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Jan Smit

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:30 pm
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Hello,

In about a week i will be buying myself a new CPU.
I was thinking: will I buy a P4 2.8 prescott or a P4 3.0 ghz with 512 cache.

Can anybody help me with my choice ? What would you do?

TIA.

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Onideus Mad Hatter

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:30 pm
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:30:35 GMT, "Jan Smit" <denbillatmicrosoft.TakeThisOut@mickeysoft.bla.be.bestaat.INVALID>
wrote:

 >Hello,
 >
 >In about a week i will be buying myself a new CPU.
 >I was thinking: will I buy a P4 2.8 prescott or a P4 3.0 ghz with 512 cache.
 >
 >Can anybody help me with my choice ? What would you do?

o_O

....well uh, I'm thinkin it would sorta depend on the mother board and what other components you've
got in there. Try and remember, you can't drive a McLaren F1 in a school zone. No sense in buying
a faster processor if the rest of your system is shit.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:33 pm
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:30:35 GMT, "Jan Smit"
<denbillatmicrosoft.TakeThisOut@mickeysoft.bla.be.bestaat.INVALID> wrote:

 >Hello,
 >
 >In about a week i will be buying myself a new CPU.
 >I was thinking: will I buy a P4 2.8 prescott or a P4 3.0 ghz with 512 cache.
 >
 >Can anybody help me with my choice ? What would you do?
 >
 >TIA.
 >

I'd get the 2.4-2.8 Northwood and o'c it. That is, if you have decent
PC3200-3500 memory. Otherwise get the 3.0GHz Northwood. There's little
reason to choose a 2.8 Prescott.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:34 pm
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"Onideus Mad Hatter" <mad_hatter DeleteThis @charter.net> schreef in bericht
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 > ...well uh, I'm thinkin it would sorta depend on the mother board and what
other components you've
 > got in there. Try and remember, you can't drive a McLaren F1 in a school
zone. No sense in buying
 > a faster processor if the rest of your system is shit.

Well, i have a gigabyte motherboard that I just installed, and still running
my old 1700 Celeron (Yeah I know, it sucks, but I didn't know anything about
hardware back then Very Happy). It supports till a P4 3.2 (or 3.4 ... dunno exact).
Right now I have 2x256MB pc2100 DDR, which will be changed in 512 DDR PC3200
DDR.

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 12:36 am
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What model # is the Gigabyte motherboard? The reason is if the MB doesn't
support 800 mhz fsb then no need to get the P4-C processors. save abit of $.
Also if MB supports dual channel ddr ram and hyperthreading then it can
improve your performance.


"Jan Smit" <denbillatmicrosoft.DeleteThis@mickeysoft.bla.be.bestaat.INVALID> wrote in
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 > "Onideus Mad Hatter" <mad_hatter.DeleteThis@charter.net> schreef in bericht
 > news:b7ki80hpr3imklqpan65ti4cn7jv8c4hcs@farfoos...
 >
  > > ...well uh, I'm thinkin it would sorta depend on the mother board and
what
 > other components you've
  > > got in there. Try and remember, you can't drive a McLaren F1 in a
school
 > zone. No sense in buying
  > > a faster processor if the rest of your system is shit.
 >
 > Well, i have a gigabyte motherboard that I just installed, and still
running
 > my old 1700 Celeron (Yeah I know, it sucks, but I didn't know anything
about
 > hardware back then Very Happy). It supports till a P4 3.2 (or 3.4 ... dunno
exact).
 > Right now I have 2x256MB pc2100 DDR, which will be changed in 512 DDR
PC3200
 > DDR.
 >
 > Thanks for your answer Smile
 >
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 2:56 pm
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"Manny" <mcu.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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 > What model # is the Gigabyte motherboard? The reason is if the MB doesn't
 > support 800 mhz fsb then no need to get the P4-C processors. save abit of
$.
 > Also if MB supports dual channel ddr ram and hyperthreading then it can
 > improve your performance.

It does support it. I double checked it when I bought it, to be sure I had a
800FSB mobo.

But I read a few times that the Northwood is faster than the Prescott, and
doesn't have the heat problems, so I think it'll be the Northwood 3.0 then.

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