NEW!!! HOT!!! PENT4 2.53GHz Northwood 512K at NEWEGG!!!

[Scootin159]

Originally posted by: Salvador
Cool! This will be great for the quad Intel setup I want to build. I wonder if they'd give me a discount if I buy 4?

Sal

Can't go SMP with a P4, you've gotta pitch in the extra for the Xeon for that. As for the discount? Guess again, they actually charge more :Q

 

[topcat903]

You know what would make this a hot deal? If stupid intel didn't require us to buy a NEW motherboard again everytime they put out a new processor.

But then again, that still wouldn't be a hot deal.

 

[bigboxes]

Yes VaG, I hear ya loud & clear! I can live with a hotter, cheaper, and faster (inst/clk. cycle) AMD cpu. Just as you can live with a cooler, more expensive, and slower Intel cpu. The two big processors have different ways of doing the same thing. Each has its pros and cons. In the end, price makes one a deal and the other not. If Sniperruff had found a 2.53Ghz Northwood for under $300, then it would have been a deal. And then only for an Intel man like yourself...

 

[hcarlson]

all you speed freaks go ahead and buy them, alot of you guys will never use the full power of a chip like that. I'll stick with my p3 866ES OC'ed to 1ghz. Oh yeah, this belongs in GM, not hot at all if you have to pay that much for a chip.

 

[iahk]

Not really, anyone could use all that speed.

Video encoding is a great example.

 

[PC166]

Very true, but that's why most people are poor during that time and now we have more money and spend less so that is a good thing. Why spend more when you can spend less for something that ain't worth crap in a few years. Go with stocks or lottery, you will at least increases your chance of making more money and this alone serve only one purpose, brag's right.

Originally posted by: dude
That's peanuts. I remember a Pentium Pro 180<STRONG>mhz</STRONG> going for over $1200 just a few years ago... And i remember paying $300 for a AMD K6-2 300mhz!

 

[laugh]

how much o/c can it reach?

 

[halik]

Well northwood 2.53 will top xp 2100+ easy, i mean even 2.2 beat it.

plus the band / buck ratio tips towards intel now, you can have 2.2 - 2.4 ghz cpu that will beat XP2100 for around $130

 

[ew915]

just curious - anyone buy a new 1.8a chip recently? i bought one and was stuck at 132 fsb, i guess intel found a way to lock their old northwood so we cant o/c over 133 anymore. although i still have my 1.6a oc passed 133 fsb

 

[Stefan2000]

What constitutes a "hot deal" is a matter of opinion and whether a higher level of performance is worth a certain amount of money is also a matter of opinion. Plus there are other factors such as stability, relaibility, and overall quality that some people might consider a good reason to pay a little bit more. That's the reason I choose to go with my Dual P4 Xeon system as opposed to a dual AMD system and I don't regret it one bit. I wouldn't trade my dual Xeons for 4 AMD cheapos. Sometimes you get what you pay for. When your Athlons melt and the latest drivers for your video card blue screen on you all the time, just remember how much money you saved by going for the ole El cheapo solution.

 

[tedinde1]

THis is not a hot deal. A hot deal is registering with intel as a reseller, if you all remember a post from a month ago. 2.0a chips are $212, 2.2a chips are $312........2.4a400fsb and 2.4b533fsb chips are $414. And the 2.53mhz chips are in the low $500's now thats hot. You may buy one of each as a "demo" chip.

If you read the rules you may not sell it it is for demo purchases. I have a resellers licence in my state. But friends of mine have registered and got their chips and stuff to. Free shipping 2day. Thats hot. But this deal is not.

Dont bother PMing me for the deal. search for yourself or search in Hardocps deal forums for intel. You want it cheap then work for it.

 

[Punamo]

I remember paying for... well I remember... heck I don't remember anything!

 

[renfield33]

yeah... definitely not a hot deal...

just because newegg has a new piece of hardware in stock doesn't constitute a deal...

at least that is my opinion.

i still like newegg... they rock.

 

[chungchang]

There seem to be a few overclockers in this thread and a few others who seem interested... For those interested, here is a quote from overclockers.com to clear up some confusions on the current P4 designations:

"Quick Intel Scorecard Intel's doing a pretty good job of confusing people, too:


If it's 2GHz or less, and doesn't have any letter following the number, it's the old generation Willamette.
If it's 2GHz or less, and has an "A" after the number, it's a Northwood set to 100Mhz FSB.
If it's over 2GHz, and doesn't have any letter following the number, it's a Northwood set to 100Mhz FSB.
If it's over 2GHz, and has a "B" after the number, it's a Northwood set to 133MHz FSB.
There are no 2GHz or less GHz "B" chips, nor any over 2GHz "A" chips. "

The sweet chip for overclocking right now looks to be the P4 1.6A. Right out of the box, my P4 1.6A did 2.13Ghz. With some voltage tweak and better heatsink/fan, I am now running 2.4Ghz for a total price(including bigger heatsink/fan) less than cost of a P4 1.8A. Some extreme overclockers are crossing the 3Ghz barrier!

 

[huesmann]

How much juice do you think you can get out of this if you overclock it?

 

[boi]

omg, my dad just bought one yesterday. I was like "dad, why don't you just get a cheaper 1.8a and overclock it?". He said "im too lazy" lol