# Which Processor? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 12, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-processor/17375 "2006-09-12T19:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-processor/17375/1 "2006-09-12T19:38:12Z")
Building a home computer, mostly for office stuff and internet. No gaming or any extreme stuff I have narrowed the choice down to 2: Product ![http://images10.newegg.com/Nest/none.gif](http://images10.newegg.com/Nest/none.gif) **[Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 2.66GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Dual Core,EM64T Processor - Retail](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819116001)** \
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    **Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-processor/17375/2 "2006-09-12T19:41:28Z")
    D ---
    **Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-processor/17375/3 "2006-09-12T19:41:54Z")
    Pentium D 805 The Prescott is a fucking oven. ---
    **Author:** ![Poose22](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poose22/32/7252_2.png) [@Poose22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Poose22)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-processor/17375/4 "2006-09-12T19:44:41Z")
    “Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 2.66GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Dual Core,EM64T Processor” get that ---
    **Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-processor/17375/5 "2006-09-12T19:46:28Z")
    :word: What the other 3 people said. ---
    **Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-processor/17375/6 "2006-09-12T19:54:50Z")
    Okay now what should I look for in motherboards?? Some have DDR memory and others have DDR2 memory. I am trying to keep this low buck and I don’t need something killer like a power gaming system ---
    **Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-processor/17375/7 "2006-09-12T20:22:44Z")
    DDR2 is the future and is the same price as DDR. ---
    **Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-processor/17375/8 "2006-09-12T23:41:45Z")
    You want to know something really fun about the Pentium D 805’s??? Apparently a large amount of people have been able to overclock these with stock cooling to over 4Ghz Check it: [http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual\_41\_ghz\_cores/](http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores/) ---
    **Author:** ![Garick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8797f3/32.png) [@Garick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Garick)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-processor/17375/9 "2006-09-13T18:48:23Z")
    wow, pretty impressive