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Agreed. It OC easily without voltage increase, runs relatively cool even with OEM HSF, and the HT can come in handy with certain apps. The only Netburst processor that I would prefer would be the Pentium D, but only because it's a true dual core and can run the SMP client, however it requires a different socket than the board I have now.
I guess you could, but I never tried it. Since the SMP client only requires that it detects two cores in the OS, logical or physical, it should install fine. However, even if you successfully install the SMP client and it meets the deadlines, I seriously doubt it will complete a WU before the preferred deadline. So, you might receive the points for the work, but Stanford will reassign the WU to someone else if it doesn't make the preferred deadline, thus delaying research for the project. It's your choice.
Actually, I know of one person that has a single core P4 running the SMP client and makes the deadline, but his processor is OC to 3.8GHz. If you can get a stable high OC, it might be worth a shot. Try it and let us know your frame times. I might do the same but I'll need to get a different board that's better for OC.
For less than the cost of water cooling, one could look for a cheap C2D processor and replace the P4 with it (assuming its S775). No matter how high you clock a P4, a C2D will probably beat it and use much less power.
