Net Reviews: Comparison of Seven Pentium D Platforms

For those of you thinking about going with a dual-core processor but are on a tight budget, the Intel Pentium D is likely going to be your only choice. Even with AMD's recent release of the Athlon 64 X2 3800+, the Pentium D 820 is still much lower in price. But what motherboard or system is best suited for use with a Pentium D processor? The Tech Report tries to answer that question by creating a Comparison of Seven Pentium D Platforms.

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Cooling

• Asetek Water Cooling Kit @ PimpRig
• Kingwin AquaStar AS3000 Liquid Cooling Kit @ Overclockers Cafe
• Scythe Heatpipe CPU Cooler @ hi-techreviews
• Scythe Katana Heatsink @ InsaneTek
• Thermaltake Aquabay M2 @ Red & Blackness

CPUs

• Intel Pentium D 820 @ MBReview

Hard Drives

• Seagate Barracuda 400GB SATA @ Sharky Extreme

Memory

• Corsair XMS2-5400UL DDR2 @ Byte Sector
• OCZ PC4800 Platinum Limited Edition DDR @ PimpRig

Monitors

• BenQ FP91V 19" 4ms LCD @ Hardware Zone

Motherboards

• ASRock 775Dual-880Pro @ phoronix
• Comparison of Seven Pentium D Platforms @ The Tech Report
• Gigabyte 8VY880P Combo Via PT880 Pro @ Legion Hardware

Video Cards

• ATI X800XT All-In-Wonder @ Viper Lair
• BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC @ nV News
• eVGA GeForce 6800 GT @ Xtreme Resources
• Leadtek WinFast PX7800GTX TDH MyVIVO @ digit-life
• MSI GeForce 7800GTX SLI @ GD Hardware
• XFX GeForce 7800 GT @ ExtremeTech
• XFX GeForce 7800GTX Overclocked @ AnandTech