Pentium® D 820 or Pentium® D 830?

[eugeneeg]

Hi,

Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB) vs
Pentium® D Processor 830 with Dual Core Technology (3GHz, 800FSB)

Is it worth extra money to go with higher clock speed?

Thanks.

 

[Zoron]

It would be worth it to consider Athlon64 x2 if dual-core is really the way you want to go...

 

[eugeneeg]

It would be worth it to consider Athlon64 x2 if dual-core is really the way you want to go...

My only option at the moment is Intel CPUs with the models mentioned...

 

[fishmahn]

Hmm... For cheap, the 820 can't be beat (even by the AMD). But I would buy the 830 for the extra speed. Not so much today (not too much difference in performance, really), but in a couple years that 200mhz may make the difference between adequate and dog slow. (sounds strange, but that is the impression I get with my old 850mhz AMD compared to my old 1000mhz AMD - the 850 is just enough slower)

Mike.