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

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Why do all these people have to come in here and tell us about "better" deals and processors? Let me clear this up for you people right now:

The active people in this thread KNOW hardware. We're not noobs, we build our own systems and understand the latest hardware. We know there's probably a better "deal" somewhere. The point is we don't want to throw our beloved S478 systems in the garbage and buy a whole new system. For about $100 we're swapping out our old P4's for the greatest S478 P4 ever made all without having to buy new DDR2, PCI-E video cards or anything. It's an easy and cheap upgrade for our existing systems that we wish to keep.

I hope that clears it up! 🙂


 
Originally posted by: BadThad

For about $100 we're swapping out our old P4's for the greatest S478 P4 ever made all without having to buy new DDR2, PCI-E video cards or anything. It's an easy and cheap upgrade for our existing systems that we wish to keep.
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this is indeed the bottom line. and anyone who relates a Pentium to a Ferrari has to have lost at least a small amount of higher brain function.
 
this is great...my 400sc hit 3 years in February, and it's been running a 2.4c the whole time (it was
about $300 AR back in the day). It still runs everything out there but has been having problems with the new hdtv trailers and such...thanks!

oh, good heatsink for this? or can my stock handle it?
 
Originally posted by: BadThad
Why do all these people have to come in here and tell us about "better" deals and processors? Let me clear this up for you people right now:

The active people in this thread KNOW hardware. We're not noobs, we build our own systems and understand the latest hardware. We know there's probably a better "deal" somewhere. The point is we don't want to throw our beloved S478 systems in the garbage and buy a whole new system. For about $100 we're swapping out our old P4's for the greatest S478 P4 ever made all without having to buy new DDR2, PCI-E video cards or anything. It's an easy and cheap upgrade for our existing systems that we wish to keep.

I hope that clears it up! 🙂


I would also add the TIME it takes to buy and install all the new crap. They will learn time is valuable after they move out of their parents house.




Got mine today and it is SL7CH, 3440B201. It looks used to me.
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Originally posted by: AAman
this is great...my 400sc hit 3 years in February, and it's been running a 2.4c the whole time (it was
about $300 AR back in the day). It still runs everything out there but has been having problems with the new hdtv trailers and such...thanks!

oh, good heatsink for this? or can my stock handle it?
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if it's the copper one, it's ok for a mini OC ... toss the aluminum one
 
HoLy CoW! Does the Egg package these things or what?!?!?!

This is the first item I've bought from them...

Shipping weight was 2 pounds! This chip came with 1.99 pounds of plastic peanuts and bubble wrap surrounding it... about the same size box as my Tuniq Tower 120!

Of interest... this Pentium 4 EE chip, so called, is actually a Xeon MP in a FC-PGA2 straight-jacket.

LoL! I thought I was getting another die shrunk Willamette-cored Northwood...

Heh! This thing is sooooo cool! 😀

*edit*

BTW, just for the heck of it, I went looking for the highest priced P4 3.4EE that I could find in stock. Here you go:

INTEL CPU Pentium 4 3.4GHz FSB800MHz 2MB mPGA478 Tray -- $1,095.68 :laugh:
 
Originally posted by: VinDSL
Of interest... this Pentium 4 EE chip, so called, is actually a Xeon MP in a FC-PGA2 straight-jacket.
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Originally posted by: Lanyap
How can you tell?
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That's what all the ads said. For instance:

Source
Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processors delivers significant performance gains for use in gaming, multi-media, business solutions and all your processing needs. This Gallatin core (based on the Intel Xeon MP) 478-pin CPU runs at 3.4 GHz on a 800 MHz Front Side Bus, and includes not only it's regular 512KB L2 cache, but also an additional 2MB of L3 cache!
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So, I did a little research. For instance:

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Gallatin (Extreme Edition)

In September 2003, at the Intel Developer Forum, the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (P4EE) was announced, just over a week before the launch of Athlon 64, and Athlon 64 FX (AMD64 FX). The design was mostly identical to Pentium 4 (to the extent that it would run in the same motherboards), but differed by an added 2 MiB of Level 3 cache. It shared the same Gallatin core as the Xeon MP, though in a Socket 478 form factor (as opposed to Socket 603 for the Xeon MP) and with an 800 MT/s bus, twice as fast as that of the Xeon MP. An LGA 775 version is also available.

