[Sentential]

By popular demand Ive split my posts into a new thread. My intent as always with reviews is not to show off how 'cool' this chip is or isnt. This is to show the average joe what you can expect if you buy a chip right off the shelf.

As always overclocking will never be done on exotic cooling. No suicide shots, no box fans. This is being tested in an 30C (80F) room in a closed enviroment on a 24/7 box that I use for work as well as games

Here's my chip info:

Purchased from: Mwave.com

PROD CODE: BX80553920SL94S
MM#: 878915
FPO/BATCH: L541B380
Version #: 042731-001 1.3v MAX
Pack Date: 12/22/05

Testing box:

OCZ 520W Powerstream (33A 12v+)
Pentium D 920 (Cooled with an XP120)
Asus P5WD2 Premium @ BIOS 0606
Mushkin PC6400 (2GB)
ATi X800PRO (w/t Zalman VF700)

Picture of the testing box:



Pictures of the packaging and included items:









Intel 920 side by side my AthlonXP 1800+

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Cooling XP120 w/t High Speed TFB Delta Fan

1.3v @ 2800mhz / 42-43C Load Temp (default)
1.3v @~3900mhz / 45-46C Load Temp (max for default vcore)
1.3v @ 4000mhz / 47-49C Load Temp (boots but crashes)

1.41v @ 4200mhz / 62-64C Load Temp (suicide max limited by heat)

1.37v @ ~4100mhz / 63-67C Load Temp (maximum stable freq) *subject to change

***Forced to reduce voltage again***
1.33v @ 4014 / 54-58C



Max Default Voltage: 1.3v
Max voltage for air cooling: 1.32-1.38v

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Sisandra Artithmetic CPU Test



Sisandra RAM Bandwith



SuperPI

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So far no significant changes from what I usually expect out of my 640. In addition the heat load at the voltage I am using now is rougly the same as well.

So far so good no installation issues or driver conflicts to speak of. One thing that I have noticed is that this chip feels like a different version than what most people who have the 955s. Its far more responsive to voltage and the temps as a whole are *significantally* higher especially as voltage is applied.

I really do not have any idea how anyone could at or over 1.4v on these chips. Especially on stock or any form of air cooling.

This I find to be somewhat ironic because the stock cooler on this chip is about the size of the one for my Celly D except it has a copper core. At the very least its smaller than the one packaged with my 640.

All in all its a very boreing chip, in a good way. Its plug-in-play without any sort of major issues. Thermals are as expected, clocks are as expected. Nothing really to complain or be excited about.

If you want dual core this would be the one to buy. Perhaps latter versions will scale better but at this moment 920s are where its at.

That being said I have some misgivings about the dual core craze. With all honesty there is no difference between a true dual core and HT. If benches are what you want Presler is not for you. Instead buy Cedar mill if that is your goal.

Also just a warning to perspective buyers, check your IHS and make sure its flat, mine as you can clearly tell is not:

[hUMANbEATbOX]

hey, i call those pretty good results. i don't think that 820's could do 4200mhz on air (here's to hoping you can stabalize at those speeds).

i think its safe to say so far that 920's are the chip to get, unless you got some extra $$ and the cooling to handle a 940.

[Sentential]

Originally Posted by hUMANbEATbOX

hey, i call those pretty good results. i don't think that 820's could do 4200mhz on air (here's to hoping you can stabalize at those speeds).

i think its safe to say so far that 920's are the chip to get, unless you got some extra $$ and the cooling to handle a 940.

Nah, most of the 820s couldnt even do 3.8

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Updated with pictures

[Vrykyl]

looking cracking sen mate burn her in sen style and see how high she'l go under 1.4v!! iv got a 920 coming now too as you know - should be with me next week with luck

[Sentential]

Originally Posted by Vrykyl

looking cracking sen mate burn her in sen style and see how high she'l go under 1.4v!! iv got a 920 coming now too as you know - should be with me next week with luck

Ya im doing that now. Not sure whether I should be miffed or what. This chip is just idk dull. I dont even notice it versus my 640.

[bazx]

sen as this is 2x core can you test its ablity to perform two
benchmarks @ the same time

baz

[Sentential]

Originally Posted by bazx

sen as this is 2x core can you test its ablity to perform two
benchmarks @ the same time

baz

That is generally tought to do since you would need duplicates of each benchmark. Often you cannot do that without massive work in the registery (which I dont feel like doing lol)

[Vrykyl]

dual superpi? cant you just have two pi folders and run each exe without tweaking around?
hope your not gonna get dissapointed on us now sen...its gotta be better than your 6xx even if you dont notice simply because theres 2 core... cheers up mate!

[Sentential]

Originally Posted by Vrykyl

dual superpi? cant you just have two pi folders and run each exe without tweaking around?
hope your not gonna get dissapointed on us now sen...its gotta be better than your 6xx even if you dont notice simply because theres 2 core... cheers up mate!

Im not dissapointed at all, Im very happy with it as a whole its just that interesting of a chip. Mediocre would describe it best. That or Xeon because its about as steady as a server chip, but certinaly not a hotrod.

[Vrykyl]

maybe itl pick up more if your burn in's succesful? higher clocks can never be a bad thing... what did your 6xx clock to?

[crotale]

Originally Posted by Sentential

This I find to be somewhat ironic because the stock cooler on this chip is about the size of the one for my Celly D except it has a copper core. At the very least its smaller than the one packaged with my 640.

Interesting.
Here's a picture of the cooler I got with the 955XE (to the right):



This one has a larger core than other P4-HSs I've seen.

[Sentential]

Originally Posted by crotale

Interesting.
Here's a picture of the cooler I got with the 955XE (to the right):



This one has a larger core than other P4-HSs I've seen.

As you can tell from the pictures I provided the one I received in my boxed pakage is slightly smaller than the one on the left.

The copper core is the same aprox size but the height of the fins has been decreased to that of the celly d sinks

[TechtonicPC]

I have not been impressed by these 9xx series thus far, but your chip shows some deffinate promise Sen. Air Cooling, Reasonable VCore, and Decent temps on the cheapest of the bunch.

Still not enough for me to plunge into another dual core, but nice indeed. (My 830 went to Ebay!)

Batboy's is running nicely also, but it nice to see this 820 do so well, and on air cooling to boot.

Now, where o where o where is Cedar Mill!! (yea too much Blue House )

[Vrykyl]

surfrat, you can delete your excess posts btw theres an option for it under edit!

Sen, that stock cooler looks more than just a little bit rubbish...folks had better upgrade from stock sink if they wanna keep these under control!!

[Ross]

That being said I have some misgivings about the dual core craze. With all honesty there is no difference between a true dual core and HT. If benches are what you want Presler is not for you. Instead buy Cedar mill if that is your goal.

Eh, I dunno about that. Both Ranger's and mine have beat every one of our best 6x0 bench scores in everything...PC or 3D (except for SPi) at much, much lower FSB. How much of that can be attributed to the extra cache, I don't know, but clocking a 6x0 to match a clock of one of these and benching both, I don't think they'd even be in the same ballpark.

I was never a dual core fan, but I've taken my first step towards on the Presler. If I didn't need to wait like months to find a Yonah desktop mobo, I might give one of them a go, but I think it's just going to end up a CM.

[bazx]

Originally Posted by Sentential

That is generally tought to do since you would need duplicates of each benchmark. Often you cannot do that without massive work in the registery (which I dont feel like doing lol)

run a 3d or sumit and a 1m at the same time i would like to see if the 1m slows down alot

if at all

chin up dude