what does 865/875 chipset means?

[z3ro]

I'm looking to build a new PC (1st time) and I wonder what the 865/875 chipset means. I'm buying Intel Pentium 4 w/ HT Technology - 2.8GHz Processor and I'm not sure what mobo it fits. Some mobo support 865 chipset and some support 875 chipset.

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[jammydodger]

The 865 and the 875 are the names of the northbridge chips that intel provides. They are both exactly the same chips except the 875 has PAT (performance exceleration technology), this is supposed to increase performance but in reality the difference between the 865 and the 875 is 1-3%. If I were you I would get the Abit IS7 or AI7 motherboards, they are the best price/performance boards on the market apparently.

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[z3ro]

Thanks. Now another question.

What does Prescott, Northwood, Springdale and etc. means?
and which is the best?

 

[Crashman]

The 865P, 865PE, and 875P chipsets use the same core. The 875 uses a different pin grid to support ECC memory.

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[jammydodger]

Ok so when the P4 was released it off with the willamette core (prolly spelt wrong) which had 256Kb of L2 cache and was pretty pants. Then Intel released the northwood core, which included 512Kb of L2 cache and some core enhancements which made it a whole lot better. They released this in 3 versions A (400Mhz FSB) B (533Mhz FSB) and C (800Mhz FSB).
The prescott is the new core which, rather than being an tweaked version of the Northwood core, is actually a lot different. The Prescott core has been introduced because the Northwood core has reached the end of its scalability (its not gonna go much higher than 3.4Ghz).
As far as im aware Springdale was the codename for the 865chipset (with canterwood being the codename for the 875).

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[endyen]

You also should know, that for now the P4c (northwood) is the cooler and often faster chip than the P4e (prescott).

 

[jammydodger]

In its current socket 478 incarnation it is.

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