Northwood 3 gig or wait for Prescott E-0 stepping & 775 help please

[voodoochili]

Hi all,

I've been hearing great stuff about the new E-0 prescott stepping for 775 platform, but I'm not sure If I can wait. I was ready to get the 3 gig northwood and 478 platform and chill with that for my video editing and gaming, figuring that would be the only cpu to ever go in that MoBo, but then I read http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20040602110858.html any suggestions are appreciated

 

[o1die]

The e-o prescott might be a great overclocker, but would require water cooling to run stable at 4 gigahertz or higher. If you're willing to invest in a water cooled setup, then it might be worth waiting for. I found a 2.8c northwood with mobo at Fry's for only $150, and it runs fine at 3.36 or higher. My ram is running at 480 at 3.36 (in sync with a 1:1 ratio) so I can't go higher. I will not try the prescott, as too many people are reporting high temps. My own 2.8c runs at 68c under load, but it may be a bios reporting issue that msi never fixed.