2.2 P4 replaced 3.2 P4 works at half

off the top of my head without researching it
I would think that your chipset and mobo only support a 400mhz FSB
while that 3.2 is probably a 800mhz FSB chip
so that would explain the CPU ghz being cut in half
Just a thought

ah, that's terrible news, i hate shipping and returning things.

but which one would be a better choice to get now:

2.8ghz 90nm prescott: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?spec=SL8JX
3.06ghz 130nm with hyper-thread northwood: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=27499

thanks for fast responses  

none....way too outdated

Seriously DO NOT pay more than $20 USD with the shipping for that 3.06
I bought two Xeon 3.2 P4 based cpus for $20 with the shipping included on US Ebay
If you have a Microcenter near you they have loose P4 for like $10
also look on Craigslist if available

Changing the CPU would be a good learning experience
and a high end P4 is fine for browsing,cd ripping,office work (MS Word etc)
My wife still uses a P4 2.8 HT for browsing, Bjeweled type games and coupon printing
so it is viable as a light duty computer
but definitley not worth investing serious money in

Best answer selected by evan1715.

Btw, I would get a northwood P4 over a Prescott any day. Northwood is comparable in speed to Prescott while using less power, because they made an architectural change that seriously killed Prescott's ability to process efficiently. So even though it was on a 90nm lithography compared to Northwood's 130nm, it was worse speed for the power consumption.

Don't bother spending too much money on one though. They are nothing compared to a low end dual core from AMD or Intel today.