Whats the difference? Pentium D 950 and 945. Who knows??

[Omid]

I am looking to buy a Snoy Vaio RC-202 Desktop. It has a 945 Chipset with a Pentium D 920 CPU.

I want to change the cpu for a 3.4Ghz model but these are both 3.4Ghz.

Which one is better and what is the difference?

Thanks

 

[godman]

the 945 has no virtualisation though it is newer and likely to be a newer revision (newer revisions make the cpu 'better,' cooler and more efficient+sometimes adds more instruction sets).

Though for you I would go with the cheapest one as you wont be using virtualisation (unless its a server, and you wont use that as a server i guess). And the newer revision thing isn't something you need to worry about unless you where overclocking or if it was a major revision, and it wont be so I see no need to get a 945, unless its cheaper.

Have a look at core 2 duo PCs, they are deep into the mainstream PC market now, they should be priced aroundabout the same and give a lot more performance, read the reviews

A E6400 will beat any pentium D have a look at the THG interactive CPU charts:
http://tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=433&model2=434&chart=190

 

[darkstar782]

The advantage of moving from a 920 to a 945/950 is negligible at best.

Wait till you can afford a new motherboard and get an e6300 or e6400, which will give you a MUCH bigger performance boost.