Pentium 4 - which one?

[97pedro]

Hello guys, some time ago I posted here a build for a pentium 4 pc, well it went well and now it is like this:

Specs:
Asus p4p800e deluxe
4x512mb corsair xms ddr400 cl2
pentium 4 3.0ghz northwood (overclocked to 3.6ghz)
ati radeon x1950pro 512mb ddr3
500gb seagate 7200rpm hdd (sata)
zalman cpu cooler
cooler master cm690 case

So my question is, besise the pentium 4 extreme edition which is very expensive, what is the best cpu I can put in this motherboard? Is a 3.4ghz pentium 4 prescott a good choice? The thing is that a lot of people say that the northwood is better, I really don't know what to go for.
Any suggestions?

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

It have been a long time since I saw this colour scheme for a motherboard. I just wonder why would you like another Pentium cpu from the one you have now which is overclocked? Reaching 4GHz at a Pentium 4 is as far as it can goes but that is not often. You are likely to be limited at 3.7GHz or 3.8GHz . The heat for that would be massive and I doubt that cooler you have could take it.

 

[97pedro]

Just for the sake of having one of the best cpus the board can handle. But for what I know, the pentium 4 I have running at 3.6ghz is already as good as it is going to get.

 

[brandonwh64]

Both are slow by todays standards. I would just stick with what ya got.

 

[97pedro]

@brandonwh64 I know, I did this pc just for fun but I know am liking having 2 pcs, just this one is noticably slow while web browsing.
Would you think a core 2 quad would handle everything just fine?

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

Are you having this rig for retro gaming or retro programs? Is it windows XP or pre Xp like windows 2000 or before?

Well If you could a Pentium 4 cheap like less than $20 than it is fine. Even then I don't recommend it unless it is for nostalgia purposes.

Sorry your board cannot support a core 2 quad which an Lga 775. Yours is socket 478.

 

[97pedro]

I did this pc just for fun, and yeah it runs xp.
I know the board cant handle it and was saying that maybe I could put together a system with a core 2 quad.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

You can try looking up in the forums here the buying/selling asking whether anyone wants to sell away their 775 motherboard and cpu cheaply. Great way to learn about old hardware.

Frankly a core 2 quad or even the xeon at that era is rather slow even compared to a new cheap intel board and cpu now. Web browsing are more than adequate on a core 2 quad though.

I thought you wanna run old programs natively.

 

[97pedro]

nah I jsut did it because I like old hardware that's all xD

I dont know if I would rather have a q6600 or a haswell pentium.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

Well I am running a Pentium G3258 haswell, it is my first PC build since the core 2 duo. Thinking about it I thought I should have went for a xeon and modify my asus board that is lying around lol. Not sure where you stay but this thread would help your quest for old hardware alot. Trying making a request.

For normal use Pentium G3258 would be better being a new hardware.

I would only play with old hardware just for retro programs and retro games purposes or running xp natively.

 

[brandonwh64]

If you want cheap, you can build a AMD APU system fairly cheap and it has a good IGP for maybe minecraft and lower end gaming.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I suggest a northwood over a prescott. I've got 2 3.2GHz Northwoods gathering dust. Discovered after initial post I have a p4p 800e deluxe too, lol.

I like the idea of you doing this, just because!

P.s. If you need a northwood, let me know.

 

[newtekie1]

Stick with the Northwood, no point in going with the Preshott.