Upgrading CPU

technonerd · Jan 24, 2005, 11:38 PM

I have MSI 865PE Neo2 and P4 2.6(Brought it about a year ago) and want to upgrade about a couple of weeks.

I checked at MSI webpage, my Mobo is an incredible and still can upgrade to 3.4E or EE.

So.... I'm thinking about getting 3.4E(prescott) than EE(Extreme Edition) because from where I buy is cheaper.

What is your opinion on 3.2E. Isn't good, fast, heat problem,stable, and can it overclock easily without any problem (prolly OC l8r, around a year)?

Would you recommend different fans &heaksink than what Intel supplied?

Any Pros and Cons info would help

Just want my computer to last another two years and after that would be just for office use like I still have my Pentium 700mzh

Thanks

Necrosis · Jan 25, 2005, 12:33 AM

I'm not sure if it will fit that board but for heatsink the 120 Thermalright is the beast to get. YS Tech, Panaflo, and Enermax are all great fans.

Nuke209 · Jan 25, 2005, 09:34 AM

Well, from what others told me, the prescott are hot (as in temperature)

So I bought a 3.0c Northwood instead and am proud of it tho I did wish I had the 1mb L2 Cache and the SS3 (i think)

But if you want, you can grab it, the EE are very expensive, lol, dunno if you want to spend money going that way

MiDKnYtE · Jan 25, 2005, 05:52 PM

The 3.2C would be a better choice, but I see that the 3.2Es are a bit cheaper. It runs cooler and benches faster. Remember that even though the Prescott has 1MB cache, it also has a longer pipeline.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 25, 2005, 06:12 PM

p4 pressHOT here

. I'm not complaining about my temps like all the northwood owners rant about the prescotts being all hot. The temperature range between idle and load temps for my prescott is alot narrower than the temperature range between idle and load for other peep's northwoods. The stock fan will be enough, but if you want better cooling, you want to get something aftermarket. You should spend about $50 or so on good cooling, and this is true for any CPU.

Also, good luck trying to find a northwood chip readily available

. They're pretty hard to find now.

As far as instruction sets go for SSE3, i don't think there is anything out there yet that will be able to support it. When programs do begin to take advantage of the instruction set, then there will definately be a better advantage of having a prescott over a northwood. But until that happens, the prescott doesn't have the advantage there either.

technonerd · Jan 26, 2005, 06:30 PM

Nice. Thermalright 120 looks good, sold!!!

I also just brought a case that have at least five fans and a powersupply 480 watt Antec True Power 480(two extra fans ).

So it should be good enough for PIV 3.2E (prescott).

Tks guys & gals

Jan 24, 2005, 11:38 PM	#1
technonerd DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 594 Rep Power: 0	Upgrading CPU I have MSI 865PE Neo2 and P4 2.6(Brought it about a year ago) and want to upgrade about a couple of weeks. I checked at MSI webpage, my Mobo is an incredible and still can upgrade to 3.4E or EE. So.... I'm thinking about getting 3.4E(prescott) than EE(Extreme Edition) because from where I buy is cheaper. What is your opinion on 3.2E. Isn't good, fast, heat problem,stable, and can it overclock easily without any problem (prolly OC l8r, around a year)? Would you recommend different fans &heaksink than what Intel supplied? Any Pros and Cons info would help Just want my computer to last another two years and after that would be just for office use like I still have my Pentium 700mzh Thanks

Jan 25, 2005, 09:34 AM	#3
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	Well, from what others told me, the prescott are hot (as in temperature) So I bought a 3.0c Northwood instead and am proud of it tho I did wish I had the 1mb L2 Cache and the SS3 (i think) But if you want, you can grab it, the EE are very expensive, lol, dunno if you want to spend money going that way __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX

Jan 25, 2005, 06:12 PM	#5
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,795 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	p4 pressHOT here . I'm not complaining about my temps like all the northwood owners rant about the prescotts being all hot. The temperature range between idle and load temps for my prescott is alot narrower than the temperature range between idle and load for other peep's northwoods. The stock fan will be enough, but if you want better cooling, you want to get something aftermarket. You should spend about $50 or so on good cooling, and this is true for any CPU. Also, good luck trying to find a northwood chip readily available . They're pretty hard to find now. As far as instruction sets go for SSE3, i don't think there is anything out there yet that will be able to support it. When programs do begin to take advantage of the instruction set, then there will definately be a better advantage of having a prescott over a northwood. But until that happens, the prescott doesn't have the advantage there either. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 25, 2005, 12:33 AM	#2
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	I'm not sure if it will fit that board but for heatsink the 120 Thermalright is the beast to get. YS Tech, Panaflo, and Enermax are all great fans.

Jan 25, 2005, 05:52 PM	#4
MiDKnYtE Caffeine Machine Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hell is empty. All the devils are here. Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	The 3.2C would be a better choice, but I see that the 3.2Es are a bit cheaper. It runs cooler and benches faster. Remember that even though the Prescott has 1MB cache, it also has a longer pipeline.

Jan 26, 2005, 06:30 PM	Thread Starter #6
technonerd DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 594 Rep Power: 0	Nice. Thermalright 120 looks good, sold!!! I also just brought a case that have at least five fans and a powersupply 480 watt Antec True Power 480(two extra fans ). So it should be good enough for PIV 3.2E (prescott). Tks guys & gals