2.8 and 3.0Ghz P4, what's the difference?

Clock speed. As far as I know they should both have HT, but maybe not. These are the only two things that could account for such a price difference. Oh and they may come with different heatsinks, but that's not really a purchasing related issue...



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shouldnt be any difference, except clockspeed, this is a very typical situation with processors though, AMD and Intel

the top of the line is very expensive, then the next down is roughly half the price,

the older the chip the smaller the price gap in between,

id buy the 2.8 instead of the 3.0, and put the money saved to a new vidcard, or a nice soundsystem

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That's a really nice price indeed! I had to pay around $500 for mine.

From what I've read, the 800 FSB 2.8 GHz and 3.0 Ghz CPUs are the same with the exception of the clock speed.
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