asus motherboard and p4 3.0e 1mb prescott compatibility

[98vert6spd]

I JUST BOUGHT AN ASUS P4P800 SE MOTHERBOARD
and a 3.0e intell p4 800fsb with 1mb l2 cache prescott

i was reading in the motherboard book that it supports 512/256kb l2 cache

is there going to be a problem?


or will my extra 512kb just be wasted
?

or am i fine altogether

 

[Yeti]

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p800se/overview.htm
According to that it supports Prescott CPUs and I believe its not the amount of L2 cache but rather the core that would be a problem (it just happens that Prescotts have 1 MB L2 cache)

 

[98vert6spd]

awsome

so im ok then

what is the prescott all about?

vs northwood

or vs standard

 

[Yeti]

Prescott and Northwood are core architecture designations. The Prescott uses a 90 nm core and Northwood uses a 130 nm core. For most purposes they aren't much different though socket 478 Prescotts (such as yours) are known for getting a bit warm.

Architecture
The size and spacing of the processor's transistors (silicon etchings), which partially determine the switching speed. The diameter of transistors is measured in microns. One micron is one-millionth of a meter. The 90 nm (a nanometer is one-billionth of a meter) process combines higher-performance, lower-power transistors, strained silicon, high-speed copper interconnects and a new low-k dielectric material. For more information

 

[Cromewell]

For most purposes they aren't much different

Theres the pipe length difference, SSE3 the ability to a bit shift on a fast ALU...but thats probably getting a bit too indepth . Until you hit somewhere around 4GHz on the Prescott (has anyone done the math recently?) a Northwood at similar clock speed will perform better almost all the time. SSE3 is basically 'help' for the P4 to do floating point operations. Yeti has made a bit of an understatement saying your CPU will run a bit warm, you will probably want to find a good aftermarket HSF.

 

[98vert6spd]

I have a 2.6 c also

would that be a better fit?

ihave a p4p 800 se asus

80 gig 7200 rpm

2 512 pny 3200 memory

and a radeon 9000 128mb

i know the video card is weak

will the 3.0e be a good gaming card?

i have no case fans at all

do i need to rush out and buy some?

 

[Cromewell]

the 3.0E will perform better than your 2.6C and you can get away with the stock fan but it will run very warm

 

[Yeti]

Yeti has made a bit of an understatement saying your CPU will run a bit warm,

I tend to do that

and you can get away with the stock fan but it will run very warm

Yeah, the stock HSF should be okay, but I think at least a few case fans are needed. Even the best HSF won't do any good if theres no airflow (granted, there's the PSU fan but I doubt that things putting out 100 cfm )