"newbie question"

[zdecker]

Well, I'm starting to learn a lot more thanks to these forums but answer me this....

When a Pentium 4 2.4 GHZ is reffered to as a 2.4C, what does the C designate. Thanks

 

[pIII_Man]

a= 400mhz bus

B= 533mhz bus

c= 800mhz bus

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue:

 

[pIII_Man]

basically a higher bus speed yeilds a better memory bandwith and therefore a faster computer...

a 2.4c performs on par if not better than a 2.66B

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue:

 

[HardWareBoss]

Thats one heck of a Cpu if you OC.

 

[zdecker]

Great, thanks for the quick replies.

So if I have a P4 2.6 with an 865G chipset it is referred to as a 2.6C? How is the 2.6C do with overclocking?

 

[HardWareBoss]

Make sure it has 2.6C All C's are 800 Fsb.

 

[HardWareBoss]

Thats not a bad Cpu for Ocing.

 

[HardWareBoss]

How soon before you buy?

 

[zdecker]

Actually I've already bought it and am using it, just wanting to learn more about it

 

[HardWareBoss]

So you have 2.4c?

 

[zdecker]

No, I just used the 2.4c as an example. I have a 2.6C currently

 

[HardWareBoss]

Nice I have 2.4c with IS7 Mobo. What Mobo are you using/

 

[zdecker]

Now your getting a little beyond my knowledge, but I'll give it a shot. According to this program called AIDA that I downloaded i have an ASUS P4SD-VX if that makes any sense at all. I didn't build the computer myself, its a Sony VAIO. ALthough I think I'll build the next one with all the info available here and elsewhere.

 

[HardWareBoss]

Does that support 865 chipset?

 

[zdecker]

It must, because I have the 865G chipset according to all the research I've done. I have the Springdale chipset which runs at 800 FSB

 

[HardWareBoss]

Are you going to OC your Cpu?

 

[HardWareBoss]

What are you using for Ram?

 

[zdecker]

OC'ing is a little beyond my knowledge at this point.
RAM is 512mb PC-2700 DDR

 

[HardWareBoss]

Wow PC 2700 for P4 2.6C. Everthing I've read you need at least PC 3200 to support 865 mobos.

 

[Flinx]

That memory seems out of sync with the CPU's FSB capacity!
Something is not making exact sense.

The loving are the daring!

 

[HardWareBoss]

Ya how did Sony get PC 2700 to work with 2.6C?

 

[Prof133]

In addition, all "C" variant Pentium4s have hyperthreading enabled.

<b><font color=blue>Logic over all.</font color=blue></b>

 

[pIII_Man]

i can't beleive i forgot to say that!

the board is automatically running a memory divider...

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue:

 

[zdecker]

Now you all have me really confused! All I know is that it is a P4 2.6 w/HT and 512mb pc2700 ram with an 865g chipset. It says so right on the sticker attached to the side of the computer

 

[zdecker]

HEre is what the AIDA program says about my motherboard...


Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 63-0400-000001-00101111-052403-SPDALE_G$MOHR1026
Motherboard Name Unknown

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel NetBurst
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 800 MHz
Bandwidth 6400 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 160 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 320 MHz
Bandwidth 2560 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel Hub Interface
Bus Width 8-bit
Real Clock 67 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 267 MHz
Bandwidth 267 MB/s