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Can someone help me out please?
I’m trying to find a cpu
Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Socket 478 "Northwood" CPU. 512 KB L2 Cache. 400 MHz FSB
Had a chance on Ebay but lost out
Does anyone know where I can find one?
I’ve tried google but with no luck, there must be
Someone who knows of a site that sells one
Thanks for your time.
 
<A HREF="http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=Intel+Northwood&category0=" target="_new"> They are not in procution anymore... </A>

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<A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Pentium-4-P4-CPU-Processor-2-8GHz-NORTHWOOD-2-8C_W0QQitemZ6813174958QQcategoryZ80143QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_new"> This one is a dollar... </A>

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Says used. Doesnt say it works...

<font color=red>"Battling Gimps and Dimbulbs HERE at THGC"</font color=red>

"<font color=blue> Wusy</font color=blue> <-Professional sheep banger"
 
While P4a chips are very scarce, P4b chips can still be had.
What mobo do you have? A lot of the P4a chipsets could handle an overclock to 133, without problems. In your boat, I would probably go that route, as a P4b @ 2.8 outperforms a P4a, @ the same speed.
 
The 2.8 with 400 bus was a rare CPU to begin with, not originally part of Intel's line. I think it was added by customer request, possibly for PowerLeap. Any large purchaser can request a special CPU where the only changes are bus speed and multiplier, Dell had 1.10GHz PIII's with 100MHz bus specially made for them as well.

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I've been in contact with the seller and he says it is a 800MHz FSB version. He says he replaced his motherboard and processor and 512Meg sticks of RAM with a AMD 3800+ X2 and 1Gig sticks of RAM. I don't know for sure if he OC'd the 2.8C excessively, but I wonder how much faster his new system really is.
 
The original poster was looking for a 400 bus version. Earlier these were called 2.8A, but unfortunately Intel used the same name for thier 533 bus Prescotts. So now A stands for both 400 bus Northwoods and 533 bus Prescotts.

Obviously the 2.8C would run at half its rated speed if limitted to a 400 bus.

The first time I'd heard of a 2.8A Northwood was in connection to the realease of a PowerLeap adapter. I believe Intel made a special, small batch of them, for PowerLeap and similar customers. If you could buy in volume, Intel would do that for you, taking a CPU that would have been a 2.8B (533 bus at 21x133.3) and making it a 2.8A (400 bus at 28x100) to fill your special order.

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<font color=red>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to an ego as large as Crashman's!</font color=red>
 
Magic Eight Ball says Yes.

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<font color=red>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to an ego as large as Crashman's!</font color=red>
 
Better to be on top of it than behind the eight ball...

<font color=blue>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to a hero as big as Crashman!</font color=blue>
<font color=red>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to an ego as large as Crashman's!</font color=red>
 
and then others just sniff theirs!

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And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" Huh
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I have a 3.2 northwood never OC'ed still warrantied (retail) but I'll only sell it with my whole system (see sig) :)


P4c 3.2Ghz NWood / ABIT AI7 / 1GB XMS-Pro DDR 3200 / BFG GF-6800GT 256mb / Antec 380W

A64 3000 Venice / Epox 9npa-U / 1GB HyperX DDR 3200 / XFX GF-6600GT 128mb / Antec 330W
 
Hehe, it's good that you're only selling it with the system, as that processor would only run at 1.6GHz on a board that supports only 400 bus!

<font color=blue>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to a hero as big as Crashman!</font color=blue>
<font color=red>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to an ego as large as Crashman's!</font color=red>
 
The Northwood - that would be the Intel system...

*Steam rising*
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BUNNY STEW FOR DINNER!!
 
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