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269136 2004-09-04 04:11:00 I've read most of the threads i could find on the two different cores, but im still baffled. Would a 3.0E Prescott outperform a 3.0 Northwood? My motherboard has 800FSB and dual channel DDR ram. dirtbag (6060)
269137 2004-09-04 04:20:00 Most probably. I think Prescott get hotter too. Spacemannz (808)
269138 2004-09-04 04:26:00 how certain is 'most probably' :) dirtbag (6060)
269139 2004-09-04 04:28:00 A definite maybe. :O Graham L (2)
269140 2004-09-04 04:30:00 thanks for clearing that up, prescott it is! dirtbag (6060)
269141 2004-09-14 00:23:00 I run a Prescott 2 . 4a chip (No Hyperthreading, 533 FSB) 1mb L2 cache . .

When you go over 3 . 5 Ghz then the northwoods fall behind in benchmarks a bit but upto 3 . 5 Ghz they keep up fairly well .

I run an Abit AI7 motherboard, and 1GB good DDR400 ram . Just built this 2 weeks ago .

On Stock cooling fan and HS my prescott runs at upto 3 . 240 Ghz (Overclocked) with the FSB at 180mhz (720 Mhz effectively) .

This is totally stable for gaming and dvd encoding etc . It gets unstable at over 3 . 3 Ghz .

My processor idles at 42 degrees to 48 degress and sits at 55-65 under load .

I am looking into peltier watercooling and then will get try for over 4 Ghz out of this . They do upto 3 . 8 on big air cooling .

The Prescott is the new chip for the future, and I built my system with the intention for upgrades to cooling etc in mind . As it is a HTPC, gaming and video rig, I don't care about hyperthreading in the least .

It will backup and burn a DVD with DVD Shrink in 34 minutes . Not bad for ripping, encoding and then burning . That is with 4x DVD+R media too .

I am really happy with it .

My 2c
tminus (3476)
269142 2004-09-14 00:26:00 Arh not it wouldnt, were talking about socket 478 are we? What chipset does your motherboard use? Pete O'Neil (250)
269143 2004-09-14 00:27:00 > I am looking into peltier watercooling and then will
> get try for over 4 Ghz out of this .They do upto 3.8
> on big air cooling.
Peltiers are a waste of money, they use to be alright but now days they have no place in the overclockers arsenal. Either go watercooling or spend the big money and make the jump to phase change.
Pete O'Neil (250)
269144 2004-09-14 01:36:00 The motherboard I bought after reading overclocking reviews,

Read these for a description of benchmark performance before you come back with all the "will nots" please . This board runs as well as an 875 even though it runs 865 chipset . It will go to 270+ FSB too (1080+) which is good enough . With this chip though it only needs to go to 222 fsb (888) because of the multiplier being 18 .

. hardocp . com/article . html?art=NTQx" target="_blank">www . hardocp . com

. hardcoreware . net/reviews/review-185-1 . htm" target="_blank">www . hardcoreware . net

quote - "In the above pic, you can get a better look at the monster heatsink/fan unit they use for the northbridge . This is because it supports "GAT" - essentially overclocking the 865PE chipset to enable "PAT" and make it perform like an 875P (or better) . "

Runs an 865 chipset but is onpar with 875 with correct BIOS settings as seen in these reviews .

Also, the processor is this one, 2 . 4a prescott

. hardocp . com/article . html?art=NjAzLDE=" target="_blank">www . hardocp . com

which they get 3 . 7 Ghz on water easy with .

. hardocp . com/article . html?art=NjAzLDM=" target="_blank">www . hardocp . com

Conclusion here -

. hardocp . com/article . html?art=NjAzLDQ=" target="_blank">www . hardocp . com

4 . 3 Ghz prescott here

. theinquirer . net/?article=14343" target="_blank">www . theinquirer . net

and 3 . 5 - 4 . 0 Ghz here with good air cooling

. legitreviews . com/Reviews/prescott_oc_2 . shtml" target="_blank">www . legitreviews . com

and alot of 3 . 5+ prescotts all over the overclocking forums on GOOD air cooling . .

The AI7 is rated at 250-270 FSB with good ram, and the chip has shown to be capable of 4 . 0 Ghz .

As I said, it is not finished , I have built it with coming upgrades in mind .

The only question for me will be how to cool it? Water, Peltier or other . .

Maybe an ex automotive heater core .

The case has 120mm intake and twin 80mm exhaust currently .

All the 32bit stuff is nice and cheap now that LGA775 is coming . Makes it possible to build a nice 4 GHZ system if you plan well .

I am not debating different chips, I researched this for about 3-4 months then took the plunge . So far it is going to plan . 840 mhz overclock on stock HS and fan .

My 2c
tminus (3476)
269145 2004-09-14 01:50:00 > The motherboard I bought after reading overclocking
> reviews,
>
> Read these for a description of benchmark performance
> before you come back with all the "will nots" please.
> This board runs as well as an 875 even though it
> runs 865 chipset. It will go to 270+ FSB too (1080+)
> which is good enough. With this chip though it only
> needs to go to 222 fsb (888) because of the
> multiplier being 18.
>
> www.hardocp.com
>
> www.hardcoreware.net
>
> quote - "In the above pic, you can get a better look
> at the monster heatsink/fan unit they use for the
> northbridge. This is because it supports "GAT" -
> essentially overclocking the 865PE chipset to enable
> "PAT" and make it perform like an 875P (or better)."
>
> Runs an 865 chipset but is onpar with 875 with
> correct BIOS settings as seen in these reviews.
>
> Also, the processor is this one, 2.4a prescott
>
> www.hardocp.com
>
> which they get 3.7 Ghz on water easy with.
>
> www.hardocp.com
>
> Conclusion here -
>
> www.hardocp.com
>
> 4.3 Ghz prescott here
>
> www.theinquirer.net
>
> and 3.5 - 4.0 Ghz here with good air cooling
>
> www.legitreviews.com
>
>
> and alot of 3.5+ prescotts all over the overclocking
> forums on GOOD air cooling..
>
> The AI7 is rated at 250-270 FSB with good ram, and
> the chip has shown to be capable of 4.0 Ghz.
>
> As I said, it is not finished , I have built it with
> coming upgrades in mind.
>
> The only question for me will be how to cool it?
> Water, Peltier or other..
>
> Maybe an ex automotive heater core.
>
> The case has 120mm intake and twin 80mm exhaust
> currently.
>
> All the 32bit stuff is nice and cheap now that LGA775
> is coming. Makes it possible to build a nice 4 GHZ
> system if you plan well.
>
> I am not debating different chips, I researched this
> for about 3-4 months then took the plunge. So far it
> is going to plan. 840 mhz overclock on stock HS and
> fan.
>
> My 2c

WTF are you on about? Prescott when used in a socket 478 motherboard is slower than northwood, theres no debate about it. The only time that Prescott out preforms northwood is when used with the latest ATI chipset.

Dude get over peliters there a heap of ****, if you want to overclock you have 3 options, high end air cooling, water or phase change. Peltiers are grossly ineffective and are very costly. Also need to take into account that the preformance gain from peltiers over water is very minimal and the increased cost is large.

Oh and another thing, because HardOCP saying a motherboard will do something doesnt many it will. My initial posts weren't intended for you, they were intended for Spacemannz.
Pete O'Neil (250)
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