Originally Posted by Gorgeous
CPU1 is Prescott cpu and its all right but it can get very hot if you want to overclock it .I got P4 2.8e and my cpu is doing 4.1 not stable, and on air its doing 3.5 stable.
The other cpu from what i can see its normal Northwood cpu and not sure how good is with overclocking as it’s all a gamble . i would go with CPU2 but again that is just me .
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I like the hyperthreading, but that's just so you could fold 2 clients
If you do a lot of worksation type stuff then hyperthreading can be better...
If not, and you just do gaming and such, then hyperthreading isn't really that much use...and can give you grief at times...
The 2.8 non HT is a 1 meg cache, and it's a 90nm process...likely will oc better if you want it to...
Newer technology, better chip so if hyperthreading isn't something you need, then cpu no. 1 is the better of the 2...
Oh yeah...the no. 1 is gonna run hotter and all that, so you'll need to keep in mind that upgraded cooling would be advisable...
Gray
I like the hyperthreading, but that's just so you could fold 2 clients
If you do a lot of worksation type stuff then hyperthreading can be better...
If not, and you just do gaming and such, then hyperthreading isn't really that much use...and can give you grief at times...
The 2.8 non HT is a 1 meg cache, and it's a 90nm process...likely will oc better if you want it to...
Newer technology, better chip so if hyperthreading isn't something you need, then cpu no. 1 is the better of the 2...
Oh yeah...the no. 1 is gonna run hotter and all that, so you'll need to keep in mind that upgraded cooling would be advisable...
Gray
Hehehe...i'm going to be using this as a folding machine,i best go for the HT one then...
Edit : They both have hyper threading....
Last edited by Gorgeous; 04-26-2005 at 12:17 AM.
#2 might not be that bad. Every once in a while a good D1 cpu pops up....
Last summer, I found a SL6WT that did 3.91Ghz on air @ 1.64-1.65 volts. Used it that speed 24/7, until November.
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get HT presccot
2.8 Prescott - never owned
2.8 D1 NW - Owned three, one I never tested, one did 3.3ghz, one did 3.75ghz
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cpu #1 is a "C0" revision = really bad oc
you should at least try a "D0" or get the northwood
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get a newer version of the 2.8 pres
i had 2x 2.8 northwoords, which both stopped at
3.3 / 3.4
the pressey stopped at 3.4/3.5 (air cooling)
I like the hyperthreading, but that's just so you could fold 2 clients
If you do a lot of worksation type stuff then hyperthreading can be better...
If not, and you just do gaming and such, then hyperthreading isn't really that much use...and can give you grief at times...
The 2.8 non HT is a 1 meg cache, and it's a 90nm process...likely will oc better if you want it to...
Newer technology, better chip so if hyperthreading isn't something you need, then cpu no. 1 is the better of the 2...
Oh yeah...the no. 1 is gonna run hotter and all that, so you'll need to keep in mind that upgraded cooling would be advisable...
Gray
I game on my rig and its smooth as silk, also doing distributed computing project - BONIC cp.net. simultaneously. Playing HL2, DOOM 3 or FarCry, all very PC stressful games @ high res.
Never had grief with HT before.
Signature? are you kidding? with new stuff coming out every day, why bother ?
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