Broke down and bought a Prescott

pauldh

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I wanted to replace a P4 2.4B on an Abit IS7. It is my video editing rig and I have been itching for more speed on it for a while. Anyway, I am a huge Northwood fan, but after the current pricing trend, prescott is much cheaper. I ended up buying a retail Prescott 3.2GHz bundled with a ECS mobo for $199. $50 cheaper than the Northwood alone and I can use the cheap ESC mobo with the P4 2.4B for a spare build. Anyway, I hope i didn't make a mistake. I am not a prescott fan, but the price was right.

Any thoughts? Good move or asking for trouble? I'm just looking for some reasurance as I never thought I'd choose a scottie over a C chip. Soon to be prescott owner and not proud of it. :eek:


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Cybercraig

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And your problem is..........? See if you can get some decent temps out of it. That really appears to be the only gripe.

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darko21

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Hey Paul, long time no talk or argument LOL. Hey you know cpu's and all relevant issues your upgrade is certainly a step up so as long as you are happy that's good enough for me.

Enjoy

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Crashman

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Not bad, you could sell the cheap board and CPU for $100 and end up only haveing $100 in the upgrade.

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now you just need a p4A and you'll have the whole series

for videoediting? you are going to love it ;)

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pauldh

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Thx for the responses. Yes, the heat was my main concern. I guess the price justifies it(Prescott over Northwood) in your minds. Thx guys


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pauldh

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Yup that is true isn't it. :smile: And still no A64 yet for me, although that is definatley my future plan for a next gaming system someday.

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I was looking at an upgrade as well and I noticed the scotties are cheaper. I'll be doing gaming, video editing/compositing, and 3D modeling/animating/rendering. So, with good air cooling, what's my better choice? I want to OC (gots the PC4000, 5 case fans, and a Swiftech MCX4000 HS for it). What's the better choice for about the same price? A 3.0Ghz Woody or a 3.2Ghz Scotty? LOL...there's a joke in there I know it!

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