Buying a new pc and got a choice of 2 processors;

Pentium 820 D Dual Core 2.8ghz 2x 1mb cache 800mhz

or

Pentium 4 640 HyperThread 3.2ghz 2mb cache 800mhz

Pentium 4 is £25 more which is suprising

Been told that the dual core is obviously better for multitasking but the pentium 4 might be better for games which i do play a few.

Thoughts ?

Need to decide by 3 o'clock

 

surfing the net, doing some word, the regular porn viewings the dual core will suit you fine, and it's more "future" ready. (at 2.8 not really though, but it's a fine processor)

 

how will the dual core be with games ?

 

Id say get the pentium 4 since you play games and especially as it has more cache(more cache is better for playing games)

 

no question the p4 outta those 2!

 

Thanks for advie what is your reasoning behind the p4?

 

well we've just had a big batch of dual core dell's at work and to be honest they dont seem all that for day to day use - sure development etc. they come into their own but not for home users.

the 3.2ghz processor along with double the cache make it a far better choice imo

 

Some one a computer us telling me the dual is better

he said


The 2.8 Pentium D Dual Core is two Prescotts sat side-by-side on a single processor socket, which means that both cores can run relatively slowly and still provide more computing power than the current Pentium 4. It won't break into a sweat with light gaming but you'll need to upgrade the graphics to run anything more serious like the current crop of 3D FPS's.

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decision to be made in 30 mins !