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Vulcan
03-09-06, 06:14 PM
I am parting out a broken laptop, and can do whatever I want with the parts basicly. I pulled a 2.8ghz Northwood P4-M (SL7DS) from it. Would it make any sense to use this procesor, or would I be better off to just ebay it for about 80-120.00? In other words, what can I expect from this procesor as far as performance and overclocking?
Dan Derrig
03-09-06, 06:59 PM
use it, should overclock pretty well, I hear the mobile ones OC well
Stratus_ss
03-09-06, 07:14 PM
generally mobiles overclock better because they require less voltage.
its a decent chip
Spade
03-09-06, 07:18 PM
you might even try the classifieds here right away before ebay, if i had money id probably jump on it myself right now, however im not paid for another week
jcw122
03-09-06, 07:32 PM
Vulcan do you fold for our F@H team? That would be a nice use for it.
Vulcan
03-09-06, 08:04 PM
Vulcan do you fold for our F@H team? That would be a nice use for it.
Well, if anything this would be used in a HTPC I am building up. I don't see any reason why I couldn't have it folding while idle though (which will be much of the time). The other option for the HTPC is a Barton 2500+ I have laying around. I'll see if I can find a nice mATX motherboard for the P4 and put it to good use. Or, I could just sell it and all my extra parts and start from scratch with more modern hardware which will also run cooler. Hard to say what exactly I will do, but its nice to know that this has some potential. I havent used a P4 in a long time... Its tempting.
Ssetre
03-10-06, 09:14 AM
Whoa...

Thats a Prescott D0 stepping... Thats one toasty running chip.

90nm, 533mhz fsb, 1MB Cache, and HT

Which two make it a Prescott? ;)
The_man27
03-12-06, 02:29 PM
90nm and 1mb of l2 :)
Mr. $T$
03-12-06, 03:08 PM
http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/details.asp?sSpec=SL7DS

Indeed a Prescott DO stepping and because it's a moble will get you somewhere around 4Ghz.
JLK03F150
03-12-06, 03:32 PM
Do Prescott mobiles drop to a 12x multi in a desktop mobo - like a Northwood P4-M, or will it work correctly at 21?
Mr. $T$
03-12-06, 07:38 PM
Do Prescott mobiles drop to a 12x multi in a desktop mobo - like a Northwood P4-M, or will it work correctly at 21?


I believe it's locked at 21 only unfortunately, that means it needs 4200 just to get at 200FSB. That will be a bottleneck for sure.