Unfortunately, neither the 915 or 925 chipsets support any dual-cores.

Just picked up my E6600 today in Akihabara! =)

It tends to become obvious...

Lower-end = grab an X2 3800+ over Pentium-D

Everywhere else on the desktop = grab a Core 2 Duo.

From re-reading the EE 965 (http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/pentium-xe-965/index.x?pg=1 ) review, anything from the 950 and below will only match or be beaten by the X2-3800 on average.

I can't see from a enthusiast point-of-view how the PD's can compete price/performance wise against the X2-3800 and the X2-4200. (unless you are OC'ing the heatspreader off these things).

From a John Doe point-of-view, as long as the dam thing works and cheap . . . . I'll take it.

on tiger direct
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/partners/intel/index.asp?CM...

I have literally just finished speccing out an Athlon X2 3800 system with a gig of RAM. He wanted the machine for gaming, aside from the ass-whupping they give a Pentium D there, I feel better speccing this as I know it will draw less power and be cooler.

His budget was £600, and he's just got a complete box and 19" monitor for £590. Me, I'd call that a bargain, and I'm intensely jealous of everyone these days it seems, since they have all just upgraded their PCs (the irony is that it was me telling them to wait for these price cuts :-)
-Mole

Yay I can probably still pawn off my 805 for at least $50 in a little bit.

Boy, some of those netbust prices are lousy, especially in light of massive x2 price cuts.

Looks like the Rebel Alliance stuck between the Death Star and the Imperial Fleet up there, on that price chart...

Sorry, as an "office power user", I just don't see anything to be excited about when I can get a cheap X2 3800 with C'n'Q.

If an online vendor could assure me that I would receive the more power-frugal C1 stepping, I might consider a Pentium D 940.

I have an 805 right now, but that 945 does look pretty damn enticing. 945 chipset i got wont take a core 2.

Is the 820 an 800MHz part or a 533MHz like the 805? Someone mentioned that X2's are getting back into AthlonXP territory, but *this* is really AthlonXP territory...