prescott or nothwood

orionzbelt1 · May 28, 2004

I am buying a new system next week and have decieded on motherboard and ram but not sure which p4 to go for 2.8 or 3.0 prescott or northwood.

I will not be upgrading again for a few years so i dont know weather the new instruction on the prescott will come in good use over the next few years.
But a little worried about the heat issues but i am buying a zalman cnps7000a-cu will this be ok??

which cpu ????

Please help will be buying on thursday

Vflux · May 28, 2004

Definetely a northwood..........I'm planning on getting a 3Ghz in a couple of months..overclocks very well........

RubiX³ · May 28, 2004

Northwood all the way. :attn:

GST-97 · May 28, 2004

Yes, best bang for the buck is generally the 3.0C. They can usually get a minimum 500 Mhz overclock without heating up much more.

The prescott's new instructions may help down the line.... key word MAY

I had a 2.8E for a while, it was pretty fast, but just got too warm for my taste.
On air, definitely go northwood.

-Chris

Sjaak · May 28, 2004

Lancelot here is having a pretty 2.8E overclock currently

Depending on what programs you use, choose. Prescott will offer an improvement for futural programs (PNI: prescott new Instructions), and the 1 meg cache greatly helps progs like SETI and CAD. id generally go for the Northwood tho

Krowa 02 · May 28, 2004

NORTHWOOD!!!

Seriously though the Northwood core is my favorite core of all, so much fun has been had with it over its life span.

Flakk · May 29, 2004

another vote for northwood

krag · May 29, 2004

Northwood fer days!

Where is the "prescott pusher" at? He should be here reamin' out us Northwood lovers. ;>)

:attn:

k_r_i_p_l_e_r · May 29, 2004

northwood for now, maybe next year the presc

krag · May 29, 2004

k_r_i_p_l_e_r said:
northwood for now, maybe next year the presc

Yep, I'm really interested in what the new Prescott stepping will be like. Its supposed to be released in June. who knows, I might be a Prescott pusher myself if they turn out to be good.

BeerHunter · May 29, 2004

Northwoods are way better than Preshotts. You should know this if you read ANY Preshott review.

Osirus · May 29, 2004

I have a 3.0E Prescots CPU, and its currently overclocked @ 3.6gHz, currently its setting at 37c Degree's. Im on h20 cooling as well. It is working great right now.

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