supports that FSB, and it is not yet released to the market. nVidia nForce 680i is that chipset.

[Anusha]

Model: Intel Pentium D
Stock Speed: 2.66GHz
Current Speed: 2.66GHz
Time of purchase: 2006 October
Price: 11000
Why: Because of the price i go for that it is dual core but the cn is it 533MHz bus speed but dual core that's why i bought it

what do you think anusha about that


Yeah this is the best budget CPU out there. But, it consumes a lot of power to the performance it gives.

[pasanlaksiri]

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I hope to buy Intel Core 2 processor with ASUS gaming mother board.

[nukisl]

3.4 proccesor
intel board

[thusithagh]

Model: Intel P4
Stock Speed: 1.8 GHz
Current Speed: 1.8 GHz
Time of purchase: 2004 May
Price: don't remember
Why: that was the best at that time

[Anusha]

Model: Intel P4
Stock Speed: 1.8 GHz
Current Speed: 1.8 GHz
Time of purchase: 2004 May
Price: don't remember
Why: that was the best at that time

Are you kidding me? :confused: I bought my last PC with a AthonXP 2600+ in 2003 May!!! At that time, they had the 2.4GHz and 2.53GHz Intel CPUs and 2600+ was the fastest at Rs.19,000.

[DJ.Parker]

Model: Intel Celeron
Stock Speed: 2.44GHz
Current Speed: 2.44GHz

[sridanu]

Model: Intel P4
Stock Speed: 2.7GHz
Current Speed: 2.7 GHz (never checked it )
Time of purchase: 2004
Price: don't remember
Why: I needed a gud upgrage from my previous 1.3GHz one

[Anusha]

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I hope to buy Intel Core 2 processor with ASUS gaming mother board.


You know, you will be better off with a good video card than a CPU upgrade, as you have onboard video. No point spending so much money on gaming components than the only thing that matters these days: a highend video card. 3GHz isn't too bad, and you can overclock it to around 3.6GHz if you are lucky and even more if you are really really lucky. 3.6GHz P4 can easily run every game out there at good performance.

[Anusha]

Model: Intel P4
Stock Speed: 2.7GHz
Current Speed: 2.7 GHz (never checked it )
Time of purchase: 2004
Price: don't remember
Why: I needed a gud upgrage from my previous 1.3GHz one

2.7GHz? I think the real speed is 2.66GHz, right? Wow, 1.3GHz to 2.66GHz? :lol:. I went from a 500MHz k6-2 to a 2600+ which I could overclock to the 3000+'s level of performance, but not identical specs as the 3000+ has a 512kB L2 cache and mine has 256kB L2 cache. That was a huge jump!!!

[Anusha]

Model: Intel Celeron
Stock Speed: 2.44GHz
Current Speed: 2.44GHz

Hmmm. What I'm more interested in is why you went for it. :rolleyes:

[sridanu]

You know, you will be better off with a good video card than a CPU upgrade, as you have onboard video. No point spending so much money on gaming components than the only thing that matters these days: a highend video card. 3GHz isn't too bad, and you can overclock it to around 3.6GHz if you are lucky and even more if you are really really lucky. 3.6GHz P4 can easily run every game out there at good performance.

If its gaming performance then go for RAM. At least 2Gigs of it. Having a gud video card improves quality but if ya dont hav the Ram to ack it up it'll slow thing down big time

[DJ.Parker]

Hmmm. What I'm more interested in is why you went for it. :rolleyes:



yyyyyyyyyyy?:confused:

[Anusha]

If its gaming performance then go for RAM. At least 2Gigs of it. Having a gud video card improves quality but if ya dont hav the Ram to ack it up it'll slow thing down big time

RAM is only needed if you play at high resolutions. To play at high resolutions, you need a very good graphics card.

