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    Northwood or Prescott?

    I am going to get a Shuttle Zen. I have heard the Prescott CPU's run hotter. But does it make much difference? Doesn't the Zen Shuttle use a silent cooling solution?

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    Just seen another thread that says I should go for a Northwood as it is cooler. Should I get the one with HT?

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    a p43.2ee beats a p43.2 prescott :/

    the deeper pipeline is too much of a performance drop even with the extra l2 and better bpu

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    You can put a prescott in a shuttle no worries. I know the SB75S has been tested by SFF tech and they are completely satisfied with its cooling of prescott CPUs.

    But, getting a pentium 4 extreme edition would provide better performance. Prescott chips won't be better performers for quite some time now.

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    I've just bought a 3GHz Northwood for my shuttle. I wouldn't touch a Prescott without cascade vapour phase cooling!

    If I remember correctly the Northwood kicks out 89W of heat and the Prescotts do 100W :-/

    This speaks volumes...


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    Quick note... The ones that end E are the Prescotts. The ones without the E are the Northwoods. The EEs are the Exterme Editions.

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    The only way I could recommend a Prescott is if you live in a house with no central heating, its -20 and the end of your nose is blue.

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    So, if you live in Newcastle you should be ok

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    Quote Originally Posted by ^^Gord^^
    Quick note... The ones that end E are the Prescotts. The ones without the E are the Northwoods. The EEs are the Exterme Editions.

    Actually, Northwoods end with "C"

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    b1g1an, you mis-read the thread. The Note you quotes is for the pic I included from Tom's Hardware and not the Intel naming scheme, actually

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    Hey your handbag hit me when you took a swing. Apologies!

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    I put a 6800 Ultra in it to get a bit more punch to it

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