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

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: VinDSL
Digitalet -- $127.87 😉

Nice find, but they aren't listed with resellerratings.

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: apoppin
*barely* --if is the aluminum one ... temps run warm ... upper 50s

if is the copper intel HS it is *fine* ... temps run 10c cooler ... upper 40s

With 100% load using a copper core Intel cooler mine is showing 71°C in Abit EQ.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: BadThad

Originally posted by: apoppin
*barely* --if is the aluminum one ... temps run warm ... upper 50s

if is the copper intel HS it is *fine* ... temps run 10c cooler ... upper 40s

With 100% load using a copper core Intel cooler mine is showing 71°C in Abit EQ.

that's a little hot ... did you use a decent thermal compound?

i get *absolute max* at 63°C using an all-copper Prescott Cooler [Thermaltake TR2 M12]
-in a warm room

my stock intel all-aluminum cooler got mid 70s 😛

 

[adlep]

This is an excellent find. I am late in a game so I ended up paying $40.00 extra, however mine comes with 1 yr warranty.
Ebay - Right Here $140.00 shipped + 1 yr warranty

It will be very interesting to see if it will work with my motherboard with only an unofficial support for 800MHz Prescotts

Also, I agree with all of those who want to stick to their beloved S478 systems for as long as possible. I had mine running since the late 2002 and I never had any problems with it. Still relatively fast and super stable. Zero problems with my motherboard -Gigabyte PE-800 Ultra and with my CPU P4 Northwood 2.53 GHz @ 3.16 GHz (166MHz fsb) (tt can do 180 Mhz fsb stable and without any increase of the vcore too).
Anyway, it will be interesting to know how far I will be able to over clock the new chip. I am counting on it running at minimum 18x200 MHz fsb without increasing the vcore.
Thanks OP - EXCELLENT FIND!

P.S. There seems to be quite a lot of them floating around on Ebay for around $140 or so.
😀
We should start a club for S478 owners 😀. It seems like they are still quite capable systems.

 

[bodhammer]

Thanks to the OP. I got mine on Thursday from the Geeks and replaced my 2.8C. I'm seeing about 20-30% better performance in almost everything. My overall temps have gone up by 3-5°C. I noticed that when I removed my ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu 65mm heatsink, I only had about 80% coverage on the top of the spreader. I was slightly more generous with the AS5 this time and I think I'm getting better dissapation. I was able to clock mine up to 3.7 before it started flaking, I think I will water cool before I overclock. My case is full and I have 4 drives.

For those having trouble finding a good 875P, I have been very happy with my Epox EP-4PCA3+. It is working fine with this chip and I have been using the RAID5 with 4 80GB WD drives for a couple of years. I have had individual drives fail twice but replaced them, rebuilt, and kept going.

Epox has some refirbs for $60 at their store - <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.epoxstore.com/Product_Detail.asp?Product_ID=1084">https://www.epoxstore.com/Product_Detail.asp?Product_ID=1084</a>

I was also able to sell my 2.8C on eBay for $60 so this upgrade cost me $67 net!

Thanks again!
Bod

 

[Hajpoj]

I'm a socket 775 running a P4 3.6ghz@3.82ghz. So I imagine we are all going to have the same level of performance give or take.

 

[Sesopedalian]

Originally posted by: BadThad

Originally posted by: apoppin
*barely* --if is the aluminum one ... temps run warm ... upper 50s

if is the copper intel HS it is *fine* ... temps run 10c cooler ... upper 40s

With 100% load using a copper core Intel cooler mine is showing 71°C in Abit EQ.

I would suspect the heatsink is not coming into full contact with the processor in your case. I had that happen once, and I just removed the heatsink and reattached it, and that solved the problem.

 

[state 08]

I used Artic Silver thermal compound, and my heatsink is a Zalman CNPS7000AlCu with the 80mm fan on it running at 2600rpm, and my temps are:

idle: 33-35C
Normal Usage: 38-40C
Heavy Load: 44-46C

 

[bodhammer]

Originally posted by: state 08
I used Artic Silver thermal compound, and my heatsink is a Zalman CNPS7000AlCu with the 80mm fan on it running at 2600rpm, and my temps are:

idle: 33-35C
Normal Usage: 38-40C
Heavy Load: 44-46C

I can confirm, I'm getting nearly the same temps with my ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu 65mm cooler with Artic Silver 5. I'm at the higher end of the range but the fan size would explain that. I just ran Boinc with Climate Prediction all night without issue and temps were never higher than 46°, used SiSoft Sandra to log temps all night.

