Which P4? 2.4C or 2.66

[WobbleWobble]

I'm thinking of building a new P4 system on a Canterwood board (to be decided) and am debating between the P4 2.4C (800FSB) and the 2.66 (533FSB). The 2.66 is actually a little cheaper by a few bucks. For normal office apps, Internet development (running IIS and SQL Server) in the background and light gaming (Counter-Strike, GTA Vice City), which would be a better buy?

I know the 800MHz FSB and Hyper-Threading helps but the 2.66 is clocked a nice bit higher.

I will NOT be overclocking.

Any input would be great! Thanks!

 

[leochen]

2.4C with Canterwood

or

2.66 with 845PE

 

[WobbleWobble]

Thanks for your reply but it doesn't quite answer my question. I'm pretty firm on buying a Canterwood with either of these 2 CPUs. On a Canterwood (or maybe Springdale) board, which would be the better buy?

Edit: Actually, probably a Springdale board now because of its much lower price compared to the Canterwood and a very small performance difference.

 

[Krueger81]

I would recommend the 2.4c becasue yuo are running a higher FSB therefor inscreasing your perfomance. and it also supports Hyperthreading which the 2.66 doesn't

I am going to be running an IC7 + 2.4C as of tonight I will let you know you how it goes

Phil

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: Krueger81
I would recommend the 2.4c becasue yuo are running a higher FSB therefor inscreasing your perfomance. and it also supports Hyperthreading which the 2.66 doesn't

And also you have the lower multiplier, so you can reach higher FSB overclocks


Confused

 

[SnowBoarder9455]

I have a IC7+2.4C, easily overclocked to 3.0, and higher. I dunno about the 2.6C, but I haven't heard anyone overclocking it beyond what the 2.4C can.

 

[astroview]

We should also remind users that you should not be purchasing any 875P motherboard if you plan on using it with a 533MHz FSB processor. There's nothing wrong with this combination, but you might as well purchase an SiS 655 (or Springdale) motherboard if you're going to just be using a 533MHz FSB processor, even if you plan on doing FSB overclocking. Combining an 875P motherboard with an 800MHz FSB processor is your best bet at this point.

From Anand's review of the Abit IC7-G.

Also, don't fall for the Mhz myth... Look at tomshardware for the newest bit of comparisons of P4 2.4c vs. old 2.66 to see what you need.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Are you going to pay the extra $20 / $40 for 512 / 1 GB of DDR400 (as 2 sticks) even if you get the 2.66? If so, get the 2.4C or (better still) get a 2.6C and Canterwood. Especially if you're looking forward to playing Doom3 and/or Half-Life 2.

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: astroview

We should also remind users that you should not be purchasing any 875P motherboard if you plan on using it with a 533MHz FSB processor. There's nothing wrong with this combination, but you might as well purchase an SiS 655 (or Springdale) motherboard if you're going to just be using a 533MHz FSB processor, even if you plan on doing FSB overclocking. Combining an 875P motherboard with an 800MHz FSB processor is your best bet at this point.

From Anand's review of the Abit IC7-G.

Also, don't fall for the Mhz myth... Look at tomshardware for the newest bit of comparisons of P4 2.4c vs. old 2.66 to see what you need.

Funny. Mhz myth now applies to chips within the Intel family.

 

[thatsright]

HANDS Down, get the 2.4C. You'd be taking a step back in time, by getting the 2.66 as it has the older FSB and NO Hyper-Threading. Just think maybe 6 months or a year down the line when you get that new game with its Graphics and Memory intensive playing, and you'll really wish you went with that Larger Front Side Bus. Also once you build a new P4 system, I don't think that you would really see your applications run too much faster with the 2.66 over the 2.4c

So as you can see, I'm a bit biased in the 2.4c's favor