Which should i get? Any experts..?

[Zebo]

Intel P4 2.26 GHz --- [$70]
sSpec Number: SL6D6 | Processor Frequency: 2.26 GHz
CPUID String: 0F24h | Package Type: 478 pin | Core Voltage: 1.500
Bus Speed: 533 MHz | Core Stepping: B0 | Thermal Spec: 70°C
L2 Cache Size: 512 KB | Manufacturing Technology: 0.13 micron
L2 Cache Speed: 2.26 GHz | Bus/Core Ratio: 17

By far best bang for buck.. All it is is a 3.4 northwood w/o HT if you have a clue.. i.e. sinply set Bus to 200 Mhz. That's not even overclocking IMO but setting it up where it's designed to run.

 

[Shippy]

Originally posted by: Zebo

Intel P4 2.26 GHz --- [$70]
sSpec Number: SL6D6 | Processor Frequency: 2.26 GHz
CPUID String: 0F24h | Package Type: 478 pin | Core Voltage: 1.500
Bus Speed: 533 MHz | Core Stepping: B0 | Thermal Spec: 70°C
L2 Cache Size: 512 KB | Manufacturing Technology: 0.13 micron
L2 Cache Speed: 2.26 GHz | Bus/Core Ratio: 17

By far best bang for buck.. All it is is a 3.4 northwood w/o HT if you have a clue.. i.e. sinply set Bus to 200 Mhz. That's not even overclocking IMO but setting it up where it's designed to run.

Are you sure? All the B0 chips i've used (1.6a & 1.8a) were horrible overclockers.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: Shippy

Originally posted by: Zebo

Intel P4 2.26 GHz --- [$70]
sSpec Number: SL6D6 | Processor Frequency: 2.26 GHz
CPUID String: 0F24h | Package Type: 478 pin | Core Voltage: 1.500
Bus Speed: 533 MHz | Core Stepping: B0 | Thermal Spec: 70°C
L2 Cache Size: 512 KB | Manufacturing Technology: 0.13 micron
L2 Cache Speed: 2.26 GHz | Bus/Core Ratio: 17

By far best bang for buck.. All it is is a 3.4 northwood w/o HT if you have a clue.. i.e. sinply set Bus to 200 Mhz. That's not even overclocking IMO but setting it up where it's designed to run.

Are you sure? All the B0 chips i've used (1.6a & 1.8a) were horrible overclockers.

All of my 1.6 northwoods made it to at least 2.4. My mobile 1.6 northwood made it to 2.7ghz. Hardly poor overclockers if you ask me. I would still recomend the 2.8c for the OP, because my P4's without hyperthreading always feel sluggish after having hyperthreaded P4's.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Shippy

Originally posted by: Zebo

Intel P4 2.26 GHz --- [$70]
sSpec Number: SL6D6 | Processor Frequency: 2.26 GHz
Bus Speed: 533 MHz | Core Stepping: B0 | Thermal Spec: 70°C

By far best bang for buck.. All it is is a 3.4 northwood w/o HT if you have a clue.. i.e.

Are you sure? All the B0 chips i've used (1.6a & 1.8a) were horrible overclockers.

That's been my experience as well. Don't think I ever had a D1 core, but I've had B0 and C1, and B0 tends to run out of steam around 2.5GHz while C1 will do 3GHz+.

Originally posted by: stevty2889
All of my 1.6 northwoods made it to at least 2.4. My mobile 1.6 northwood made it to 2.7ghz. Hardly poor overclockers if you ask me. I would still recomend the 2.8c for the OP, because my P4's without hyperthreading always feel sluggish after having hyperthreaded P4's.

That mobile 1.6 may be a C1.

 

[daddyrief]

thank you all for your replies. i am now considering several options....thanks for all the input....i am not so much trying to get advice on which of the 3 processors i should buy anymore, but rather just general advice on what would be the most effective upgrade...thank you

Originally posted by: Zap
If he does overclock, he would have said something like "my Celeron 2.8@3.1GHz."

I'm sorry, I should have mentioned it...i am running my processor at 3.1 i believe. good guess

The other thing is that he didn't disclose what his motherboard is other than saying it claims "p4 prescott up to 2.8GHz."

I have an abit sg-72....
sis661fx/964L chipset
FSB 800/533 MHz w/ HT
'support p4 prescott up to 2.8ghz(800/533 fsb)'
ddr 400, max 2gb
micro atx

right now i am running 2 sticks of 512mb of pc2700...running a 2.8 celeron at 3.1 or so....
i havent messed with anything like latency settings or ratios or anything, dont know enough...

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: stevty2889
All of my 1.6 northwoods made it to at least 2.4. My mobile 1.6 northwood made it to 2.7ghz. Hardly poor overclockers if you ask me. I would still recomend the 2.8c for the OP, because my P4's without hyperthreading always feel sluggish after having hyperthreaded P4's.

That mobile 1.6 may be a C1.

Good point, hard to tell for sure though, because the Spec number doesn't show up anywhere on Intel's sight, it's SL6EX I believe.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: daddyrief

Originally posted by: Zap
If he does overclock, he would have said something like "my Celeron 2.8@3.1GHz."

I'm sorry, I should have mentioned it...i am running my processor at 3.1 i believe. good guess

OMFG!!! I really just pulled that number out of thin air. Should I be buying a lottery ticket about now?

Originally posted by: daddyrief
I have an abit sg-72....
sis661fx/964L chipset
FSB 800/533 MHz w/ HT
'support p4 prescott up to 2.8ghz(800/533 fsb)'
ddr 400, max 2gb
micro atx

right now i am running 2 sticks of 512mb of pc2700...running a 2.8 celeron at 3.1 or so....

If the board supports 800MHz FSB, HT and Prescott, then it can support up to the 3.4E. With the Prescott, heat is your enemy so your case better have good cooling and you need a new HSF.

Otherwise... I'd now more strongly suggest socket 939. Something low end for an easy overclock to 250MHz system bus and set the RAM to 2/3 or 133/266 to run your RAM at default 333MHz dual channel to get the most out of it.

 

[DrMrLordX]

There's no reason for him to get a Prescott unless there are supply problems. If he's getting a P4, he should get a 2.8C, 3.2C, or 3.4C(if he can find one, good luck).