For example, if you have a Geforce 7600GT + 1GB RAM and 7600GS + 2GB RAM with everything else being identical, for games, 1GB RAM + 7600GT is a lot faster. You won't get image stuttering because of paging effect with 2GB, of course. But to be honest, on XP, with 1GB RAM, I can play every games except battlefield 2 and 2142 without stuttering at 1280x960 and full details. Only if you play games like FEAR, Oblivion, Battlefield 2/2142 at 1280x960 resolution or more, you won't notice performance let down in GAMES. But remember you can't have something like Maya8 or Photoshop open while playign games with 1GB ;)

[Anusha]

yyyyyyyyyyy?:confused:

Because I don't care whether you have a 2GHz P4 or a 2.93GHz Core2Duo. I want to know how the people's attitudes, than how rich they are. :cool:

[DJ.Parker]

Because I don't care whether you have a 2GHz P4 or a 2.93GHz Core2Duo. I want to know how the people's attitudes, than how rich they are. :cool:


dude did I say that Im rich?;)

[pasanlaksiri]

machan new intel boards nam chater. Mage INTEL 915GEV ekath echara allanne naha. Newest ASUS boards r superb. We can manually control any thing. ( I meane when u overclocking )

Like Striker Extreme

- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo Ready
- NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI™
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
- Extreme Tweaker
- SupremeFX / DTS Connect / Array Mic / Noise Filter
- LCD Poster
- EL I/O
- Onboard LED
- Onboard Switches

Striker Extreme (http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=117&l3=0&model=1439&modelmenu=1)

Pissu hadenawa board eka dakkahama.

[Anusha]

dude did I say that Im rich?;)

No, no. Don't misunderstand.

The CPU you have represents either your wealth, availability of the CPU in Sri Lankan markets, what type of things you do with your CPU, how much you research before you buy, how much you care, how you choose between substitutes etc. I want to know what it is.

[DJ.Parker]

No, no. Don't misunderstand.

The CPU you have represents either your wealth, availability of the CPU in Sri Lankan markets, what type of things you do with your CPU, how much you research before you buy, how much you care, how you choose between substitutes etc. I want to know what it is.


ooooooooooh;) :D ok.............well to tell u the truth my bro purchased it so I'll ask those info n post here or else he will post:)

(Not urgent neda?:D )

[pasanlaksiri]

You know, you will be better off with a good video card than a CPU upgrade, as you have onboard video. No point spending so much money on gaming components than the only thing that matters these days: a highend video card. 3GHz isn't too bad, and you can overclock it to around 3.6GHz if you are lucky and even more if you are really really lucky. 3.6GHz P4 can easily run every game out there at good performance.

yes machan. Thanks for the info;) . Then firs thing i have to buy good mother board.
Cuz INTEL mother boards not allowed to OVERCLOCKING.

[Anusha]

machan new intel boards nam chater. Mage INTEL 915GEV ekath echara allanne naha. Newest ASUS boards r superb. We can manually control any thing. ( I meane when u overclocking )

Like Striker Extreme

- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo Ready
- NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI™
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
- Extreme Tweaker
- SupremeFX / DTS Connect / Array Mic / Noise Filter
- LCD Poster
- EL I/O
- Onboard LED
- Onboard Switches

Striker Extreme (http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=117&l3=0&model=1439&modelmenu=1)

Pissu hadenawa board eka dakkahama.

But you know, what if you get very unlucky and get a CPU that wouldn't overclock well? And you need very good RAM to aid your overclocking. That motherboard is intended at extreme overclockers, who would spend anything to get that extra 1 frame per second performance gain in their favourite games. If you buy that motherboard, you better be buying at least a 2.4GHz Core2Duo, 2GB DDR2-1066, at least a Geforce8800GTS. Otherwise, it's no point.

And do you know how much that motherboard will be? It's gonna retail at around US$350 and in Sri Lanka, you'll have to pay at least Rs.50,000!!!! Go buy a video card :yes:

The best overclocking motherboard you can buy in Sri Lanka is the Gigabyte DS3 or DS4 or DQ6. DS3 has only one PCI-E x16 slot. Other two has 2 for ATI CrossFire. Sure, nForce 680i chipset will reach 2GHz+ FSB, but DS3 can reach 2GHz too. AS I said before, it all comes down to the CPU's capabilities and the RAM. If you have DDR2-800, you can only go to 1.6GHz FSB with 2x multiplier, even with that Striker motherboard. For all those huge FSBs, you will have to spend Rs.20,000+ for 1GB RAM and an after market cooler, a good power supply with ~600W etc. Go dream yourself, or invest on that video card. You already have a PCI-E slot no? Why ditch that motherboard for an extra 10% CPU power?

