Thinking of making another Prescott mistake.

[ericgl]

After breaking 2 pins on my 3.0C, I'm in the market for a new processor. I was getting a new 3.0C but the processor the tried to sell me had thermal cmpd on it from a previous install. Now I see that Newegg apparently haqs DO stepping 3.2Es and I am tempted.

 

[nick1985]

they help you save money too. you wont ever have to turn on the heater in your house again!

 

[GeneralGrievous]

But it doubles your AC bill in the summer.

 

[Mik3y]

HAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!!

 

[MDE]

Just buy whatever you want.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: MDE
Just buy whatever you want.

Yup, personally I'd get the prescott. It's not going to produce temperatures that it can't handle.

 

[imported_chrisbtx]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Yup, personally I'd get the prescott. It's not going to produce temperatures that it can't handle.

What he said

 

[Yanagi]

just as the others are saying. Just go with what you feel you want to spend your money on. I mean, CPUs nowadays are plenty fast anyway so i doubt you'll get a slow system

 

[jiffylube1024]

If you get the Prescott, get good cooling for the CPU (and your room).

 

[Nemesis2038]

Why is anyone buying a prescott? Personally just get the P4 and overclock it.
The P4 runs cooler/costs less/ and overall outperforms the Prescott.

 

[LTC8K6]

A Prescott is a P4.

I'd have no qualms about getting a Prescott. They are a bit warmer than Northwoods, but it's nothing the HSF can't handle.

Dell is using Prescotts, so the temps must be manageable with a reasonable HSF.

 

[ericgl]

Thank you all for your help. I have a 2.8E now and while the temps are higher than the 3.0C it is nothing unbearable with good cooling. The real problem I see is the added stress it puts on the motherboard components.

The pict on Newegg indicated that they were shipping the new D0 stepping which, as I understand, has optimizations reducing power requirements. However, someone on the O/Cer's forum purchased one and received a C0 stepping chip.

I guess I'll get a Northwood as the prudent choice. Now, should I wait a couple of days in hopes of a 6/22 price reduction?

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: MDE
Just buy whatever you want.

Yup, personally I'd get the prescott. It's not going to produce temperatures that it can't handle.

oh, isee youve never had a Prescott then?

your mind will change once youve got one in your box.
its more then hot, its VERY HOT..... unbelievably hot!

even as an avid OCer, id suggest water cooling as a minimum.

 

[Zebo]

Why? Any serious clocker knows these chips suck. Just get a P4C to tide you over until Intel comes out with intergrated mem controller/64 bit athlon killer. I predict by Q1 2005.

 

[ericgl]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: MDE
Just buy whatever you want.

Yup, personally I'd get the prescott. It's not going to produce temperatures that it can't handle.

oh, isee youve never had a Prescott then?

your mind will change once youve got one in your box.
its more then hot, its VERY HOT..... unbelievably hot!

even as an avid OCer, id suggest water cooling as a minimum.

I'm seeing 60-62on my 2.8E@3.5 running Sandra Burn-In. Case is 25C. This is with a SP-94 and 90mm Coolermaster.

If it were only Prime stable, I'd be happy.

 

[THUGSROOK]

ok, well my 2.8C@3.5 only gets upto 56*C in prime95 with the same sp-94 and a panaflo 92mm M1A.
..and it is 24hours P95 stable on default vcore

 

[ericgl]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Why? Any serious clocker knows these chips suck. Just get a P4C to tide you over until Intel comes out with intergrated mem controller/64 bit athlon killer. I predict by Q1 2005.

Well, on Newegg, a 2.8C (oem) is 2$ more than a 2.4C (retail (OEM not available)).

Seems like it is worth it?

 

[THUGSROOK]

not to mention ~ a northwood is faster clock for clock.

 

[ericgl]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
ok, well my 2.8C@3.5 only gets upto 56*C in prime95 with the same sp-94 and a panaflo 92mm M1A.
..and it is 24hours P95 stable on default vcore

Sweet, toward the end of ny Sandra burn in , I was actually hitting 65. I wasn't trying to mislead, I just forget details sometimes.

If I may ask, is 3.5 probable from current 2.8Cs on a IC7 Max3? Or did you go through several processors to get there?

 

[xEDIT409]

So far, I've had no problems what-so-ever with my 3.2E.

My Idle's are 47-49.
And after I'm done playing a game, It's at 60, but goes back to idle temps within a minute.

Also, I was just at a LAN this weekend, and did HEAVY GAMING. No problems!

So I say, yeah go for it. This things can handle the heat.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
not to mention ~ a northwood is faster clock for clock.

Not above 4ghz, but thats just nitpicking on my part.

 

[jhurst]

Save some money right now, get a 2.8C (OC's to around 3.4-3.6, my M0 will do 3.6 with around 1.65v and 3.5 with about 1.6v).....and then wait for the new AMD 939 platform prices to drop and go with that.

 

[ericgl]

Good news (so far) it appears I've been able to resurect my 3.0c by placing the missing pins in the socket and reseating my processor. The system is running Prime right now. I'd still like to try a D0 stepping Prescott one day, but right now I'd like to hold on to my money.