HP, Dell, etc, all run hot. Dell P4 notebooks run very, very hot. C640s, they'll burn your legs with the 2.6s... I've seen thousands of them from all the big OEMs, they all run hot. It's well known.
Just a little hyperbole there. I've seen hundreds of different P4 computers, from Williamette to Presler.. and none of them ran hot enough to "cook an egg". If they do, there's a fan/air movement problem.. and that would eventually be a problem for any computer, not just a P4-based system.
As an aside, it doesn't really take that much heat to cook an egg. Compared to what it takes to, say, boil water, eggs cook *very* easily.
Behind me is my old P4 2.8c [Northwood], Abit Ic7 original, not the 'G' or 'Max' version mobo.
It has 3gb of mixed Mushkin and GSkill ram, Leadtech 7600GT agp card.
WD 80 and 120gb hdd's and the Antec 430tp psu in a Antec 1080 case
I keep CoD/UO installed along with HL2 etc for old times sake.
I ran the 2.8 at 3-3.2ghz for years but now the wife thinks it's just fine at default speeds.
I can't complain about Intel. Their reliability is fantastic plus my 920 is running at 3.2ghz - 3.360ghz when Turbo kicks in.
Now I have a fast one too.
My Northwood rig above idles at 78w from the wall, and if I swap video card out for a 9600 XT the idle power is 56w which isn't too bad. I'm sure the Prescott idles above 100w, but comparatively it really isn't that insane given most of the people running HD 48xx series Radeons are idling quite a bit over 100w on a modern system with a C2D.Just a little hyperbole there. I've seen hundreds of different P4 computers, from Williamette to Presler.. and none of them ran hot enough to "cook an egg". If they do, there's a fan/air movement problem.. and that would eventually be a problem for any computer, not just a P4-based system.
Yea i understand stranger but it cool to have a 3.8ghz P4 S478
I have basically the same rig and it still chugs along. I've been through 3 power supplies though and 3 hard drives but the original bones though are still there. I upgraded the video card for the heck of it which used to be an old Geforce 4 Ti 4200. Too bad Abit pulled from the states. Sniff
Abit IC7
2.6c@3.15
2 GB Crucial
Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 AGP
1 TB Samsung EcoGreen
My Northwood rig above idles at 78w from the wall, and if I swap video card out for a 9600 XT the idle power is 56w which isn't too bad. I'm sure the Prescott idles above 100w, but comparatively it really isn't that insane given most of the people running HD 48xx series Radeons are idling quite a bit over 100w on a modern system with a C2D.
Yes, but then I would need ddr2, pcie video, etc. Thanks for the suggestion though.
This reminds me of the noob in UT3 who was bragging about his new rig. He said he had a water cooled 4.4Ghz Pentium D and a GTX260, or 4890, I don't recall. It was much better than my graphics card though. I told him my e2180 at stock speeds was faster than his setup. He got angry. I asked him what FPS he was getting, he was playing at 1920x1200. He said 50.
I lol'd.
HP, Dell, etc, all run hot. Dell P4 notebooks run very, very hot. C640s, they'll burn your legs with the 2.6s... I've seen thousands of them from all the big OEMs, they all run hot. It's well known.
Even the extreme edition P4 only used about 110W.You say that and yet every P4 system I've seen feels normal.. even the air coming out of the back is barely above room temperature. The power supply puts out warmer air than the case fan(s).
That doesn't make what you said true, though. It's still hyperbole.
You say that and yet every P4 system I've seen feels normal.. even the air coming out of the back is barely above room temperature. The power supply puts out warmer air than the case fan(s).
That doesn't make what you said true, though. It's still hyperbole.
You say that and yet every P4 system I've seen feels normal.. even the air coming out of the back is barely above room temperature. The power supply puts out warmer air than the case fan(s).
FWIW, I'm an IT person and have dealt with probably 8-10 thousand P4 machines from every major OEM vendors. I'll take my experiences over yours. The fact that you don't know about the C640 geothermal notebooks tells me you're not worth listening to.
It holds a ton of weight.
I have multiple P4's in my office area. Two s775 Prescotts @ 3.2ghz w/ 2MB of L2, HT, and boy once excel boots up the fans scream like a crying baby. The P4 2.6ghz (no ht, 512k L2, thinking northwood?) is my CCTV viewer and it doesn't give out a single peep.
Hey felix what is the main point in your machine.
Maybe we can tell ya if waiting for 32nm is worth it or not.
I think the main reason to upgrade your system would be to increase the amount of available memory as well as get new motherboard slots. A lot of flash and other video can be done by the video card, but your motherboard probably doesn't even have PCI Express slots. The Athlon system I had when the P4 3.2 was out only supported 2gb of memory, and I think that's a major problem. I'm barely even doing anything on this computer and it uses 1.5gb of memory.Pretty much just surfing the web, playing an online game or two and some old Windows games like Simcity
from 1995 (and DOS favorites). Thats pretty much it. I also edit and encode video for Youtube on occassion.
I have one video generating revenue, so Im trying to make more.
Ha. We've got a 1.8A still chugging with a 6800nu at the house for the step-siblings to use. The hdd sounds to be on it's way out, but that proc is going strong. had to replace the mobo about a year ago, but man, that thing is never turned off.
I've still got an overclocked 1.6A running at my parents house, with RDRAM, as well as a 1.8ghz Williamette with SDRAM. Next oldest would be my 3.2ghz flamethrower prescott engineering sample, gotta keep the window open when it's 15 degees outside because it heats up the room so much.
LOL my P4 system on water @ 3.8ghz!