newcastle vs winchester

[blackinches]

blackinches is looking to get a 3500+. other than the heat and power requirements is there a good reason to get the 90nm over the 130nm if blackinches is not planning on overclocking?

also does anybody run a 3500+ with the zalman 7700 ALCU heatsink? how well does it cool? every review blackinches has seen uses the heatsink with a p4.

 

[ts3433]

If you're completely opposed to overclocking and don't have to have S939, a Newcastle 3400+ (S754) will outperform both. You can go ahead and get the Newcastle 3500+ if you don't overclock, but I hear prices on the Winchester have stabilized a bit.

 

[blackinches]

blackinches is planning on getting an nforce4 board, most likely the chaintech one.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: blackinches
blackinches is planning on getting an nforce4 board, most likely the chaintech one.

LOL you're on crack.

But if you don't plan on OCing, then it really doesn't matter which you get... just get the cheaper of the 2 (which should be obvious)

 

[Edward Lee]

Just remember when looking at Newcastle vs. Winchester. Newcastles are about .2 MGz faster than Winchesters. So a 3200 Newcastle is 2.2 GHz and a 3200 Winchester is 2.0 GHz.

 

[ts3433]

Yeah... that's only when you're comparing the S754 at a given PR rating to its S939 counterpart (dual channel is supposed to make up the loss of 200MHz). This does not apply with the 3500+.

 

[howdyduty]

Try em both 🙂