14 DAY TRIAL // As it happens periodically, Intel updated its processor price list, and apart from the introduction of its new Sandy Bridge CPUs, the only change worth mentioning is the 15% price reduction that has been applied to the Pentium E5800, as is now listed at $64 US.
Originally launched in the forth quarter of 2010, the Intel Pentium E5800 is a budget CPU that is based on the Wolfdale architecture and is compatible with LGA 775 motherboards.
The chip features dual processing cores, 2MB of L2 cache, a 65W TDP, is clocked at 3.2GHz, and packs all the features that are found inside the Wolfdale core, including Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) and 64-bit support.
According to CPU World, the processor was introduced in November 2010, but only recently started showing up in retails as it was initially marketed as an OEM chip.
This means the Pentium E5800 is used in a wide range of machines from different PC manufacturers, including the Dell Inspiron 560 and 560S desktops, Lenovo's IdeaCentre H410, and Gateway's ZX4931-31e and SX2803-25e, to name just a few.
Wolfdale is the name given to the 45nm die shrink of the Conroe core that made its debut in 2006, the architecture including the new, at that time, SSE4.1 media extensions as well as a higher 1333 MT/s FSB.
However, this last change didn't made its way into the Pentium CPU line, and the E5800 has to settle with a 800MHz FSB.
Although the Wolfdale architecture is now pretty old, chances are that this won't be Intel's last LGA 775 processor, as the platform still accounts for an important part of the company's shipments.
In addition, CPU support lists released by both ECS and ASRock, show the existence of a Pentium E5900 model that is clocked at 3.4GHz and has the AT80571PG0962ML part number and SLGTF S-spec number.