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p4 3.2 EE ???

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mystblade

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I have a p4 3.2 CPU 800 FSB

Is it worth it to upgrade to a 3.2 Extreme Edition or should I wait for something else. I dont want to go AMD only cause I already got a nice new ASUS board.

Is it worth the price or not
 
you can decide that by yourself, go and read the benchmark and compare the performance with the price and make your decision, but i dont think it is worth the spend twice, better you wait specially you already have high end cpu which is capable to do everything you want, even if you are gamer it is not worth you sell your system for amd64, only because you have decent system.
 
ouchies-- sell your system for a AMD 64? Yikes.

Not gonna lie though, those fx-53s are like, the only non-cpu limited jammies when it comes to these new vid cards--the 3dmarks are crazy. For my part i'd stick w/ your current solution. Unless you want to burn the cash, of ourse. See, for the time being your jammie is hot shit, and tha'ts great. The only reasoon you'd upgrade is to keep current, but your generation of machine is gonna be aroun for a litle while yet and the EE isn't gonna make it last any more the longer. More performance? Enhance your vid card, add to your ram, rey Ocing, don't go EE.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not an EE hater, you can just get more bang for your buck is all.
 
Here is my system

P4 3.2 Northwood 800mhz fsb@3.36 Mhz and @848 fsb (asus auto 5% increase)
1 GB Corsair Pro memory (2 X 512) Timings 2-3-2-6 (Running in dual channel mode)
Asus p4p800-e mainboard
2 X Hitachi 250 GB SATA Hard Drives Running in Raid 0 (striped at 64k)
Leadtek 6800 GT Video Card @412 core, 1.1 ghz memory
Xaser III Case
TDK DVD Burner
550 Watt PS
SB Audigy 2

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So If I added the P4 3.2 EE would I really see any improvments?
 
Put that last post in your sig, so we don't ahve to have you repost to post your stats.

I personally DO NOT think upgrading to a chip with a simmilar clock and a couple more in the cache will see any significant real world improvements.Your benches may go up a bit but i don't think the games or the vegas is gonna harry any faster there bro. if you're itching to spend the cash, upgrade to the 6800 ultra and get a half gig more ram.

upgrrading the vid card makes sense since you'd likely take it to the next system you put together anyhow.

Are you running an Antec "true" 550?
 
I just got this 6800GT!! Only reason I did not get an ultra is cause I could not find any. I could only find this GT. Which its a good one for OC since all the pennies in the world are gone after they created this thing.

I think I am going to pass on the Extreme Edition. You dont know how many times I had this puppy in my newegg cart. 6 months same as cash always looks good.

I think my system is as fast as I can get it for right now.

I can't get 512 more cause it will throw me out of dual channel mode. I might get 1 gig more (2X512)

I dont think I will be able to get anymore than that.

1 gig or ram is already overkill on most applications and games. 2 gigs I think would slow it down if anything? Unless you get applications that acutally use that much and I dont have any I mean I dont run and Exchange Server or a SQL database or anything memory intensive were 2-4 gigs would do alot.
 
I have the EE...and the performance increases versus the price are not worth it. Hindsite is 20x20 and I would have gone with the FX-53 if I could have. Problem being of course that I don't know about the stability of the FX-53 where as my 3.2 EE is rock solid.

THe thing i don't understand is that Yah, you have the MB but for the price of an EE you can pick up an FX-53 and motherboard. If your willing to blow friggin 900 bucks on a proc, get the FX-53 and spend 150 on a new MB. and you're still saving money off picking up an EE.

Just my 2 cents from a P4 3.2 EE owner (though I <3 my setup).
 
Ok...the EE is not going to be for me. Either will be the AMD FX. I heard you gotta buy registered ram with the FX chips. Ouch!. Lets downgrade a bit how about a prescott 3.4. I just got a new heat pipe heat sink that a 120 mm fan sits ontop of it. HUGE!! So I wonder why I dont go with a 3.4 ? Its about 400 bucks at newegg so I might get it. or wait for the 3.6's? I dont know I am just shotting in the dark. I want more speed. Heck if it was not for hardware issues I would get a quad xeon or a 8 way RISC box or something. But then I could not play games really on those pizza boxes that I have.
 
mystblade said:
I heard you gotta buy registered ram with the FX chips. Ouch!.
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It depends on the socket you get. There is Socket 940 and 939. The Socket 940 to be succeeded by Socket 939 before the end of this year. Socket 939 won't need registered RAM and will have an even faster hyper-transport bus, so as long as you went 939 you won't suffer from quite as much ouchey hehe ^^ (939 are available im fairly sure now)

Sel
 
If you're hell-bent on spending the $900+ because you want to eek out about ~15% more performance (which is NOT insignificant to many people, I'm sure), then sure, go fx-53 w/ a hot mobo. But like I said before, you hae months of fun left in your Jammie...and if that heat sink is all you say it is, play w/ the OC. I garuntee you're gonna get more fun out of pushing a system to the max than just purchasing new parts.


common sense says at least wait until several 939 offerings come out so you can choose a hot board based on a couple reviews. Until then stash your cash in a money market acct or google's impending stock. it'll give you more green to spend!
 
I would only update it to EE if I had LOTS of cash flowing through my wallet. If you do, go ahead! I'm not sure about the performance difference, but it's whatever floats your boat.
 
You really need to overclock that processor a little more.

I'm 100% sure it could do 3.4Ghz without breaking a sweat.

and 90% sure it would hit 3.5Ghz

Who knows how high you could get. Some people that had some cherry 3.2's have hit 3.8Ghz+ on aircooling and 4Ghz+ with vapochills, etc.

Shit my lowly 2.4C does 3.45Ghz on default voltage.
 
Just think of it this way...add about 200-300Mhz to a regular P4 to make it an EE. For example....a 3.7Ghz P4 performs about the same as a 3.4EE (stock). To beat, say a 4Ghz EE (wink, wink) you need to run your P4 (512KB L2 cache) at about 4300Mhz or MORE.
 
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