Bod

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: BadThad

Originally posted by: apoppin
*barely* --if is the aluminum one ... temps run warm ... upper 50s

if is the copper intel HS it is *fine* ... temps run 10c cooler ... upper 40s

With 100% load using a copper core Intel cooler mine is showing 71°C in Abit EQ.

that's a little hot ... did you use a decent thermal compound?

i get *absolute max* at 63°C using an all-copper Prescott Cooler [Thermaltake TR2 M12]
-in a warm room

my stock intel all-aluminum cooler got mid 70s 😛

Well, the stock Intel cooler pretty well sucks, it's just the copper core version. And for the other guy asking, there's NO WAY to mis-seat a stock Intel cooler that I know of. I've installed HUNDRED's of them and never had an issue except for the cage breaking on a couple of them.....but that brings an obvious heat issue to light quickly, lol.

I'm using AS5....and I know how to properly apply it. Also, the Abit temp monitoring utility doesn't correctly report the temp on the IC7......well documented that it reports from 5-10°C high and Abit never fixed it (I'm using the last BIOS they made). So, in reality, it's probably running about 61°C, which, IMO, is still hot.

The biggest problem I have with this IC7 is there's no way disable the thermal shutdown! You can do it in BIOS, but it will IGNORE that setting and shutdown when the temp gets to where it thinks is too high.....which is actually off by freaking 10°C. Over the years I've used this IC7 and done a lot of overclocking, that has pssed me off to no end, lol.

No matter, I went through my inventory last night and pulled out a Thermalright SLK-800U and a couple other hoss coolers. In the near future, I'm going to move 2 of my P4 systems into new cases, so I'll ditch these stock coolers. Hopefully, I'll be able to get my 3.06 back to 3.6GHz again....it definately needs a good cleaning and reapplication of AS as I've had to gradually decrease the clock over time to regain stability.

 

[VinDSL]

Hrm...

Well, I gotta say... I've been pretty good at sucking these things out of ether, but...

It seems that the price is going the opposite direction now -- creeping back up!

I guess it's the law of supply n' demand at work... 😉

 

[EXman]

Originally posted by: Hajpoj
AFAIK only 865PE and 875 will work.

Nah I think the late BH7's would work too. aren't they 45's?

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: EXman
Nah I think the late BH7's would work too. aren't they 45's?

Um...

Yes, they are, but I don't see EEs happening for them!

What am I missing? 😕

 

[VinDSL]

PC Planet -- $152.56

 

[gooseman]

starmicro still has them for $145.00 I believe. Mine shipped yesterday from there. Can't wait to get it. BTW, Free UPS Ground shipping too!

 

[VinDSL]

Number Five is alive! 😀

Got my Crucial Ballistix Tracers yesterday afternoon...

Updated my firmware/software last night and the P4EE is running benchmark stable at 3.8Ghz -- isn't even breathing hard -- 39-43º C. (AC MX-1 grease).

Guess I'll start pushing it!

This thing should do 4.0Ghz (on air) with no problem... 😉

*edit*

Okay, my bad!

Since this isn't the place, I'll just say that 3854.1MHz is the most I've been able to squeeze out of this chip -- benchmark stable...

Screenie

This is with a lot of tweaking!

The thing is, it will run almost as fast (3842.6MHZ) without a lot of tweaking...

Soooooo, this is basically a stable 3.8GHz overclocker with stock voltages, yada, yada, yada...

No reason to burn everything up for an extra .115G, yes?

Having said that, Crucial Ballastix LEDs sure *look* nice n' bright at 2.9v... 🙂

 

[Mir96TA]

Originally posted by: turbo__
pjs: So this cpu will successfully run in a dell 400sc? Which bios are you using?

Dell SC400
Bios A10
P4 3.4 EE
Copper Heat Pipe and Bigger Fan (Dell parts)

 

[grayling]

Glad to find this thread as I got one of these about a week and a half ago.

I wrote this yesterday on the thread titled:
For those who jumped on the P4 3.4EE Deal - What are your overclocks?

