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Prescott - E or 775

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lw3d

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Is there any reason not to get a 775 prescott

I need a new board too but NO GAMING will be done on this computer so I can stick with 865 / 875 ... but which cpu, E or 775 ... they both are SSE3. At clock per clock which one is the better performer

On a side note, anyone can first hand recommend which 865 / 875

DFI makes a 875 and Abit, Asus, Msi, and Soltek make a 865pe ... I have only found a couple reviews on these boards
 
775 refers to the newer prescotts with the 775pin sockets. The 865's and 875's were for the 478pin prescotts, northwoods etc... I think they make 865/875 boards with lga775 support, but I don't know how they would compare to a 478 one.
 
The processors are the same performance. There is no reason not to get LGA775 unless your seriously pinching pennies. LGA775 is the socket for all future P4's for the time being. 478 is slightly cheaper but your buying into dead technology.

Theres also no reason to go with i865/i875P versions of the chipset if your building a new system. PCI-Express video cards are showing up now and many i915P boards can still use DDR1 memory.
 
Sir-Fragalot said:
The processors are the same performance. There is no reason not to get LGA775 unless your seriously pinching pennies. LGA775 is the socket for all future P4's for the time being. 478 is slightly cheaper but your buying into dead technology.

Theres also no reason to go with i865/i875P versions of the chipset if your building a new system. PCI-Express video cards are showing up now and many i915P boards can still use DDR1 memory.
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NO GAMING will be done so I want to keep the older radeon and use that savings elsewhere on the computer

At his point, if I were to go Pci - express, I would wait for Nforce 4 because I am not to imptressed with 915 / 925 .... but then again no gaming will be done
 
lw3d said:
NO GAMING will be done so I want to keep the older radeon and use that savings elsewhere on the computer

At his point, if I were to go Pci - express, I would wait for Nforce 4 because I am not to imptressed with 915 / 925 .... but then again no gaming will be done
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Why are you not impressed with 915/925 boards? If there will be no gaming done on the board and you are on a budget then you can pick up a 915 board with onboard video that supports PCI Express and DDR1, and have the slot to upgrade to in the future, for less than $110.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-121-256&depa=0

After all, PCI Express is not just for video cards.
 
Stellar said:
Why are you not impressed with 915/925 boards? If there will be no gaming done on the board and you are on a budget then you can pick up a 915 board with onboard video that supports PCI Express and DDR1, and have the slot to upgrade to in the future, for less than $110.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-121-256&depa=0

After all, PCI Express is not just for video cards.
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I agree.

Also what's not impressive? Performance is good and the feature set is stellar. There are alot of things to be excited about. Like adding drives to your array without data loss via Matrix RAID. What's not to love about that? SATA support is also excellent, PCI-Express shows promise not just for video cards but everything else. Less CPU dependancies for the busses.

Also the Integrated HD audio isn't bad either. It's a definate improvement over the AC97 audio standard that it replaces.

Even the socket, while controversial is a good move. Yes it is easy to damage, but I for one would rather damage a $100-200 motherboard than a $300+ processor. Especially if you buy the more expensive chips.

Wouldn't it suck to be the purchaser of a Pentium 4 EE only to bust a pin off of it during installation.
 
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