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Upgrade P4 2.8 Northwood to P4 3.0 Prescott

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PC_Plum   06-04-2009 at 09:32:01 PM

Prescott has 800Mhz system clock and 1 mb L2 compare to 533Mhz and 512kb K2. Is it worth the upgrade. My Cousin gave his P4 2.8 PC to his daughter and thinking of upgrading the CPU. Is there a big difference? She's planning to use this for converting MP3 and playing games. Many thanks.

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chripuck   06-04-2009 at 09:55:39 PM
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You'd be better off getting a Northwood that part with a 800 mhz FSB. Last P4 that was worth a darn and the last chip that held the performance crown for Intel until the C2D came out. The Prescott chip wasn't much of an upgrade over the Northwood part and it was WAY hotter.

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PC_Plum   06-04-2009 at 10:23:47 PM
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from cpuz how do you know if I have 800mhz?

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PC_Plum   06-04-2009 at 10:30:24 PM
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i've seen this from his PC

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AKM880   06-05-2009 at 01:42:57 AM
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Yeah, you won't see much of a performance upgrade, and it'll add more heat anyways. Can the motherboard overclock?

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hefox   06-05-2009 at 10:58:57 AM
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As AKM880 said, there will not be a big difference and your cpu will be much hotter.

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mi1ez   06-05-2009 at 01:55:30 PM
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What motherboard is it and what CPUs does it support?

I have an old socket 478 P4 with HT @3.4 I need to shift. Can't be arsed to sell it. PM me if your interested.

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AKM880   06-06-2009 at 02:15:45 AM
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@ m1lez, is that a Prescott core or a Northwood?

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hixbot   06-06-2009 at 04:54:16 AM
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Keep the northwood. You wouldn't notice 200mhz. You could probably over clock that northwood 400mhz.

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moricon   06-06-2009 at 05:14:42 AM
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I went from a 2.8 northwod to a 3.0 prescott and the diference is noticable, super pi runs 8 secs faster, the chip runs hotter but has a higher thermal envelope, run it with a good cooler and its a overclocking demon, running mine stable at 3.7ghz with 2gb ddr400mhz ram 2.2.2.5 and it is still in daily use with a 1950 pro, it is a good upgrade as long as you only pay a litle or better free!

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one-shot   06-06-2009 at 08:36:10 AM
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I had a 3.06GHz Northwood...in a laptop. Ridiculous battery life in that beast.

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PC_Plum   06-07-2009 at 12:35:33 AM
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I've dell dimension

cpu 2.8 northwood
mobo w2562
gpu ati HD 3850
Ram 4GB
PSU 550w

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