Intel Launches Sandy Bridge Pentiums
Five years ago, there was some speculation that Intel would kill its Pentium brand and all the negative perceptions that resulted because of the power-hungry Netburst processors.
However, Intel decided to move Pentium downmarket and it appears that the brand will also survive the Sandy Bridge generation of processors.
The company quietly launched four Sandy Bridge chips as the Pentium G600/G800 series as offerings for entry-level desktop PCs. The G620 (dual-core, 3MB cache, 2.6 GHz), G840 (dual-core, 3MB cache, 2.8 GHz) and G850 (dual-core, 3MB cache, 2.9 GHz) are positioned as general processors, while the 2.2 GHz G620T (dual-core, 3MB cache) is a low-power option. Prices start at $64 (2.6 GHz) and end at $86 (2.9 GHz).
As before, it is virtually impossible for consumers to decrypt the sequence number and understand what exact product they are buying. Given the confusion created by 12 different desktop product families, 32 nm and 45 nm versions as well as multiple architectures, it is surprising that even Intel can still keep track and figure out what processor is exactly what. The company currently offers 70 different desktop processor models.
I wonder if these are strictly intended for large-scale OEMs or if they will be available boxed for retail...
AMD has the naming scheme perfect, and it's something Intel should do too. It would make everybody's lives A LOT easier
Doom 2, yeah! My friend had the 60mhz Pentium, I ran out and bought an Intel DX4-100mhz overdrive processor to replace my "aging" DX33 and brought Doom 2 up to playable levels. Those were the days.
AMD had the perfect naming scheme until it came out with the Athlon II X4 650 and called it the Phenom II X4 840.
The Zacate should still come out cheaper and lower power. The Pentium is in an entirely different league, but probably should be considered if you are going to do anything more involved than file serving.
lol, wow, talk about old school. i didn't pick up my first comp till the p2 233mhz
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I've answered the question many times over in the storage forums. If your going to build your own low power box then look into making a Via Nano mini-ITX server and coupling it with a mediasonic external RAID enclosure. It'll come out at the same price point if not a little cheaper then your professional $650 "NAS" box's and offer you a whole lot more features / functionality.
If the G620 performs anywhere close to my E8500, then it is time to upgrade. I guess it won't.