I have been looking for a new agp board with 4 ddr dimm slots for a kids pc for 6 months so I got the geeks MB-3.4ee deal. I had a 2.6c in a gigabyte 8ik1100 and it is stable at 250mhz 1/1 3-3-3-8 @ 3.25 . 5/4 divider was slower clock for clock so I never pushed it farther.

The 3.4ee is stable at 3.84 at 3-3-3-8 1/1. I have been running it for a week @ 3.74
2-3-2-6 220mhz 1/1.
Above 3.91 and windows blue screens. MB boots at 4.01 and windows won't load. I didn't try it higher. I may get it to 4ghz with more voltage but this is the first time I O/C one right out of the box so I will just let it cook a month or so.

It has eliminated all the titan lag in BF2142 and I only expected it to help a little so It was fun to try to fry what was a $1000+ processor plus I got a kids pc with all the scrap parts I had for 180 bucks including shipping with techbargains code.

Maybe this will help someone if they got the same board: Intel D865GLC
The Intel audio driver would not load. Box is a white box no drivers. I had to get the audio driver at Gateway. Probably due to the Gateway bios because the audio driver is the same version#.
The board is a Gateway replacement for the Midway 2 Plus and the MB # is useless at the Gateway site. All the drivers are at Gateway or get everything at Intel and add a sound card. I didn't try to update bios Intel or Gateway.

 

[pjs]

Mir96TA,

Yes it is running fine in my 400SC. When I first installed it, and for the next week or so, I had the A08 bios. I have since flashed to the A10 bios. With the A10, there is, upon startup, a big rectangular P4 extreme logo that was not present with the A08.

Paul

 

[bruceyg]

Don't know why so many people think it's a hot deal, you can buy a dual core Athlon 3600+ and a motherboard combo for $120, which can be easily oced to 2.8ghz, E6400 performance, much better than this single core netburse chip.

 

[308nato]

Originally posted by: bruceyg
Don't know why so many people think it's a hot deal, you can buy a dual core Athlon 3600+ and a motherboard combo for $120, which can be easily oced to 2.8ghz, E6400 performance, much better than this single core netburse chip.

Maybe don't want to reformat/reload, or, don't want an AMD rig.

 

[Mir96TA]

Originally posted by: bruceyg
Don't know why so many people think it's a hot deal, you can buy a dual core Athlon 3600+ and a motherboard combo for $120, which can be easily oced to 2.8ghz, E6400 performance, much better than this single core netburse chip.

It is not the best option for every body.
For Example me:
1. I need a CPU which can do Nice Encoding and Decoding (DvD Rippping and making Video)
2. I have Dell SC 400 SC I have to change Case; I like my Quiet Case
3. I didn't wanted to LOSE my Video Card and memory or get some Cheap MB.
4. I also do not wanted to Format HDD reinstall OS etc etc.
5. I wanted walk in park.
This upgrade cost me 5 min. Took the Old Cpu out. Clean the HSF drop the SliverOxide Gue. Close the Case.
Done.

 

[Mir96TA]

Originally posted by: pjs
Mir96TA,

Yes it is running fine in my 400SC. When I first installed it, and for the next week or so, I had the A08 bios. I have since flashed to the A10 bios. With the A10, there is, upon startup, a big rectangular P4 extreme logo that was not present with the A08.

Paul

PJ do you have Heat pipe Heat Sink Pic

 

[grayling]

quote:

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Originally posted by: bruceyg
Don't know why so many people think it's a hot deal, you can buy a dual core Athlon 3600+ and a motherboard combo for $120, which can be easily oced to 2.8ghz, E6400 performance, much better than this single core netburse chip.
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My reason
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=193

 

[bruceyg]

that's a k7 cpu, probabaly 6yrs old, old pentiums also run hot with vcore 1.75v, the 65 nm brisbane core Athlon is only 65w and runs 25C at the idle, even runs cooler than my core2duo E4300.

Don't want to dump video card and case sounds a good reason.

Originally posted by: grayling


quote:

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Originally posted by: bruceyg
Don't know why so many people think it's a hot deal, you can buy a dual core Athlon 3600+ and a motherboard combo for $120, which can be easily oced to 2.8ghz, E6400 performance, much better than this single core netburse chip.
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My reason
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=193