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P4 Upgrade Advice needed
I am upgrading my cpu, mobo and ram. My specs are listed below. I had ordered
a P4 3.2C but was sent the Prescott 3.2E instead. Now I'm trying to decide whether I should just keep the 3.2E or try to exchange it for the 3.2C. I've been reading as many reviews as possible and it really does seem like a toss up as to which chip is better. I will be mainly doing video encoding but play some games too. I understand the Prescott has the SSE3, but is there a future with SSE3? If it makes a difference, the 3.2E is a SL7B8 with a C0 stepping (pack date 7/25/04) made in Malaysia. I don't know a whole lot about Intel chips so I'd really appreciate any advice as to which chip to go with. Thanks much. Soyo SY-P4I865PE Dragon Plus 1.0 Corsair TWINX1024-3200XL (2X512) BFG GeForce 5900 Ultra Audigy soundcard WD SE 80G hdd w/8 mb cache BenQ DVD Writer, CDRW & Lite On DVD Rom Antec Smartpower 400 psu WinXP Pro - SP1 |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message ... I am upgrading my cpu, mobo and ram. My specs are listed below. I had ordered a P4 3.2C but was sent the Prescott 3.2E instead. Now I'm trying to decide whether I should just keep the 3.2E or try to exchange it for the 3.2C. Keep what you've got. There is like NO difference. If it aint broke . . .. -Dave |
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Thanks, Dave. So you don't think I need to worry about the heat issue? I think it's overblown. I'm running a 3.0E Prescott (two of them, in fact). Haven't seen either one hit 120F yet. I'm not using stock coolers, though. One has an all-copper heatsink Speeze brand cooler with stock thermal compound. The other has a Cooler Master heat sink with a blower instead of a fan (aero 4 lite?, something like that). Before I changed the thermal compound (due to a mainboard failure), the 3.0E on my wife's system never hit 100F. In fact, for a long time, the SYSTEM temperature was higher than the CPU temperature!!! (though both were well within normal range, and not far above room temp.) The thermal compound I'm now using (artic alumina) is not as effective as the original waxy stuff that came from Cooler Master. Still, this CPU has been stressed hard and has not hit 120F yet. I'd have to conclude that the heat issues are caused by improper cooling, as the Northwood core processors have normal operating temperatures higher than what I've seen with the Prescott core processors I'm using. And yes these CPUs have been stressed hard using various burn-in type programs and the systems have been left on for days straight. I can't seem to do anything to get these processors even slightly WARM, let alone hot. In short, WHAT heat issue? -Dave |
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From: "Dave C." Thanks, Dave. So you don't think I need to worry about the heat issue? I think it's overblown. I'm running a 3.0E Prescott (two of them, in fact). Haven't seen either one hit 120F yet. I'm not using stock coolers, though. One has an all-copper heatsink Speeze brand cooler with stock thermal compound. The other has a Cooler Master heat sink with a blower instead of a fan (aero 4 lite?, something like that). Before I changed the thermal compound (due to a mainboard failure), the 3.0E on my wife's system never hit 100F. In fact, for a long time, the SYSTEM temperature was higher than the CPU temperature!!! (though both were well within normal range, and not far above room temp.) The thermal compound I'm now using (artic alumina) is not as effective as the original waxy stuff that came from Cooler Master. Still, this CPU has been stressed hard and has not hit 120F yet. I'd have to conclude that the heat issues are caused by improper cooling, as the Northwood core processors have normal operating temperatures higher than what I've seen with the Prescott core processors I'm using. And yes these CPUs have been stressed hard using various burn-in type programs and the systems have been left on for days straight. I can't seem to do anything to get these processors even slightly WARM, let alone hot. In short, WHAT heat issue? -Dave Thanks for your response, I appreciate it. I've now got the 3.2E and 3.2C and just have to make up my mind which one to return. |
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