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03-12-2006, 05:53 PM
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| warranty voider  Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Valdosta, GA
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| $140 US for a NIB P4C 2.4ghz Would it be worth it? I have an IC7 I could use it on. It also has 30 caps so it should be a good overclocker.
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03-12-2006, 06:52 PM
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| I'd advise to wait until the Intel price drops come (when Conroe is released). The guy I know that works in an Intel shop says Intel will be almost giving the Presslers and Smithfield processors away, come April 23rd. Why I'm sticking to this 3 year-old 2.4B processor. Come May the PCI-E $350 range v/c prices should come down, making a dual core rig very tempting to build (and more affordable). If you're planning to upgrade to Windows Vista read this, too: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win.../vistarpc.mspx Quote:
So it won't be a "best bang for the buck" if you're planning to use Vista on that rig. DXM | |
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03-12-2006, 07:09 PM
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| warranty voider Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Valdosta, GA
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| The P4C's aren't widely available anymore. They were the last "good" P4 before prescHOT came out. Windows Vista won't be used. I don't even plan on using it in my main computer for a few years. I hope I don't ever have to use it. This system will probably be used as a guest computer, for storage and possibly a folder and/or LAN party server.
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03-12-2006, 07:57 PM
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| thats a good chip if you allready have the motherboard, otherwise the Intel 805 is dirt cheap for a dual core 2.66GHz chip!
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03-13-2006, 12:36 AM
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| I would say go for it if you have the spare parts for the computer otherwise if you have to buy hardware, then I would skip it.
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