p4 EE 3.73ghz, is it good??

[metro.cl]

hello mates i can get one of these for about usd500, how good is this chip? does it like Dry ice? what mobo should i buy for this chip?


hope someone can help me because i know 0 about intel chips


this is the stepping

SL7Z4 Costa Rica
3.73GHz /2MB/1066/04B
34498830

[n00b 0f l337]

Almost all intels like dry ice. No cold bugs ;)

[onewingedangel]

their not bad, but you'd be better off getting a 65nm chip. for $500 you could get a very nice 9 series dual core, and it doesn't look like intel has a coldbug at 65nm either, so dry ice is certainly useful.

The xtreme edition 3.73ghz only has a higher default fsb, it is not unlocked, and as such only overclocks like every other 90nm intel chip - except that it hits a chipset fsb bottleneck earlier.

Go for a 65nm chip, you won't regret it.

[metro.cl]

ok thanks for the fast answers

[ingentingmendeg]

i have one, its a ES. its incredible, web surfing and games couldent be any smoother. i had a 3.4EE before and theres definetly a diff with the 1066MHz fsb also, mine can do 4.2GHz stable on air.

[Supertim0r]

i have one, its a ES. its incredible, web surfing and games couldent be any smoother. i had a 3.4EE before and theres definetly a diff with the 1066MHz fsb also, mine can do 4.2GHz stable on air.

and the 2mb cache :P

[ingentingmendeg]

and the 2mb cache :P

yeah, its my fav cpu of all time. :)