Pentium 4 Prescott at 4+ ghz for mainstream use

[VirtualLarry]

I've got a pair of E2140 CPUs in my FS/FT thread. Will do 3.2Ghz at 400FSB, at appropriate vcore.

 

[wlee15]

The Prescott isn't going to be using much more then 10-20 more watts at idle when compared to an low end conroe. Given the OP's modest needs I don't get all the calls to buy an $20-30 processor to save on $4-6 on power.

 

[fuzzymath10]

If it's fast enough, I suppose using a P4 is fine, especially in Ontario in winter but once summer hits, probably need to upgrade/replace.

If upgrading will save him from pulling his hair out stuck at 100% CPU usage or having a fan sound like a vacuum cleaner, it might be worth the upgrade.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

I have an old Dell microATX tower with a 3.8GHz Prescott. Made sure to replace the stock PSU with an EarthWatts 380W and it's been ticking along just fine.

Only use it as a RDP/VNC controlled machine on campus.

 

[gmaster456]

It will work.

 

[pantsaregood]

Prescott running at 4.0 GHz (or even reasonably higher) isn't really that unusual. I overclocked my grandmother's Cedar Mill Celeron D 3.46 to 4.33 GHz with absolutely no issue. Minor voltage bump was necessary. Cedar Mill is a direct die shrink of Prescott, as well.

 

[Bman123]

Dont go to the p4, you will not be happy. I went from a pentium d to my sb celeron which is equal to a e7300 and i can not imagine going back to the pentium d. Buy a cheap core 2 duo and use that not the p4

 

[Smartazz]

If you already have it, go for it.

 

[soccerballtux]

windows 7 on that is a mistake. XP or nothing IMHO. 7 Needs a solid dual core. The core 2 duo is 2x as fast clock for clock as the Pentium 4 so yours would be like a single core 2ghz core2 chip. Which isn't bad, but isn't exactly that great for Windows7.

 

[formulav8]

windows 7 on that is a mistake. XP or nothing IMHO. 7 Needs a solid dual core.

Nopes. Single core is perfectly fine doing what he wants. I even used a P3 1.13ghz laptop with 512mb ram and it handled Win7 fine. It would email and browse. I've ran Athlon Xp's, P4's, and they work great on Windows 7. I have an Asus eeepc 900mhz Celeron that I put Win7 on to play with and it ran just fine.

He has nothing to worry about when running his P4 on Win7 doing the stuff he wants to do.

 

[gmaster456]

windows 7 on that is a mistake. XP or nothing IMHO. 7 Needs a solid dual core.

Windows 7 on a Single Core is more than fine for non demanding day to day tasks.

 

[Bryf50]

Wait does P35 even support Pentium 4? I kind of remember it didn't.

Edit: Nope. http://ark.intel.com/products/chipsets/29001 Well not officially at least. Who knows for sure