While Intel maintained that the Extreme Edition was aimed at gamers, some viewed it as an attempt to steal the Athlon 64's launch thunder, nicknaming it the "Emergency Edition". Many condemned Intel for cannibalizing the Xeon line, but because of this, no such complaints were aimed at AMD, who retaliated by doing the same with their Athlon 64 FX.

The effect of the added cache was somewhat variable. In office applications, the Extreme Edition was generally a bit slower than the Northwood, owing to higher latency added by the L3 cache. Some games benefited from the added cache, particularly those based on the Quake III and Unreal engines. However, the area which improved the most was multimedia encoding, which was not only faster than the Pentium 4, but also both Athlon 64s.

A slight performance increase was achieved in late 2004 by increasing the bus speed from 800 MT/s to 1066 MT/s. Only one Gallatin-based chip at 3.46 GHz was released before the Extreme Edition was migrated to the Prescott core. The new 3.73 GHz Extreme Edition had the same features as a 6x0-sequence Prescott 2M, but with a 1066 MT/s bus. In practice however, the 3.73 GHz Extreme Edition almost always proved to be slower than the 3.46 GHz version.

The 'Pentium 4 Extreme Edition' should not be confused with a similarly-named later model, the 'Pentium Extreme Edition', which is based on the dual-core Pentium D.
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ThermalTake TR2-M12

cheap, all copper and a little better than stock
[it is rated for the Prescott 3.6E]

it's fine for a mild OC like mine or look for a hot deal
 
I might have a Thermalright SLK-900U S478 heatsink with a Panaflo low-flow 92mm fan on it available for sale in the next week that would cool it very well. Come with original box and hardware too.

Thermalright
 
Can someone take time to put togather a deal to build a system around this CPU.
I am really interested in this.
Which is the best mobo available at this time for this baby?

I will probably do the rest.

neo
 
Originally posted by: neocor
Can someone take time to put togather a deal to build a system around this CPU.
I am really interested in this.
Which is the best mobo available at this time for this baby?

I will probably do the rest.

neo
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My used Asus P4P800 mainboard I'll ship to you with original box/manuals etc. after I build my C2D box over the next week? 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Bu11itt
Any suggestions for a heatsink and fan for this CPU? Something better than stock.
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I'll be using a Tuniq Tower 120 with this CPU...

I suggest you do the same! 😀
 
Originally posted by: BadThad
....hummm....must resist. These CPU's are selling like hotcakes! Most places are OOS on them now and the FeeBayer's want much more.
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LoL!

Resistance is futile!

That's how I ended up with two Tuniq Tower 120s... 😀
 
Originally posted by: BadThad
Why do all these people have to come in here and tell us about "better" deals and processors? Let me clear this up for you people right now:

The active people in this thread KNOW hardware. We're not noobs, we build our own systems and understand the latest hardware. We know there's probably a better "deal" somewhere. The point is we don't want to throw our beloved S478 systems in the garbage and buy a whole new system. For about $100 we're swapping out our old P4's for the greatest S478 P4 ever made all without having to buy new DDR2, PCI-E video cards or anything. It's an easy and cheap upgrade for our existing systems that we wish to keep.

I hope that clears it up! 🙂
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Lol.

 
Originally posted by: BadThad
Dang, these didn't last long....at least I was able to grab one! 🙂
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Yes, you were one of the 'lucky' ones!

And, that's the whole point, yes?

That's what the 'thread crappers' missed...

You, me, and a handful of others, are now members of an elite club!

P4 3.4EE chips have ALWAYS been very RARE!

So much the better, for us, now that they're gone...

Put another way, it's all about bragging rights, baby! 😀

*edit*

BTW, here are some bench build pics, if anyone is interested...

Mountain Mods U2-UFO tray
Socket -- Angle #1
Socket -- Angle #2

Not too bad... or is it?

As long as I have my machine apart, I think I'll throw some Crucial Ballistix Tracers in there...

Anybody got any hot deals going on PC4000 Ballistix sticks? Can't find those in stock either...
 
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