Which pentium ??

Question

Currently looking for a new computer on ebay and at a local shop. I'm used to just looking at the Ghz speed, but now things seem to have changed at intel and they have a heap of different 'types' of pentium. My Q is, which one is better ?? I'm looking at 2 on ebay, 1 is a D 925 dual core and the other is a D 935. Or at a local shop there is an E 2140 and a E 6420. I'm LOST ! ! It used to be so easy. Do I just look at the Ghz speed ? Cause some of them are around the 1.8 ish speed and some are 3.00 Ghz ish speed. Just looking at it the D processors 'look' faster, but are they ? Can anybody shed any light on this for me ? I've not bought a computer for years and everything has changed ! What does D, E, Q all mean ??? What should I be looking for ? Any tips, advise ?? Many thanks guys, Steve.

Answer 1

OH **** NO!!! mmmmhmmm no nope no way. you can stop right there and go no further, Pentium D is WAYYYYYY outdated, and so is e and q, get a core 2 duo, or a quad core, they're new, you cant do **** on Pentium's. i should know i got a Pentium 4 which is worse then d lol. but i got another one and a laptop that got core 2 duo! so you should be looking for a core 2 duo... don't look on eBay you cant trust eBay! and at a local shop? like what type of shop, a small store or like bestbuy? the best one right now for desktops are the intel core 2 extreme. if you need help picking something out i can show you some stuff online. e-mail me if you wish!

Answer 2

Fastest performer on that list is the E6420 Core2 Duo. Core2 Duo is latest technology processor of Intel that does more instructions per clock cycle at low to moderate wattage. Q is for quad core. Forget the old tech Pentium Ds. They are now considered SLOW and just consumes too much power (HOT).
List of Core2 Duo is here:
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3066