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Intel 3.0 questions

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budec

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I'm going to build a gaming rig and thinking about going with a 3.0 Intel Pent 4... but have a few questions:

I'm ussually an AMD guy, but just wondering what "Prescott" is?

$207 - Pentium 4 3.0GHz Prescott
$244 - Pentium 4 3.0GHz 800MHz
$217 - Pentium 4 3.0GHz 800MHz 775
$214 - Pentium 4 3.0GHz

800MHz means bus speed, I know I want that.... but what is 775? What is Prescott? Are all 3.0 Pent 4's Hyperthreaded or only certain models?


Also, what is a good stable motherboard for a gaming rig? I'm not going to "crazy" overclock it (only ~200 mhz or so).

I'm thinking about this:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-128-185&depa=0
 
there are currently three core versions of the P4 3.0, in two different packages

You can get a P4C = Northwood core, the "old" core
P4E = Prescott core, the new stuff
P4EE = Xeon core, the price one

you also have socket 478 and lga 775

The board you picked is socket 478, so stay away from the 775. My suggestion would be to try to find a P4C, the prescott core gets rather warm (so you can heat your lunch in an emergency). P4EE is very expensive, so very good.
So why you are switching to Intel now for a gaming machine is rather odd, in most gaming related benchmarks the AMD64s seem to be superior.
 
budec said:
Are Prescott's faster then Northwoods?
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In some things they're a tiny bit quicker, in others they're slower than Northwood. Check out some Prescott reviews and take a look at the benchies.
 
unless you have really good cooling and live in a rather cold area, dont get a presscott
if your going to oc youll get better speeds with a northwood on air, cause is not as hot as the presscott
also, if its a gaming rig, i would suggest the A64, im building an intel rig too, was gonna go AMD but i already had the mobo so intel it is for me

EDIT: btw i have an asus p4c800-D runs pretty stable, but the best mobo for a p4 is the abit ic7-max 3, dont know about your pick but the mobo i have is around 175 on the local shops
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-464&depa=0
 
Intel created the prescott with longer pipelines (i.e. clock for clock it won't do as much) they then doubled the included cache to make up for the performance drop of extending the pipelines. Therefore, the real purpose of the prescott core is for reaching the 3.6 (Pentium 4 560), 3.8 (570), and 4ghz (580). If I were to personally chose between an equally clocked Northwoood or Prescott, I would chose the northwood.
 
pcsupply source get a sl6wk 3.0 and try to get a packdate of 03/02/04. got mine to 4.0ghz air friend did also using same packdate sl6wk. ohh it cost 9 bucks extra for a hand picked cpu. trust me you wont regret it

http://www.pcsupplysource.com/ all there p4's say e but ook for the 3.0 with 512k cache you can also call the verify anything before you order. this is the best place to buy hand picked stepings
 
wangFu said:
unless you have really good cooling and live in a rather cold area, dont get a presscott
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I disagree. I just started up four workstations with Prescott's in them. Do they run hotter than the Northwood cores....?? Yes, a little. Are they "dangerous" hot...?? Not even close.

Two of those systems has the Intel OEM HSF's on them, and the other two had this Zalman CNPS5700D-CU on them. No temp issues in the bunch.

FWIW - B.B.S.
 
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