All this computer talk got me looking at the dell.ca website, and while I was there pricing a new system, this is one of the options I don't understand, hopefully one of you guys can explain it to me.

The chip is available in a few different options:

Standard is this:

** PentiumŽ 4 Processor 550 with HT Technology (3.40GHz, 800 FSB, 1MB)

Then this is an option for an additional $250:

** PentiumŽ 4 Processor 560 with HT Technology (3.60GHz, 800 FSB, 1MB) [add $250 or $6/month1]

Then for $1,000 more, this option is available:

** PentiumŽ 4 Processor w/ HT Tech Extreme Edition (3.40GHz, 800 FSB, 1MB [add $1,000 or $25/month1] Advanced Performance

So my question is....
Why is the 3.4 Ghz extreme chip a grand more than the 3.6ghz chip?

(These prices are in Canadian bucks)

Thanks!

 

The only diff I can see is the 'Extreme' has a 2MB L3 Cache. Big whoop. Unless your a serious gamer, it's a total rip-off.

Plus, the 'extreme' is made with the older .13 micron process & the 560 series is the newer 90 nanometer process. Sweet! Pack those transisters together! Woo-hoo!

 

It's a special processor/chipset for gaming. What exactly is different, I'm not sure. However, I am sure just putting in that it was designed for gaming will jack the price up.

See

http://www.intel.com/personal/produc...esktop_p4htxe&

 

Took the words out of my mouth.

They all run at 800mhz FSB, so you're basically not going to notice a difference. Stay with the standard chip.

 

thanks bros

 

while i can agree with a few of the statements, there is a major difference between these two chips. The extreme is using the old 130nm architecture yes, but a different pipeline. Something intel is calling netburst. Its their 32bit microarchitecture. Increases the pipeline to 20 instead of 10 (the old p6 microarchitecture). I dont quite know if its worth 1k more but it is more than just an L3 cache. Course as it is with the Intel chips these days if your not using RDRAM your gonna take a hit in performance. So many decisions and not enough money.

Dan

 

Dan, all the P4s w/ HT are using the NetBurst microarchitecture. It's the plain-jane P4s that do not.

 

Do some research on this web sight. Mega info to be had here.

http://www.tomshardware.com/

 

OR, if you want to find out all about P4s, research on this site:

http://www.intel.com

 

indeed they are dzervit, my mistake. I got confuzzled in my reading at intel the other day, not that they make it easy to get information from their site.

Dan