Intel pentium 9xx question

does the 930 or 940 offer EIST and C1 stepping?

question is that i would like to buy one and overclock it to like over 4ghz with thermaltake bigwater 745 water cooling.
how high an overclock can i achive with the 745?

however if i bought a asus cpu lock free board i can lower the multiplier but the cpu needs EIST(so i have better bandwidth due to pentiums being bandwidth starved).

so if it only offers B1 stepping ill just have to make do with it.
thanks

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does the 930 or 940 offer EIST and C1 stepping?

question is that i would like to buy one and overclock it to like over 4ghz with thermaltake bigwater 745 water cooling.
how high an overclock can i achive with the 745?

however if i bought a asus cpu lock free board i can lower the multiplier but the cpu needs EIST(so i have better bandwidth due to pentiums being bandwidth starved).

so if it only offers B1 stepping ill just have to make do with it.
thanks

Here's the Intel sSPEC chart. According to it , all the 9xx are B1 Stepping, but only the 8xx has EIST. :?

http://processorfinder.intel.com/L [...] ocFam=2112

I would think that a 930 using the 745 Bigwater and a good mobo, and decent RAM, should hit 4.25-4.35 GHz...Maybe 4.4. By all accounts, the 930 is an overclocking beast. GL

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Why not get the 950 and oc it to 4.2Ghz on water cooling.

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Why not get the 950 and oc it to 4.2Ghz on water cooling.

The 920 and 930 will do the same for less money, and run a faster FSB(better performance) to boot.

Reply to 1Tanker

okies! thankyou very much! problem is now i gotta find a mobo that is good for overclocking for around £60-80 from either
http://www.techfever.co.uk/main.asp
or
http://www.scan.co.uk/
i would have ideally liked to buy a motherboard that supports conroe 65nm cpus dual core and is good for overclocking in the same price range (so i dont have to upgrade to board ifg i do actully get core 2 duo) but this is very unlikely that i will find one can anyone help? thanks

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okies! thankyou very much! problem is now i gotta find a mobo that is good for overclocking for around £60-80 from either
http://www.techfever.co.uk/main.asp
or
http://www.scan.co.uk/
i would have ideally liked to buy a motherboard that supports conroe 65nm cpus dual core and is good for overclocking in the same price range (so i dont have to upgrade to board ifg i do actully get core 2 duo) but this is very unlikely that i will find one can anyone help? thanks

Not in that price range.

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okies! thankyou very much! problem is now i gotta find a mobo that is good for overclocking for around £60-80 from either
http://www.techfever.co.uk/main.asp
or
http://www.scan.co.uk/
i would have ideally liked to buy a motherboard that supports conroe 65nm cpus dual core and is good for overclocking in the same price range (so i dont have to upgrade to board ifg i do actully get core 2 duo) but this is very unlikely that i will find one can anyone help? thanks

For the price, this is probably your best bet.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Pro [...] tID=250649

You won't be able to upgrade to Core2Duo later on, if you want though.

Reply to 1Tanker

thanks i think im actully -ive changed my mind again- i wont buy the pentium d 9xx and mobo but illl upgrade a few things on my current computer like the grahics card and ram that will work with conroe if i upgrade rather than buy a motherboard and cpu and complete ssytem. one more question are the price cuts for these 'old' processors going to be long term or onlky for a while?

Thanks

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thanks i think im actully -ive changed my mind again- i wont buy the pentium d 9xx and mobo but illl upgrade a few things on my current computer like the grahics card and ram that will work with conroe if i upgrade rather than buy a motherboard and cpu and complete ssytem. one more question are the price cuts for these 'old' processors going to be long term or onlky for a while?

Thanks

To be honest, i'm not sure how long these bargain prices will remain. Intel is still going to be producing a few Pentium D's,
so it's not like they're just trying to sell off their remaining stock. I think the low prices should last until the new year anyway. As far as RAM, try and get some PC6400 with 4-4-4-12 timings,
if you can afford it..as that is going to be the standard very soon for Conroe and sAM2. GL

Reply to 1Tanker

thanks will this do the trick?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Pro [...] tID=402849

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thanks will this do the trick?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Pro [...] tID=402849

Yeah, good choice. :wink:

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