Pentium 4 Extreme 3.4EE 800FSB vs. Pentium D Dual Core 2.8?

[EKKC]

I recently got a nice deal from dell outlet for a 9100 with a 2.8 dual core 820. as you can see from my sig i have an older 8400 with the 3.4EE (800fsb, not 3.46/1066)

i dont need both, and i intend to sell one of them, my question is, the rig is not for gaming but for downloading, BT, acting as a storage share drive, watching movies, and generally everything non-gaming. should i keep the old 3.4 and sell the Dual Core, or the other way around.

Are there any performance charts that compare Dual Core with the older P4 Extreme Editions?

edit: reading another thread below on the 820, that site provides many benchies vs. the 3.46, and of course multitasking would definitely kill the so call Hyperthread in the older P4s... so i am leaning towards getting rid of the 3.4EE now

 

[Lithan]

Huh? Neither proc should have any problem at all with the tasks you're giving them. Personally? I'd run the Duallie for awhile and if I didn't have any problems with it, I'd keep it if only for the updated platform. I'd just hope that the new (october release) P4 dual core revision is much improved... though I wouldn't bet on it. I've got a source who claims he already has an ES, and he gave me a hardly glowing review on them. (I believe his description was "disgusting".)

 

[imported_whatever]

The dual core should definately be faster for non-gaming. Also, you may want to bench (with the same vid card, even better in the same machine if youre willing) the 3.73EE vs the 3.4EE, as the Gallatin cores are in many cases faster than Prescotts (which the 3.73 basically is)

 

[DaNorthface]

i'd sell the one you can get more money from.

 

[EKKC]

i am leaning towards selling the 8400. the 9100 case, even though uglier, the innards are so much better and no more clam shell!!! now i can leave the side open in the summer

 

[ZL1]

Originally posted by: EKKC
i am leaning towards selling the 8400. the 9100 case, even though uglier, the innards are so much better and no more clam shell!!! now i can leave the side open in the summer

slightly OT, but still, with good airflow closed case is better
real life experience is talking

in regards to 3.4EE vs dualcore Id stick with the 3.4EE, its more special IMO


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[EKKC]

you guys think i can stick the 3.4EE into the newer 9100 model? i think the boards are all still the same? just that older 925x based cant support dual cores? anybody?

 

[dguy6789]

Definately keep the dual core. The benefits it offers over the single core FAR surpass the very small difference in single threaded performance.