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    anyone reached 4.0ghz with 3.2 prescott air cooling

    don't know anything about a tt cooler but i will look into it. what was his setup?
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    anyone reached 4.0ghz with 3.2 prescott air cooling

    you might be right, i think it will take some luck in getting a 3.2 that will run that high but i built one for my son that will run stable at 3.9 but will not go higher. His board is a msi 865pe. I think your suggestions are very good. I have a asus p4p800 with a 2.8 northwood and I know abit...
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    anyone reached 4.0ghz with 3.2 prescott air cooling

    I am looking to build a combo that will do 4.0ghz stable for as cheaply as possible. I am thinking about a 3.2 prescott with a 875P chipset board or even a 865PE chipset. I will be using air cooling (maybe a Zalmon). The albatron 875p looks like an interesting possibilily for a real good price...
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    Outpost.com New Year Specials (prices keep changing)

    hello TC, I hope you are still watching this post. I am thinking about buying the ecs pt800ce-a/P4 3.0 at Fry's but I need to know the maximum freq adjustment in the freq and voltage control section of the bios. The manual does not say. I think the only way to find out is to actually access the...
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    ecs pt800ce-a/p4 3.0 nothwood

    I came across an add at Fry's selling the intel p4 3.0C OEM for less than retail anywhere. It also includes a ecs pt800ce-a motherboard. I understand that the ecs boards are not typically proformance boards and I know the limitations of the via pt800 chipset, but I think I could build a very...