Why Was The Pendium D 805 Considered The Best of The Pentium D's?

[godbrother]

Back in the day, everyone would always recommend the PD805 over the other Pentium D's. After a bit of googling, I've come to notice it was the lowest of the lot. Curiosity struck me a second ago to find out why.

Any ideas?

http://processorfinder.intel.com/List.aspx?ParentRadio=All&ProcFam=2112&SearchKey=

 

[GhislainG]

Because it was relatively inexpensive and quite easy to overclock.

 

[godbrother]

Because it was relatively inexpensive and quite easy to overclock.

I see. Anything else apart from that?

 

[GhislainG]

That was an excellent reason for most buyers. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/334/1/

 

[WR2]

+1
THG Article: A 4.1 GHz Dual Core at $130 - Can it be True?

 

[WR2]

Getting more performance than a $1000 Extreme Edition CPU was another part of the reason.

 

[loneninja]

Because like many other processors that have come and gone, it was cheap but offered great performance when overclocked.

 

[amnotanoobie]

2.66GHz -> 4.1GHz was unheard of. Getting about 1GHz+ overclock was nearly impossible and unheard of before that chip. That was what the fuss was all about.

When the Core 2 came out, suddenly 50% overclocks became such a common thing.

* But of course, if you did take into account the cost of the enthusiast grade components, you're probably better off with an X2 build anyway.