P3 1.26 512K or P4 1.6~1.8 256K

[SkdMrkLcy]

This will be for a fileserver/media box not much of anything else execpt a lan box maybe, I would like to get a northwood but I am limited by the supplier(Parts for work deal) and that is what they have, I just do not know which to get? The P3 will actually cost a little more but not that much. P4 will go on a 845 board and P3 an 815.

And yes I know the northwood cost no more the the other but as I said I am limited to what they have.

 

[Idoxash]

I have and use the P3 1266 ( 512 L2 ) ver and love it very fast ( don't use servers but it does avg seti wu in around 2.5 to 3 hrs ) but they also have a P3 1.4 ( 512 L2 ) that cost almost 400 bucks..... http://www.mwave.com/


I say you can't go wrong with the P3 so it's really all about the cash dude!

 

[Zap]

Do the chips run the same $$$? You'll probably have better choice of motherboards with the P4, but you're still limited by your supplier, right? If you can do a P4 board with DDR, that'll probably be the best (you specified 845, not 845D?). The P4 would have more of a future in case of upgrades.

 

[Chaz560]

Hey Idoxash

What kind of mainboard do you use with that 1.26 tualatin?

Tried to install one on my Soyo SY-TISU today but no luck!

Chaz

 

[Barrei]

400fsb as opposed to 100fsb the p4 Willamette with 256 cache I think would be better than the p3 with 512 cache!! Good luck on whatever you use!!

 

[ATC9001]

the p3 tualtins are sweet. The original p4's are really weak IMO. the p3 would definetly be better my 1 gig morgan 10x133 (64kb cache) beets a 1.6 p4 chip. cache and IPC are really important, NW's and tuals both have 512k cache...and itaniums have something like 4 megs isn't it? the p4 has nominal cache and horendous IPC...Tualitan all the way.

 

[Zap]

How about getting the 815 board and a Tualatin Celeron? They have only 256k cache, but that's twice what they had before. Yesterday I did an incremental upgrade from a Celeron 1.0A to 1.1A, running at 1.46GHz beautifully for only $65 (Newegg).