Another P4 Extreme Edition Arrives :)

[Creative]

Morning guys,

Yep if you dont know by now, I scooped up the P4 3.2 EE that Pluscorp were able to get thier hands on. It has been pretty exciting for me. Being a part of history is a pretty good buzz. These are the first of thier kind to be released and hopefully this starts of a new trend for high end Intel chips :thumbup:

The courier went to the house nextdoor by accident and by 9:40 the cpu was in my hands. Ive opened her up and was greeted to not an ugly orange box, but a nice looking Blue and Black box







Its a bloody Costa Rica - but the last Costa I had was an aweeeeesome 2.4 the SL6Z3, which kinda leads you to believe that those 2.4 were based on the EE if they were boxed at same joint but lets not go there Nice recent pack date also of 10 November and the build week is 33.

The heatsink I think is just a normal 3.0/3.2C default HS. It doesnt have the black tim on it like usual, but a piece of that clear grey rubber stuff on the base, which is copper for a small section of cpu contact area




It came with a nice shiny EE sticker. I remember someone asked if they could have it. Well Im going to have to say NO cos I thought it would be a simple P4 sticker but nah its a special EE one as can be seen here;




My dilema now is this guys. Do I waste it and put it in the IS7 now for some quick testing? Or do I quickly duck out and grab a MAX3? The Asus is on RMA and looks like it might be another week, and I was tempted to maybe try an Abit again.....3 votes and Ill go and grab one....my vote is already 1 so 2 more needed :thumbup:


Id like to say thanks to Pluscorp - Nigel in particular - for taking the effort and time to look for this cpu as soon as they landed. Without them this cpu would not be in my hands and for this I thank you.

To all the others, if I hear one comment that even remotely hints at the costs or anything along that line, the post will be reported and I will get very upset with you.....just some respect thats all I ask that you dont sour my thread or my excitement

Now, with all of that out of the way I can go and have my morning cup of tea and then Ill probably duck over and grab the MAX3 :thumbup:

Cheers guys

[CrashOv3r1De]

dibs on the sticker =D

id say do some testing with the is7 on your mach ii and then try the max3 (if it treats you right)

[faruquehabib]

i'd also say wait for the asus and push it in the is7

[Silversink]

You should leave the box on that pedestal as it looks like Art

[Slickthellama]

Originally posted by Silversink
You should leave the box on that pedestal as it looks like Art

Who said it wasnt

[Hobocrow]

Congrats on the EE! I give you my proxy...so you can vote the way you want to with it! Enjoy!!

[C0bra]

Lucky you! Ill say test it on the IS7 then buy the MAX3

[Creative]

heheh cheers guys :thumbsup:

Well after ringing around, I found an Asus board - P4C800-E so Im off to grab it and then ill be back. I know its probably silly but its like putting doddgy tyers on a ferarri, you just wouldnt do it
hehehehehehe

Im missing out currently, but pfft by dinner time tonight, all will be setup and running

ps
Yep gotta love the box....

[eva2000]

ah another P4C800-E then cool..

[retrospooty]

Awesome... I say put it in the IS7 right away and tell us if its unlocked !!!

[Major]

congrats on the new shinny toys creative !!!!

fire that bad boy up and do some benching !

[taco]

yum yum

[saaya]

wtf??? you paid over 1000$ for a single cpu?

j/k
hehe

very nice man! i hope its unlocked! better add some extra cooling to your mosfets, it sucks quite some juice afaik. i hope it does 4.2 on air

[retrospooty]

Yup... If its unlocked, it just might be worth buying. (when the price drops to $500ish)

[Iridium192_217]

go with the is7! this should be very interesting

[althes]

IS7

[Poki]

Theres nothing wrong with buying toys you want!
I wish i were in your shoes... Hope she treats you well

[Trader88]

Tell us if its unlock. Maybe I'll grab one if it is.

Show us some bench.

Congrat

[Hobocrow]

Originally posted by Creative
heheh cheers guys :thumbsup:

Well after ringing around, I found an Asus board - P4C800-E so Im off to grab it and then ill be back. I know its probably silly but its like putting doddgy tyers on a ferarri, you just wouldnt do it
hehehehehehe

Im missing out currently, but pfft by dinner time tonight, all will be setup and running

ps
Yep gotta love the box....

Hey, my friend....that Mobo might not see the EE cpu...if it's a loaner...cool..try it! Maybe the Is7 with the latest cpu support bios on air 1st!

[LikwidKool]

So what's the new's? My morning cup of tea was over 17 hours ago!! I'm eager to see what's up!!

[Creative]

hehehehe

Got it setup on the bench and the Asus isnt recognising the cpu. It just sits there with the monitor flicking but the keyboard flashes.

I dont know what bios is on it so I might thro the 2.4 back in and see and if need be flash to 1011 and if that doesnt work then I guess I might try the infamous 1013 bios

I guess I could try the IS7 still cos thats still in the case :thumbsup:

ill try a bios update then see

[Creative]

Ok got it working now.....i had the cpu fan in the chasis and not cpu and put in cpu and it worked :thumbsup:

Back soon

[shortcircuit]

The MAX3 has a lot of potential, especially if Hipro posts all of his vmod's.

[Creative]

I am taking her apart now and putting in the prommy. Prob will take an hour or so but I want to be up by 11 not rushed, but I doubt it will be that...more like 1 :thumbup: Ill also install Windows again as Im just using the old IS7 install still

Here is the max OC i got on air. Didnt try higher. Air was to just see what they did and make sure it had no hassles.

225fsb using 1.70bios - idles at 1.70 but as you can see from the pic, it drooops alot. 1.60 bios got up to test 30 but then failed. 1.65 wouldnt let the pc get into windows and then i settled on 1.70



and here was 3dmark with the same cpu oc as above and vid card at 450/370;




Didnt run any other benches besides these at this speed. As mentioned before, just going straight to the prommy now. 3.6 on air needed 1.70 bios so Im thinking that an aim of about 3.9 for now at same vcore isnt asking for too much :thumbup:

Back later guys

ps
I think Im using bios 1009, but havnt really looked hard enough yet. Wont change it if its workling as it should be

[Trader88]

So is it UNLOCKED?