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Best Value P4 Socket 478?

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xxaaqq

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I purchased a cheap P4 motherboard, which should be free after rebate, and I want to build a Pentium 4 machine on it, not as a primary gaming machine, but for lots of multi-tasking work. Because of this, I was hoping for a high front side bus and hyper threading, but for that, I have to start with the $160 2.4C. For about $50 less, I could have a P4 2.26, but with a 533 Mhz bus and no HT. Or I could go rather cheap, and get a 2.0 - 2.4 Celeron for $70 to $100, and those have measly 400Mhz buses. This is my budget, and ultimately the decision will be mine, but I want to hear if you think the HT or FSB warrants the extra $50 or so for getting the version C rather than a 2.4A or 2.26 CPU.
 
i think that if 50 dollars is ALOT of money to you then get the 2.4A if you can spare $180 you could nab a 2.8C
 
Considering the mobo you got is a low end board I'd stay away from the prescott's and go with a northwood (C) processor, for what you will be using it for a 2.4C or 2.6C or even a 2.8C if in the budget will be more than enough, throw in some reasonable ram 2 X 256 of PC3200 like the mushkin blue line, will alow you to take advantage of the memory in dual channel, and unless you are into graphics or games 512KB of memory will be more than enough to have everything running smooth.... a good power supply (don't skimp there) and you should be fine. The HT will certainly help with the multitasking and you will enjoy the response of the 800fsb so it's worth it in my opinion
 
twajetmech said:
Considering the mobo you got is a low end board I'd stay away from the prescott's and go with a northwood (C) processor, for what you will be using it for a 2.4C or 2.6C or even a 2.8C if in the budget will be more than enough, throw in some reasonable ram 2 X 256 of PC3200 like the mushkin blue line, will alow you to take advantage of the memory in dual channel, and unless you are into graphics or games 512KB of memory will be more than enough to have everything running smooth.... a good power supply (don't skimp there) and you should be fine. The HT will certainly help with the multitasking and you will enjoy the response of the 800fsb so it's worth it in my opinion
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Yep. For your budget / MoBo, a nice "C" series proc would be money, IMHO.

Rock on - B.B.S.
 
That's what I would recommend as well, I got my 2.4C used from a guy on the ocforums for about 120 bucks if I remember right. As long as you can guarantee that it isn't DOA or have SNDS that would be the way to go IMO. You can't beat it for value.... 800 FSB and HT, and it oc's well if you want to do that later with a better mobo... I got to 3.2 gigs with stock vcore on mine.

BTW, SNDS is Sudden Northwood Death Syndrome

it's caused by running the vcore too high on Northwood processors... it's kinda like a death spiral with the processor dying about 2 weeks after SNDS starts. So you don't want one with SNDS ;)
 
eh, if you already have an adequate hsf you can get a 3.0 for about $180, so you might as well either get 2.4 or 3.0. anything in between is just too close to the price of a 3.0. Don't shop cpu's at newegg, unless your getting a 2.4A. Newegg didn't realy cut their prices as much as everyone else the last time around.......
 
EnderW said:
look for a used 2.4C in the FS/FT Forum
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I have a used 2.4C processor. It's still got the orignal heatsink and box.
 
I got my boss to spring for the 2.4C.
Upgrading from a PIII 650 to this has been very pleasant, though, honestly, with most office applications, the improvements are minimal. It's simply that I run so many things at once at work, that having all that extra power (including Hyperthreading, and the quad-pumped 200Mhz front side bus) maintains smoothness in program operation even when things get hectic.
 
xxaaqq said:
I got my boss to spring for the 2.4C.
Upgrading from a PIII 650 to this has been very pleasant, though, honestly, with most office applications, the improvements are minimal. It's simply that I run so many things at once at work, that having all that extra power (including Hyperthreading, and the quad-pumped 200Mhz front side bus) maintains smoothness in program operation even when things get hectic.
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Which version of Office? I noticed a huge difference in Office XP and 2003 upgrading from a 1.8a P4 to a 3.0c at work. Especially w/ hyperthreading since I usually have Access, Excel & Multiple Word documents open at the same time.
 
I've had a difficult time finding 2.4c and the places where I've been able to find them charge just as much and 2.8's. Where did you get yours?
 
Newegg.com

It wasn't hugely cheaper than the 2.8Es, but I didn't want E, I wanted C... easier to cool quietly at work, I think.

And I estimated $385 for my budget to get it approved, and managed to come up 16 cents shy including shipping, for a Gigabyte board, CPU, 512MB RAM (2 sticks of 256 for Dual Channel), and hard drive (WD SE 80GB). Seriously though, I can't complain... working on this is very nice compared to the PIII 650. And while it's stupid, I'm finally using the "Windows XP" theme instead of skimping and using Classic.
 
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