[pasanlaksiri]

If its gaming performance then go for RAM. At least 2Gigs of it. Having a gud video card improves quality but if ya dont hav the Ram to ack it up it'll slow thing down big time

No no man. If I install another 1GB ram PC will slow down than early. Dont know why?

[akilathiraj]

Is it 4 mb cash memory ?

[Anusha]

ooooooooooh;) :D ok.............well to tell u the truth my bro purchased it so I'll ask those info n post here or else he will post:)

(Not urgent neda?:D )

Not urgent ;) You are not going anywhere no? lol

[DJ.Parker]

Not urgent ;) You are not going anywhere no? lol


exams mucho ;)

[Anusha]

No no man. If I install another 1GB ram PC will slow down than early. Dont know why?

There could be a reason. Some chipsets will go back to a slower RAM speed when more RAM is installed. It's a chipset incapability. You might be able to change the RAM speeds manually in the BIOS if it lets you do it and if this is the reason why it's running slow.

[Anusha]

Is it 4 mb cash memory ?

On which CPU?

[pasanlaksiri]

But you know, what if you get very unlucky and get a CPU that wouldn't overclock well? And you need very good RAM to aid your overclocking. That motherboard is intended at extreme overclockers, who would spend anything to get that extra 1 frame per second performance gain in their favourite games. If you buy that motherboard, you better be buying at least a 2.4GHz Core2Duo, 2GB DDR2-1066, at least a Geforce8800GTS. Otherwise, it's no point.

And do you know how much that motherboard will be? It's gonna retail at around US$350 and in Sri Lanka, you'll have to pay at least Rs.50,000!!!! Go buy a video card :yes:

Thanks:D :D :D . Machan its only a hope. Im ELECTRONIC FREAK than PC. I have lot to do with ELECTRONICS ( Like robotics ) . If now I have more than 70,000/= bucks definitely I will buy LEGO MINDSTORM or Sony DOG ( aibo ).

Sony DOG ( aibo )

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LEGO MINDSTORM

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This is what it can do

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[Anusha]

And check this (http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2876) out.

[pasanlaksiri]

There could be a reason. Some chipsets will go back to a slower RAM speed when more RAM is installed. It's a chipset incapability. You might be able to change the RAM speeds manually in the BIOS if it lets you do it and if this is the reason why it's running slow.

Thank u brother 4 info

[hydride]

exams mucho ;)




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[Anusha]

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[dpg]

There could be a reason. Some chipsets will go back to a slower RAM speed when more RAM is installed. It's a chipset incapability. You might be able to change the RAM speeds manually in the BIOS if it lets you do it and if this is the reason why it's running slow.

im not so sure abt the chipset thing, but if u mix two rams with different frequencies or timings the BIOS will settle for the slowest setting.... :yes: :yes: ;)

[Anusha]

im not so sure abt the chipset thing, but if u mix two rams with different frequencies or timings the BIOS will settle for the slowest setting.... :yes: :yes: ;)

This is correct too. But if you are lucky, you will be able to overclock the slower RAM.

Here are two example from my previous PC (motherboard).
1. When I have all 4 DDR slots full, all RAM would workat DDR266 even when all are DDR400
2. If I have up to 3 slots full, I will be limited by the slowest RAM I have. In my case, it was a 256MB DDR333 with two 512MB DDR400. All will run at DDR333.
3. But my DDR333 could work at DDR400 speeds with the same latencies as the DDR400. So when I set the speeds and latencies manually (you have to experiment with this and stress test for few hours using Memtest86+), I could ran all of them DDR400 speeds.
4. But when I installed the other 256MB which was a DDR266, but this also could run at DDR400 speed, I couldn't overclock it even to 270MHz.

It could be any of these two reasons.

[dpg]

This is correct too. But if you are lucky, you will be able to overclock the slower RAM.

