P4 3.06 533fsb or P4 3.0C 800fsb? *UDATED INFO*

[Oyeve]

Hi all. I have the opportunity to switch from a P4 3.06 533fsb to a P4 3.0C 800fsb for free. Would there be a noticable difference losing the .06 but gaininbg the 800fsb rather than the 533fsb? Also, my P4 3.06 533fsb runs at 37c idle and the highest i've seen it go was 57c after heavy gaming. Will the P4 3.0C 800fsb run a lot hotter? I have been reading that they get rather hot. So is it worth the swap? Thanks.

 

[The Green Bean]

switch and get a new HSF

 

[johnjkr1]

If you have ddr400, make the switch.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: johnjkr1
If you have ddr400, make the switch.

Nope, I have 1.5 gigs of PC2700 (DDR 333). Is this a problem?

 

[MichaelZ]

well, the jump to 800mhz prescott 3.0 is limited by your ram. without DDR400 your ram becomes the bottleneck. the jump is pretty much a small increase in encoding performance without any noticable gains. the only thing you might notice is a gain in CPU and system temperature.

the 3.06 with HT is still a very respectable CPU. i would hold onto it.

 

[azndelite6983]

Originally posted by: i82lazyboy
well, the jump to 800mhz prescott 3.0 is limited by your ram. without DDR400 your ram becomes the bottleneck. the jump is pretty much a small increase in encoding performance without any noticable gains. the only thing you might notice is a gain in CPU and system temperature.

the 3.06 with HT is still a very respectable CPU. i would hold onto it.

Agreed. You will probably not notice any significant difference in performance using that RAM, but you would notice a difference in cpu temps. Stick with the 3.06 and oc the hell out of it (ive got a 2.8 533 fsb running rock stable at 3.06 on stock cooling)

 

[Oyeve]

Thanks for the info guys. I may swap one of my P4 2.4 400fsb with the 3.0 presscott.

 

[caz67]

Hi.

Keep the 3.06B and overclock it. I have one at 3.6 on air.

Its still a fast CPU.

 

[Gurck]

Would your motherboard even do that? My p4pe won't even take a p4c, much less a prescott. You'd also need pc3200 or faster ram to run at a 200mhz system bus (800mhz fsb for intel).

 

[Oyeve]

Actually I just found out the P4 3.0 800fsb is of the "C" variety not the "E" as I previously posted. so it is not a prescott but a northwood. Still, would there be any improvement from a P4 3.06c 533fsb to a P4 3.0c 800fsb?

 

[azndelite6983]

Not really. Larger bandwidth, but same clock speed.

 

[SickBeast]

I would say the 3.06 will hold its value very well over time as it is the top-of-line chip for many people's motherboards.

Keep it.