[H]ard|OCP tests retail P4E - starting to like it?

[lookin4dlz]

They test several boards & show which worked.
Got a 3.3GHz on air & a 3.5GHz on water.

Overclocking the Prescott 2.8E
"Our first over-the-counter Precott CPU yields different results on different boards and the overall results end up being better than we predicted."
"This 2.8E is truly carrying on the legacy left by the 2.4C."
"Bottom line is this. A 2.8GHz Prescott can be a promising enthusiast CPU if you have the right equipment to overclock with. 700MHz OCs are nothing to take for granted and we are glad to be seeing them on this new core. As the motherboards get stronger and the cooling systems become more mature, we may be in for a great 2nd half of 2004 while playing with our Prescotts."

Maybe there's hope yet!

 

[Tates]

Quoted from LardOCP:

The IC7-MAX3 did do something that we have never seen before. If you have noticed, we have used square blocks of plastic foam to elevate our boards for years now while we are testing them. The IC7-MAX3 got so hot that it actually melted the plastic block into a liquid form. What you are seeing above is the plastic stringing and cooling as the board was pried loose from the block. Amazingly enough though, cutting off the motherboard circulation of cool air did little to hamper its stability. It ran for more than two days in very adverse conditions.

:Q

That can't be good....

 

[Budman]

Asus

Our Asus P4P800 and P4C800 motherboards would not operate with our 2.8GHz Prescott CPU. Checking the the Asus website for BIOS updates left us high and dry. Interestingly enough, the P4P800S that is based on the single memory channel chipset, the i848, worked just fine with our Prescott CPU at stock speeds. No BIOS update was present nor needed. We did not use this board for overclocking as it is not really marketed for that usage.

That's weird Asus said P4P800 and P4C800 was compatible.:frown:

 

[joe2004]

Budman, the same disappointed here. But to comfort myself I bought Athlon64 3400+, hope this one kicks Prescott a$$ for now.

 

[Soulkeeper]

looks like i'm gonna have to crank my fans into overdrive
i went to a few computer shops and nobody had a prescott but the last one i went to
the guy had a good price on it too but i said i wanted to wait for the retail and he said they would have them tomarrow or by friday

so this looks good
good find there

nice to seen his P4 running at such a low voltage
wonder if 1.2v would be stable with these at stock speed ?

 

[Budman]

I think I will pass on the current Prescott CPU & wait till I can upgrade the mobo/cpu with the new Socket 775.

 

[Soulkeeper]

i payed over 200 for this motherboard at the time just druling over the idea of ugrading to a .09u chip with more cache and HT
so i will do it just cause

the retail version is what i will get tho, i just want a 3 year warranty

 

[lookin4dlz]

I know, I intended to upgrade mine to a HT chip, but the only one that came out for a 400MHz/500MHz board was the 3.06GHz and it just never came down in price. Now, I'm deciding whether to just upgrade to a Northwood w/ new motherboard or a Prescott w/ even newer motherboard...