Unfortunately the "easy" 2.4Ghz E4300 on a 945G mATX board is not as easy as thought. The Asrock Conroe945G can't get past 224mhz fsb:
http://forums.ocworkbench.com/bbs/asroc...e945g-dvi-and-e4300-problem-58373.html
The P5LD2 is even stuck at 200mhz...
Many would consider every Intel x86 after the original 1995 Pentium Pro a 686, with the possible exception of the Netburst CPUs, see e.g. www.sandpile.org.
This is a completely sensible decision. The 1MB parts generally perform worse than the 512KB parts clocked 200Mhz higher (see the ratings) so they sell for less. However, they are more expensive to produce due to the die size and higher probability of defects. Cutting parts that are expensive to...
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