Which is better?

VeVeX

P4 3.06 FSB 533 w/ Hyper T

OR

P4 2.8 FSB 800 w/ Hyper T

Caffine

id go for the 2.8 800fsb myself

200mhz doesnt make a noticble differnce so id go for the extra fsb

Dempsey

Go for the 2.8 w/ 800FSB. They are actually about even in performance but ddr-ram is cheaper and the board for the 3.06 w/533FSB cant take any of the 800FSB pentiums.

Unless your getting the 3.06 w/533FSB REALLY cheap or something, maybe consider it

joePC

2.8Ghz 800Mhz FSB without a douth................

unkel

The P4 c is VERY easy to overclock, have seen report of a P4c 2.4 overclocked @3.3 with pair of good matched fast OCZ ram and bog standard cooling

Have a P4 c 3.0 myself since last week and it is running completely stable @3.5 (235FSB). This is on a single stick of cheapo ram :cool:

(Contemplating buying decent matched ram - but still quite expensive)

Creamy Goodness

yeh unless the 3.06 is going very cheap don't bother your backside.

as you ask which is better the 2.8ghz is and it can be overclocked easily enough

Woden

i will also second or sixth or whatever you at, at this stage the 2.8 800mhz chip

Col_Loki

If your getting a mother board & chip then as the guys said go with the 2.8c.

If you have a board that only supports 533MHZ FSB and you dont want to upgrade it then the 3.06 i suppose..... (In that case id probably sell the mobo and buy new with a 2.6 or 2.8c).

Dempsey

Originally posted by unkel
The P4 c is VERY easy to overclock, have seen report of a P4c 2.4 overclocked @3.3 with pair of good matched fast OCZ ram and bog standard cooling

Have a P4 c 3.0 myself since last week and it is running completely stable @3.5 (235FSB). This is on a single stick of cheapo ram :cool:

Thinking of overclocking my 2.8c abit but wondering what are the pitfalls. I know watch the temp. Anyone got a good link. Sorry for being off topic.

Creamy Goodness

i use www.overclockers.co.uk forum ask there on how to overclock as i see they have good people there that are more than welcome to help out.

i havn't o/clocked my 3ghz but i might soon enough. and i'll be using that site to help me!

VeVeX

Its a complete system thats €100 extra to up from a 2.66 to the 3.06.

Ive ordered it with the 3.06 anyways thanks for the comments

Dempsey

Originally posted by KeithD
Its a complete system thats €100 extra to up from a 2.66 to the 3.06.

Ive ordered it with the 3.06 anyways thanks for the comments

Eh?

You have the 2.66 is 533FSB aint it. I thought you wanted to know wether to go for a 3.06b or a 2.8c??.

unkel

Originally posted by KeithD
Its a complete system thats €100 extra to up from a 2.66 to the 3.06.

Ive ordered it with the 3.06 anyways thanks for the comments

You mean you are ordering a system to be built for you right now? I wouldn't go for a 533 mobo / chipset with the 3.06 533 cpu unless you can get it at bargain basement price

Woden

lol basically thanks for the comments but i've gone against what ever single person in the thread recommended

i hope it was cheap

data

jonhate

Maybe he wants to stand out from the crowd???

unkel

Originally posted by Dataisgod
i hope it was cheap

What are you getting and what are you paying for it?

Woden

sorry? confused here

i was thinking of the original poster who didn't seem to follow anyone's advice

unkel

apologies Dataisgod

Mistook you for the original poster there for a second. Didn't capture your sarcastic mode

I'll second you that I hope KeithD is getting his new system cheap - what else would you expect when ordering a system based on obsolete components?