Sunday, June 19, 2005
The Terabyte Saga Ends
The computer is up and running without a problem. It seems that Intel has different 2.8 GHz chips.
To quote http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q1/p4-prescott/index.x?pg=1
Prescott clock speeds will initially range from 2.8GHz to 3.4GHz. To keep Prescott-based P4s distinct from older "Northwood" cores, Intel is tacking an "E" on to the product names, so they'll be called the Pentium 4 2.8E or 3.2E. The product mix gets most confusing at 2.8GHz, where one could buy four different Pentium 4s: the 2.8GHz (a Northwood core with a 533MHz front-side bus), the 2.8C (Northwood again, but with an 800MHz bus), the 2.8A (Prescott with a 533MHz bus), or the 2.8E (Prescott with 800MHz bus). Clear as mud?
The motherboard I was so crazy about only uses the 2.8 Northwood chip but CDW sent me the 2.8a chip. In fact they don't even sell the Nothwood chip. The kicker is CDW won't take back the Intel chips
The computer is up and running without a problem. It seems that Intel has different 2.8 GHz chips.
To quote http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q1/p4-prescott/index.x?pg=1
Prescott clock speeds will initially range from 2.8GHz to 3.4GHz. To keep Prescott-based P4s distinct from older "Northwood" cores, Intel is tacking an "E" on to the product names, so they'll be called the Pentium 4 2.8E or 3.2E. The product mix gets most confusing at 2.8GHz, where one could buy four different Pentium 4s: the 2.8GHz (a Northwood core with a 533MHz front-side bus), the 2.8C (Northwood again, but with an 800MHz bus), the 2.8A (Prescott with a 533MHz bus), or the 2.8E (Prescott with 800MHz bus). Clear as mud?
The motherboard I was so crazy about only uses the 2.8 Northwood chip but CDW sent me the 2.8a chip. In fact they don't even sell the Nothwood chip. The kicker is CDW won't take back the Intel chips