Intel Pentium 4 945 Dual Core "LGA775 Presler" 3.4GHz

[Craig321]

Hi,

I just noticed these were very cheap now that Conroe is out.

Anyway, I'd be able to afford one of these and as my motherboard supports dual core I recon it'd be a pretty good upgrade for me (cheap).

I currently have a 3.0GHZ Prescott (I think it's 530) with a 1MB L2 cache.

I know you guys are going to start saying get a conroe instead, but that'd require a lot more than just a CPU upgrade.

Current spec:
3.0GHZ
Corsair XMS3200 Pro DDR 512MB x2
200GB SATA
ASUS P5P800-SE
nVidia GeForce 7600GT

What kind of a difference would I see if I was to stick the £130 3.4GHZ processor on that board and keep all the same specs?

Thanks,
Craig.

 

[wizardmaxx]

Personally i dont think you will see £130 difference. I would get a good heatsink and overclock the p4 youve got until you can afford a conroe setup. Sorry but theres nothing that compares to conroe at the moment.

 

[easyrider]

Hi,


What kind of a difference would I see if I was to stick the £130 3.4GHZ processor on that board and keep all the same specs?

Thanks,
Craig.

Depends what you do with your PC,

If you work with video and do a lot of encoding then the upgrade will be worth it.

If not then don't as you will be a tad dissapointed unless you multitask a great deal.

 

[Craig321]

I do multi-task quite a lot which is why I have been looking at these. Would I only really see the big difference when multi-tasking?

Personally i dont think you will see £130 difference. I would get a good heatsink and overclock the p4 youve got until you can afford a conroe setup. Sorry but theres nothing that compares to conroe at the moment.

My P4 3.0GHZ has a Scythe Ninja + on it at the moment. Idles at a cool 36 degrees celcius. What do you think I could get out of it with that?

Thanks,
Craig.

 

[Justintime]

Should get 5-600MHz more easy on stock volts, even my first gen hotter than life prescotts made it close to 4Ghz on stock

 

[easyrider]

I do multi-task quite a lot which is why I have been looking at these. Would I only really see the big difference when multi-tasking?

Yes,In single threaded apps it will perform the same speed as a single core.

 

[Craig321]

Should get 5-600MHz more easy on stock volts, even my first gen hotter than life prescotts made it close to 4Ghz on stock

Hmm, ok, so are there any guides I can follow of what to look out for when overclocking and stuff?

If you say I can get 5-600mhz more out of it then maybe I'll go for 400mhz to keep on the safer side?


----

Would I better off saving up for something like this? (Just threw those three together, didn't really check for compatability or anything. When it comes closer to the time when i can actually get a Conroe there will probably be better conroes out.)

 

[Mul]

Won't you need a new graphics card too though?

Personally I'd see how far you can clock that P4 and wait till you can afford an upgrade to Core 2. A P4 @ 3.6Ghz+ could still last you a while.

Mul

 

[Craig321]

Yup, I'd also need to get a PCI graphic card.

I think i'll clock my P4 as suggestes & save for motherboard, graphic card, cpu and ram.

 

[easyrider]

Yup, I'd also need to get a PCI graphic card.

I think i'll clock my P4 as suggestes & save for motherboard, graphic card, cpu and ram.

Good call.

Leave the preslers alone until you can get conroe.

 

[Craig321]

Thanks for the help everyone