2.4A Prescott for $124 at newegg

[jlanka]

I got an AOpen AX4C-MAX (875P chipset) for free, and my current system is a 1Ghz TBird. Newegg has the 2.4A prescott for $124. I'm not a heavy duty gamer.

Think it's a worthwhile purchase for me? Also, is that processor compatible with that chipset?



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[DonnieDarko]

You might want to look into a 2.6c instead. That way you will get a 800mhz fsb and hyperthreading. It's 40$ more expensive but alot faster.

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[peteroy]

2.4A prescott are not Hyper Threading so you should get a Hyper Threading processor.

And yes, it is compatible with the chipset.

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[addiarmadar]

Ewwww thats the junk prescott which give you crap and leaves you out to burn, well in your case at least. Plus no hyperthreading. Go grab yourself a northwood CPU instead.

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[Crashman]

2.8C is the cheapest Northwood P4 Intel makes, they don't make the 2.6C any longer...so they should be around the same price.

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[endyen]

If you OC, the P4A may be the way to go. Rumour has it that the chip can clock very high.
If you dont overclock, the P4c 2.6 is about 20% faster, the P4c 2.8 is about 30% faster.

 

[Spitfire_x86]

You should get P4 2.6C GHz

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[BirdRobin]

get a 2.8c and ramp it up to 3.2GHz =)

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[jlanka]

well, I wanted to spend just a bit over $100, so I guess I'm going to wait a while till the 2.6c or 2.8c's come down in price a bit. Thanks for all the tips.

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