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With the recent interest in the Dual Core D805 from Intel and its ability to be overclocked very far due to its lower front bus speed, Tomshardware have put together a “gaming computer” using this processor at it’s core.
Setting up a case with a water cooling solution and installing appropriate parts, they show that you really can make a very good computer from this budget chip. Although there is some argument as to whether they made the best choices on the parts, the point is that it is fairly simple to achieve these high speeds for a very low price.
The dual core D805 is in essence the same chip as its bigger brothers. In order to keep costs down, manufacturers make an entire series using exactly the same chips and then change the multipliers in order to get the different models in the range, with appropriate pricing to match.
Water cooling is essential if you want to hit 4GHz with the processor. Unfortunately heat increases very quickly as clock speeds are increased and can become a worry when overclocking so far beyond specifications. However, as noted in their forums, there isn’t really too much of a worry. If you compare it to the others in the range, it is not really being pushed so far as the silicone used is exectly the same. Heat still needs to be kept down though.
Nearly any old case will do, get a decent LGA775 motherboard which allows good overclocking and you’re set.
Every now and again these little gems pop up, there are people who jump no the bandwagon and those who think its just silly and express all sorts of doubts. Well, if you are thinking of upgrading and you do fancy putting together your own computer that will probably beat any pre-built computer hands down, then this might be your best bet.
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