Here are two example from my previous PC (motherboard).
1. When I have all 4 DDR slots full, all RAM would workat DDR266 even when all are DDR400
2. If I have up to 3 slots full, I will be limited by the slowest RAM I have. In my case, it was a 256MB DDR333 with two 512MB DDR400. All will run at DDR333.
3. But my DDR333 could work at DDR400 speeds with the same latencies as the DDR400. So when I set the speeds and latencies manually (you have to experiment with this and stress test for few hours using Memtest86+), I could ran all of them DDR400 speeds.
4. But when I installed the other 256MB which was a DDR266, but this also could run at DDR400 speed, I couldn't overclock it even to 270MHz.

It could be any of these two reasons.

OCing always helps... :D

BTW What was ur cpu back then??

[Anusha]

AthlonXP 2600+ Thoroughbred "B" core with 256kB L2
It was factory unlocked. So I could change the multiplier. Original specs were 133x16 = 2133MHz and I overclocked it to 196x11=2156MHz. That's almost a 50% increase in FSB.

[lahirumam]

Model: Pentium D 820
Stock Speed: 2.8 GHz
Current Speed: Stock
Time of purchase: March 2007
Price: Rs.11000
Why: The cheapest dual-core on the market at the time

[zCexVe]

Model:AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939 Venice 1.4V 2000MHz
Stock Speed:2000MHz
Current Speed:2500MHz(But in xtreme it goes to the max available in da world,whopping 2700MHz!!)
Time of purchase:At about 11.30 am lolzz 02/08/2006
Price:18000 LKR
Why: Huge AMD fanboy,The only CPU available with the highest clocks.

[KishanW]

500MHZ intel Celeron with 64Mb SD ram(actually 63Mb,bcose i hv to give 1Mb to my on board VGA).66MHz bus speed(i think),12GB hard drive running win 98

[Anusha]

Model:AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939 Venice 1.4V 2000MHz
Stock Speed:2000MHz
Current Speed:2500MHz(But in xtreme it goes to the max available in da world,whopping 2700MHz!!)
Time of purchase:At about 11.30 am lolzz 02/08/2006
Price:18000 LKR
Why: Huge AMD fanboy,The only CPU available with the highest clocks.
You know, the maximum clock speed attained by a A64 3200 Venice is over 1GHz than ur max clocks.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=62394

[nabil]

Model:intel PIV
Stock Speed:2.4Ghz
Current Speed:2.4Ghz
Time of purchase:2 years ago
Price:30k
Why:Badly needed a computer 4 my projects.
;)

[Anusha]

Model:intel PIV
Stock Speed:2.4Ghz
Current Speed:2.4Ghz
Time of purchase:2 years ago
Price:30k
Why:Badly needed a computer 4 my projects.
;)
We need the price of the processor only. Rs.30000 is for the full system ne?

[nabil]

We need the price of the processor only. Rs.30000 is for the full system ne?
yeah.
its around 12k

[blood_brotha]

Are you kidding me? :confused: I bought my last PC with a AthonXP 2600+ in 2003 May!!! At that time, they had the 2.4GHz and 2.53GHz Intel CPUs and 2600+ was the fastest at Rs.19,000.

barton??? palomino??? thorton??? throghbred??

[blood_brotha]

You know, the maximum clock speed attained by a A64 3200 Venice is over 1GHz than ur max clocks.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=62394

yeah with liquid ntrogen :eek:

[Anusha]

barton??? palomino??? thorton??? throghbred??
T-bred "B"

[Anusha]

yeah with liquid ntrogen :eek:
Don't really know :D

[blood_brotha]

T-bred "B"


upto 2250 Mhz. clocks better than the barton i suppose

[Anusha]

upto 2250 Mhz. clocks better than the barton i suppose
Well, not really. I couldn't get mine to 2.2GHz :(
2.2GHz wasn't prime stable. I only could increase the FSB keeping the clock speed at stock (=2.133; 133*16)(or slightly above stock). Luckily it was unlocked. So I could lower the multi to 11. 10 and 10.5 didn't allow it to P.O.S.T. :(