Pentium 3.6C Retail Box (real of fake)

[Big Lar]

Sounds interesting to say the least, but I wonder if most Motherboard's Bios will recognize it?

 

[Paratus]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
I just found one other referance to the existance of a P4 3.6c. It appears to be a socket 478 prescott..

Awesome let us know how it turns out.

 

[LTC8K6]

That other "3.6C" is a Prescott since it has 1MB cache.

 

[Paratus]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
That other "3.6C" is a Prescott since it has 1MB cache.

Even if it is, it's still the fastest available CPU for skt 478 not counting the 3.4 EE

 

[LTC8K6]

True, but people have a thing for Northwoods.

I could swear that I read somewhere that Intel was going to keep supporting S478 for a while.

 

[Paratus]

Update Please

 

[stevty2889]

Still haven't recieved it yet. The reviews of that place saying they are slow, was very accurate, they still haven't shipped. It also seems to have dissapeared from their website..

 

[stevty2889]

Well it seems they are finaly shipping, I should have a tracking number by the end of the day...

 

[Mloot]

Cool. Let us know what you get.

 

[stevty2889]

They just sent me an e-mail. It seems it was 100% accurate to believe the chip didn't exist. Quote from the e-mail: "This E-Mail is to inform you, just recently we relized a grevious mistake on our website, in offering a P4 3.6Ghz CPU in the Socket 478 platform. We have found out that aperntly the 3.6 is in the new Socket 775 (Socket T) format known as the Intel P4 560."

 

[Mloot]

Have they made any arrangements to refund your CC charge?

 

[stevty2889]

They never even charged my credit card, so don't have to worry about that.

Even though it turned out to be lga775, $335 for a retail 3.6ghz is still a great price, lowest on pricewatch is $430 for an OEM chip. I just have no use for an lga775 chip.

 

[Paratus]

Damn, That would have been a great find.

Just have to OC to 3.6 I guess.