Article: Intel® Pentium® D 920 Overclocking (Full Blown Mainstream Dual Core)
(N=Newbie, E=Hardware Enthusiast, O=Overclocker, B=Budget)
V. Closing Thoughts
This processor shows really great potential for overclockability. On stock, it performs better and smoother compared to my Hyper-threading enabled processors. I can feel the difference when working on many open files and running applications in the background, specially if I do some gaming from time to time. On an overclock settings, I'd say I'm very impressed. Though I haven't personally feel the difference when running it on stock, looking at the numbers generated by benchmark is so exciting and fun to see. It really defies pricing as well, as this is a true dual-core system priced significantly lower than everything else dual core on the market.
I have touched this already in my other article, but I will just repeat it again: warranty. Intel® provides a solid 3Year warranty on its retail boxed processor. Using the processor at a stock speed will not void the warranty, however, once overclocked, then say goodbye to your warranty. While this should be common knowledge already, I just feel the need to emphasize it and remind everyone to play safe with their rig and don't do drastic changes as this can mean getting your system to be unstable.
If anyone is looking for a mainstream dual core playtoy or just planning on building an office or home rig with some overclocking planned, then this processor is a definite fit. The processor is relatively cool compared to their older cousins Intel® Pentium® D 800 series processors and offers a competitive performance at its price point. Hey, if anyone is still mocking your Intel® Pentium® D 805 with its 533MHz system bus, maybe you can shut them up with a full blown mainstream processor! Time to pimp up your rig.
If you are still taking it easy and not being budged by this review, I say it again, go get one and don't regret it. If Hyperthreading is good, this is definitely a lot better.
