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How do socket 478 3.0ghz p4s perform?

luminous

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Just wondering my mates got a p4 3.0ghz 800fsb with `hyperthreading`(thats not really dual core is it?) with a cheap pc chips mobo and 512 ddr400 kingston ram and even on a fresh install zippy it ain`t,despite disabling system restore etc and setting it for performance.
I was wondering how they perform his machine seems much slower than mine (well i`d expect mine to be a bit faster).Its apparent especially switching between tasks and he just uses it for the net and writing dvds.
 
Yeh i`ve advised him to get another kingston 512 stick.He has a new samsung hd in and dma is fine.
Its not `slow` like his old celeron was but i kind of expected the p4 to be quite fast in execution,opening windows in explorer etc.His encoding speed is halved going to the p4 which is pretty good.Its just i see predominantly amd systems on here and wondering how they compare.
I have a spare stick of ddr i`ll give him see how it goes,cheers.
 
Raikiri said:
I would blame the PC Chips mobo, awful boards.
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I hadn`t heard of the brand before,he bought the stuff and asked me to put it together for him.After now seeing what folks think on here i would have avoided like the plague.
In 2 months so far i`ve had to flash bios as sp2 caused a meltdown in it,reinstall xp again(certain mobos bios with prescott cores have issues).
His 6 month 40gig system drive kept going back to pio mode,even after a dma reset.
So i decided to use his new bigger drive as system drive at wkend as he was having trouble burning dvds and general windows weirdness.
After a format and just about to install xp it comes up with `hal.dll error`(possible hardware fault i read).I then did the usual troubleshoot,checked bios,tried new psu,memory,gfx card,new cd drive,new cd.I was just about to give up and return mobo when i put his dvdrw back in and it worked?!.
I think the mobo is the trouble really hope it goes so i can return it for a better one,it also might explain why i feel the pc isn`t performing as well as it should hmm and of course i get blame for it all :rolleyes:
 
Hi the temps seem ok 51 for cpu,30 for mobo (my other mate has 71 for cpu with same processor and that works ok).I read pentiums run hot.
Haven`t heard of throttlewatch might have a look at that.
Hyperthreading is enabled in bios,device manager shows 2 cpus but i don`t see 2 cpu graphs in task manager.
He just phoned me to say new dvd writer won`t recognize cds or burn them,man this machine is a nightmare.Will try to persuade him to get a decent mobo.Unfortunately he bought the stuff i didn`t have a say in it really wished he`d asked me first.
Any reccomendations for mobo?
 
Well not a lot of choice locally but sourced these
ASUS SKT-478 P4GPL-X S/L PCI-Ex16 800FSB dual channel pciex16 44quid
GIGABYTE 8S661FXMP-RZ agp
GIGABYTE GA-8I848P-G SKT 478 agp sata
Some cheap asrocks

The Asus board looks best and good value,he`s just using the pc for the net and burning dvds,and did i mention he`s a total cheapskate :D.
I have 2x512 ddr400 twinmos new which i`ll sell to him which he can run in dual channel and gives him option for sata drives and a graphics card should he want to get into games(he`s not interested apart from that new csi game).
Corasik that deluxe board looked the part,cheers guys
 
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