Which one?

[SinfulWeeper]

Originally posted by: futuristicmonkey

how many times do we have to say it?
there should be a freaking sticky at the top of this forum at this point!

>do not get a prescott<

especially the 2.4a and 2.8a

Are you saying this from 1st or 2nd-hand exprience?


Edit: Please don't keep saying the mobile xp. Please, don't post anymore useless posts.

You couldn't get him to touch AMD if you gave him $1mil dollars... well okay, maybe just touch the CPU, but never put a system in his house 😛

 

[futuristicmonkey]

Originally posted by: jhites

Originally posted by: futuristicmonkey
Thanks for the info...I still think I'm going to get the 2.4A.

You gonna be sorry. Not a single post that recommends the 2.4A over the 2.4C, so why did you ask if you were not really going to listen to the recommendations. I would get an AMD XP before a 2.4A processor.

Buddy, with a $50 price difference in favour of the 2.4A, which one would you choose? If it was more like a $15 difference I could live with it, but not 50.

You couldn't get him to touch AMD if you gave him $1mil dollars... well okay, maybe just touch the CPU, but never put a system in his house

Whom are you referring to?

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Socket 754 Sempron

:light:

 

[jhites]

Originally posted by: futuristicmonkey
Buddy, with a $50 price difference in favour of the 2.4A, which one would you choose? If it was more like a $15 difference I could live with it, but not 50.

You can check my sig and click on my rigs, which will answer your question. I guess that the old saying: 'You get what you pay for' would apply. 😉

If money is an issue, then go with an AMD XP. Here in the US the price for a 2.4C vs 2.4A is only $25 (32 CAD) and I would pay the difference every time. 😀

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Originally posted by: futuristicmonkey

Originally posted by: jhites

Originally posted by: futuristicmonkey
Thanks for the info...I still think I'm going to get the 2.4A.

You gonna be sorry. Not a single post that recommends the 2.4A over the 2.4C, so why did you ask if you were not really going to listen to the recommendations. I would get an AMD XP before a 2.4A processor.

Buddy, with a $50 price difference in favour of the 2.4A, which one would you choose? If it was more like a $15 difference I could live with it, but not 50.

You couldn't get him to touch AMD if you gave him $1mil dollars... well okay, maybe just touch the CPU, but never put a system in his house

Whom are you referring to?

THUGSROOK, you quoted him that first...

 

[futuristicmonkey]

Originally posted by: jhites

Originally posted by: futuristicmonkey
Buddy, with a $50 price difference in favour of the 2.4A, which one would you choose? If it was more like a $15 difference I could live with it, but not 50.

You can check my sig and click on my rigs, which will answer your question. I guess that the old saying: 'You get what you pay for' would apply. 😉

If money is an issue, then go with an AMD XP. Here in the US the price for a 2.4C vs 2.4A is only $25 (32 CAD) and I would pay the difference every time. 😀

Well, if newegg shipped to Canada I would get the 2.4C but, ncix.com and tigerdirect.ca don't have a 2.4C in stock, and zipzoomfly.com wants 65.xx s+h on all orders to Canada.

 

[Avalon]

It's nice and all that the P4C is within $10 of the P4E here in the US, but some of you need to remember that he's in Canada, and there is a $50 price difference between the two CPUs. $200 vs. $250. The P4C does NOT "beat the crap out of" the P4E in the 3-4ghz range. You do not need a 4ghz prescott to have similar/better performance than a northwood. Differences between a 2.4A and 2.4C after overclocking to their near max potential will in all likelihood be no more than 10% within each other. If both CPUs were to max out at 3ghz for an overclock, the prescott is certainly NOT going to be an oven. Don't overexaggerate. If he was hitting upper 3s, maybe 4ghz, then yes, heat on the prescott would be a problem. I just think in his situation he's going to save much more money getting the prescott, and won't even notice the small performance difference, unless he uses his computer for things that require HT heavily. I'd get a mobile xp myself, but he asked for which you would pick between the two p4 chips.

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper

Originally posted by: futuristicmonkey
Whom are you referring to?

THUGSROOK, you quoted him that first...

actually concidering the current state of Intel, id be very open to owning an AMD rig. im very happy with my current setup tho.

🙂

 

[futuristicmonkey]

Originally posted by: Avalon
It's nice and all that the P4C is within $10 of the P4E here in the US, but some of you need to remember that he's in Canada, and there is a $50 price difference between the two CPUs. $200 vs. $250. The P4C does NOT "beat the crap out of" the P4E in the 3-4ghz range. You do not need a 4ghz prescott to have similar/better performance than a northwood. Differences between a 2.4A and 2.4C after overclocking to their near max potential will in all likelihood be no more than 10% within each other. If both CPUs were to max out at 3ghz for an overclock, the prescott is certainly NOT going to be an oven. Don't overexaggerate. If he was hitting upper 3s, maybe 4ghz, then yes, heat on the prescott would be a problem. I just think in his situation he's going to save much more money getting the prescott, and won't even notice the small performance difference, unless he uses his computer for things that require HT heavily. I'd get a mobile xp myself, but he asked for which you would pick between the two p4 chips.

Thank you, Avalon 🙂

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper

Originally posted by: futuristicmonkey
Whom are you referring to?

THUGSROOK, you quoted him that first...

actually concidering the current state of Intel, id be very open to owning an AMD rig. im very happy with my current setup tho.

🙂

:Q

Here I am very pro Intel... but I am giving AMD a shot on a little older class setup. I am trying the mobile Barton craze to give AMD one last chance to see if I they still have compatability problems galore before dumping about $800-$1200 into a A64 or FX setup. I never thought to hear you say your considering switchin.

If you have not switched within two months, give me a jingle. I might be able to tell you the quirks on the XP based rigs and differences between Intel and AMD... if any with an AMD based rig. But I think your smart enough just to switch and iron the bugs out anyways 🙂

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
how many times do we have to say it?
there should be a freaking sticky at the top of this forum at this point!

>do not get a prescott<

especially the 2.4a and 2.8a

Yes, don't get a Prescott. Pretty please?

Another horrible review.

:roll:

All you guys keep blabbering about how horrible Prescotts are, but I'm scratching my head, running a 2.4A at 3.2GHz at 1.36v with a Zalman AlCu cooler, and my temps are 40C idle and 55C load. My friend has a 3.0E running at 3.75GHz at 1.6v, TT copper fin cooler, and his load temps are the same as mine.

The Proof Is In The Pudding

BTW, if the ECS board has Vcore adjustments and a 5:4 mem ratio, I have no doubts this thing would hit 3.6GHz.