Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4GHz Socket 478 OEM now....$119.99

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: docinthebox
Before getting this, I would ask myself: is my machine CPU bound? In other words, how often do I do things that cause the CPU load to approach 100%? Things like converting multimedia (ripping DVD to mp4, ripping CD to mp3 etc), running password cracking programs, running complex Excel spreadsheets, compiling linux (e.g. installing/updating gentoo). If you're not doing any of these, or very seldom do, then you're not going to notice a difference after upgrading the CPU to 3.4GHz.

And then, if you're doing a lot of these tasks very often, it pays to upgrade to a dual core anyways.

Just MHO.

i asked myself just *one* crucial question before buying the 3.4EE 😛

"would i get better frame rates in PC games over my P4@3.31Ghz ?"

--the answer was a resounding *Yes!*
:thumbsup:

for $125 my 3DMark05 score increased from 8,000 to 9300 ... [which translates to]
-- FEAR became "playable" at 14x9 along with healthy FPS increases in all my new games and my x1950p/512M was 'unbottlenecked'

Just my gloriously humble opinion
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[Sesopedalian]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: BadThad

Originally posted by: VinDSL

Originally posted by: BadThad
Hummmm....the title doesn't specify "EE" but the tech description does.

Probably why they still have some available... 😀

These puppies are getting uber scarce -- dittos for high-end S478 mobos!

Yea, good S478 mobo's are almost impossible to find now. In a major crisis, I had to find an Abit IC7 almost a year ago....OMG....nearly impossible. Finally found some obscure vendor who raped me for $160 for a NIB "refurb". When your RAID controller dies and you have a lot of important, non-backedup data......you'll pay anything. LOL

I had a RAID controller die on my socket 478 Abit, and I spotted a very small area of what looked like green corrosion on some leads from a chip near the PCI slots. I had a nylon brush attached to a Dremel and brushed off the leads coming out of the chip, and it has worked ever since.

i couldn't *find* a decent MB when my Abit IC7 failed - this Monday ... so it's upgrade time to C2D

sigh ...

so i have a P4 3.4EE - barely used - runs flawlessly at 3.74G with a crappy cooler ... and 1.5GB very OCable PC 3500 ... going into FS/T .. next week

'EE' is one hell of a single-core CPU ... and i will miss being part of your [Extreme Elitist] club
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[apoppin]

Thanks ... i'll check out my Abit for corrosion
--never thought of it 😱

... i might *also* have a "very desirable" MB going into FS/T along with the EE and 1.5 GB PC 3500
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