p4 cpus

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:22 am

does the extra l2 512k on the extreme editions really make a difference....im thinking of going from p4 2.8 fsb 400 to an p4 2.8e fsb 800....l2 1mb cache...
anyone know? thanks dave

by **MMmmGood** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:38 am

Did they even make 2.8s at 400FSB? I thought the last line of 400FSB was 2.6?

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:40 am

hehe...thats what i thought until i purchased the cpu for 65 bucks right...and a guy was selling it on ebay for over 170...b/c everyone stuck with 400fsb mobos can upgrade the cpu without upgrading mobo.

do you know if their is a big difference between the 2?
thanks

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:42 am

cpu reads on the top of it....
pentium iv 2800/400/512l2

ohh and no HT with these cpus
you can find them on ebay sometimes but they are like hot cakes..

by **MMmmGood** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:35 am

Hmm.

You shouldnt be able to swap a 400FSB CPU for a 800FSB one like that.

Is it socket 478 or socket 423? What motherboard do you have?

by **Edogg** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:54 am

a 2.8 e is a prescott core p4 instead of a northwood. They run hotter and they are a little slower than the northwood clock for clock.

by **Buddahead** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 11:17 am

definatly upgrade to the 800mhz fsb with ht. The ht chip has provided a huge upgrade for my system.

by **Harry Canyon** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 11:24 am

Originally posted by Buddahead
definatly upgrade to the 800mhz fsb with ht. The ht chip has provided a huge upgrade for my system.

Yeah, but you still play like &*%$$%#!!!

by **MMmmGood** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 11:25 am

I dont think you'll be able to do it unless your mobo supports new cores.

Post your mobo manufacturer and model number

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 11:56 am

it does ....here's the link

http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-8IPE1000-L.htm

by **Edogg** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:29 pm

Originally posted by hitznrunz
it does ....here's the link

http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-8IPE1000-L.htm

it supports prescotts

by **LordShard** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:40 pm

Originally posted by Buddahead
definatly upgrade to the 800mhz fsb with ht. The ht chip has provided a huge upgrade for my system.

Hyperthreading actually slows down your computer unless your doing something made to take advantage of it. Which would be video editing, picture editing and thing like that.

Reason is that winxp will install extra drivers so it can use HT.

The pentium 4 extrem edition is really just a hyped up xeon processor with the purpose of trying to take away the athlon 64 on it's debut day.

The extra cache won't help with gaming much but thing like video editing picture modifiying or accessing many files will speed up.

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:55 pm

im installing windows right now with it...its running hot though..with stock fan.....48c
old p4 would usually run about 33....ive got a coolermaster fan to throw on it though

by **Edogg** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:59 pm

The pentium 4 extrem edition is really just a hyped up xeon processor with the purpose of trying to take away the athlon 64 on it's debut day.

The extra cache won't help with gaming much but thing like video editing picture modifiying or accessing many files will speed up.

actually the extreme edition is Intel's best gaming processor, and it is because of the 2mb of l3 cache. Go look at any gaming benchmarks comparing it to the regular northwoods or prescotts. The extreme edition annihalates them.

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:41 pm

lol now only problem is...is that im outta cd keys for winodws xp...microsoft sucks....i sware i gotta call these people everytime i reformat my hd...
bs

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