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Ait'al
2004-01-06, 03:18 PM
I know hte regular 3.2 can overclock well but does the EE have the same overclocking ability? I am considering getting it afterall andwant to know if there would be some major loss in ability to OC?

Does anyone know or have read anything.

Rbstr
2004-01-06, 04:14 PM
ocing that might not be a good idea AS IT COST $!,()()() (1,000)!!!!

the guys a THG had a multiplier unlocked one that they tested, they put it up to 3.4 and it was ok.

Another thing, your not going to get one, there as hard as hell to find, cost as much as a decent computer on there own, and are not worth it, a whoel host of new thing are coming that will make you wish you'd waited or not spent all your cash becasue you want a cool new component that came out mid summer. I'm starting to think your not even going to make this beast you keep talking about!

Ait'al
2004-01-06, 06:17 PM
i know whats coming out and i want one before they change everything. Im going to go to college and atlease get a certificate as a computer technician and an associates in electric engineering technology and open system technology and am going to try to get a job in a computer store and buy later stuff really cheap. 8)

I was just wondering if i bought the EE if it had seriously diminished OC capability overall because i want to overclock the processor later and use Watercooling later if need to on it 8). IM planning for the future! And i know where to get one?? they even have it listed on price watch for 909$. IM going to start building it between now and the beginning of febuary. Like i said i specifically want one with the older tech. And im guessing from what ive read the 4 gigs will be decent for a year or two atleast so...

I know about PCI-X and how there changing the IO system. i like the old stuff :brow:

I want to use the current stuff later with maybe newer better cooling or ill improvise cooling and want to compare maximum capability over the next few years.

Rbstr
2004-01-06, 07:04 PM
Well p4ee is a bad idea to buy for OCing, get a 2.8 or 3. regular one

I Hate Pants
2004-01-06, 07:39 PM
Why the hell does anybody need to even overclock a Pentuim4 3.2 GHz processor in the first place?

If your computer is just for gaming it really doesn't seem necessary. I think we'll be old and dying before a game comes out that supports a processor higher than 3.2 GHz.

Rbstr
2004-01-06, 08:04 PM
dude it will be as ba as a pentium w/ MMX when i graduate college

Ait'al
2004-01-06, 11:31 PM
well im going to a four year college but you can do the classes pretty fast or do 10 degrees in aboutthe same time as if you did like 3 so... I may have a masters In computer info systems by then adn bachelors in everything else they have in two year. :brow: the only thing they dont have it 3d modeling crap, just CAD and like one CAM. I wanted one for like making gaming stuff. UNless cam i that and i dont realize it? My memory is fuzzy on that. 8\

they have online classes with a high system requirements and i want ot play Planetside so i also need to get one now but i still want the last comp design basically before it changes. And im going to use it as a test system for graphics or whatever i end up doing normally too.

NoSurrender
2004-01-06, 11:51 PM
i have to think that its never gonna happen. also the EE has shown not to improve performances

Ait'al
2004-01-07, 01:04 AM
Why does everyone think im not going to buy this?? 8\ Its not that big of a deal.

Sputty
2004-01-07, 07:08 AM
Why the hell does anybody need to even overclock a Pentuim4 3.2 GHz processor in the first place?
Wondering that myself. Why risk it when your computer runs fine with just about everything.

dscytherulez
2004-01-07, 10:30 AM
If your computer is just for gaming it really doesn't seem necessary. I think we'll be old and dying before a game comes out that supports a processor higher than 3.2 GHz.

Try 6-8 months :rofl:

Daleon
2004-01-07, 10:42 AM
No its not good for oc'ing at all. The increased cache on the chip is already running at a very high speed. You can't get multiplier unlocked chips from Intel, so you would have to raise the fsb. This is where the cache on the chip will crap on itself. Thats why chips with slower cache like celerys oc better.

Ait'al
2004-01-07, 03:57 PM
im getting hte regular 3.2. When did they take it off of price watch?? none of the p4s are listed now :confused: Someone showed me a P4 3.2 for 365$ Does anyoen know where that was? And what the fuck did price watch do with its p4 watch 8(??

Rbstr
2004-01-07, 04:23 PM
You can get the rare Engineering sample, with an unlocked multiplier! I've seen em on ebay and Tom's had a p4EE that was unlocked. but yeah OCing it = bad idea.

dude buy it form any place they are al the same price realy (most places may vary 5 bucks at most) www.buyxg.com, or www.newegg.com

Ait'al
2004-01-07, 04:42 PM
I think it was a sale. so anyway, is there any major sale coming up where they will be cutting everything liek they did a month ago or whatever.

Rbstr
2004-01-07, 05:49 PM
yeah they are suposed to be doing a big price cut when the rest of the prescotts canme out but they puched it way back becasue fo delays

Daleon
2004-01-08, 09:27 AM
The P4's are still on Pricewatch, you just have to do a search for them.

Rbstr, I can't believe you just said you can get Engineering samples b/c Tom had one and they've been up on ebay before. That hardly makes them available. And you who practically deny the existance of the 9800NP b/c ATI doesn't manufacture it anymore yet can still be gotten right off the shelves at CC. Come on.

Rbstr
2004-01-08, 04:29 PM
i'm not saying there availible, i said they're rare, and the ! was a mistake i don't know why i put it there. But if you realy want to get one you could get one.

Ait'al
2004-01-08, 04:39 PM
:domotwak: @ tech forum

There all fixed :D

daem0n
2004-01-12, 03:26 PM
why would you over clock a "CPU"? ya asking well for those who don`t know. Us Extreme gamers like the fastest stuff we spend our money for the parts we want, If he wants to freakin buy a p4 "EE" let him you guys are not giving him the money. and for those who don`t know u can find a P4 EE just about any where www.newegg.com u can find them there NEW. Also Over Clocking makes ur pc alot faster and gives you alot more Frames Per Seconds. So ait`al go with the p4 ee and over clock it if you wish its ur money don`t let any one else tell you else wise..... the rest of you go read some sites heres a good one www.tomshardware.com OMFG a p4 overclocked to 5.2 ghz yes well go read any way i won`t post here no more this website no more seems theres only n00bs here who care about there pcs to much to o/c cause there heads are to far there butts to understand the meaning of o/c


one ya :evil:

daem0n
2004-01-12, 03:29 PM
rbstr: for being the 1st person to try to put him down u have the shitest system ever and i do say ever a freakin intel celeron and ur happy to post it on this board as if u had the "super system" please junk that system celerons are the worst amd beats em heck. a p3 can beat those junk. please don`t waste your time replying back to me cause its pointless not unless u get ur self a way better system



also ait`al p4"ee" isn`t worth all that money when u can get a amd 64 bit fx-51 for about 700$ go with that instead it beats p4's on almost all tests go to www.tomshardware.com for more info on it

Ait'al
2004-01-12, 04:33 PM
I was worried if it wasnt physically the same chip as the regular or if it was the exact same chip, and not the modified xeon or whatever, that if i bought it, and if it has the ability to be 2mbs and 512 cache, if i could get basically both chips from it. Or is it more than just literally a P4 3.2 with some more cache. I have read stuff but i cant remember a damn thing about what i read.


Basically if i cant get it to be the exact chip as if i had boughten thr regular one also then i dont want to buy it now. Not that i wont later to compare.