New computer parts help

[Matthew]

I just bought some new parts.

3.0ghz Pentium 4 "Prescott"
Gigabyte GA-8I848P-G motherboard
WD Raptor 10k RPM hard drive

The prescott is a socket 478, and that motherboard is a socket 478, they should work, right? i mean, the motherboard doesnt HAVE to be JUSt for prescott, right?

 

[hazeXban]

if the sockets match of course though there are SOME issues where certain chips don't work with certain MBs but you should be fine

However you bought a Pentium so good luck with that.

 

[Matthew]

nm i think this confirms it will work, correct?

http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/CPUSupportList/CPUSupportList_GA-8I848P-G.htm

 

[Matthew]

if the sockets match of course though there are SOME issues where certain chips don't work with certain MBs but you should be fine

However you bought a Pentium so good luck with that.

whats wrong with the pentium? ive had both with zero problems ever.

 

[derrick1623]

prescott is the core, as long as it's the same socket, you should be fine.

 

[Matthew]

cool, thanks. it was just that after i had researched etc, then bought, i happened accross another site that said "prescott ready" and it worried me.

i hope this crap works well. so many choices these days, buyin new pc parts. in the old days, it was just two choices, amd or intel.

 

[derrick1623]

cool, thanks. it was just that after i had researched etc, then bought, i happened accross another site that said "prescott ready" and it worried me.

i hope this crap works well. so many choices these days, buyin new pc parts. in the old days, it was just two choices, amd or intel.

i know what you mean, when i built my pc, i was banging my head against the desk...

ended up with a abit mb, amd xp3000(barton core) and ati vid card.

even my mb said sempron ready, but my proc isn't sempron. confusing.

 

[Matthew]

some people dont seem to like the intels, but im hoping it works well for me, if not, off to ebay it goes, i guess.

 

[hazeXban]

I just like AMD because they are better for gaming and AMD is the underdog.

Nothing WRONG with intel : )

 

[toucci]

A 3 ghz P4 is old tech... I had one running that speed over 2 years ago. Factor in that it's a prescott with an extra long pipeline and you've got one outdated processor.

 

[Matthew]

well its going to be a nice increase over a 1.84ghz old AMD processor.

 

[MinnowGT]

hahaha still waiting to build myself a new one. finally scrapped my old pc (amd 700mhz) this year. just been using work laptop to websurf since I have no time for gaming.

 

[fLyPiNoY7]

the reason they call them prescott ready is cause the prescotts tend to run very hot...so get a damn good cooling fan...

 

[derrick1623]

matthew, others: what are you guys doing with the old parts? if you send them to me, or pm me...i can get them working on a cure for cancer, seriously.

folding.standford.edu is the main link, but the parts are swapped and donated to people on misc boards, to build machines to crunch numbers.

 

[Matthew]

ill probably sell them on ebay. the hard drives im replacing are in perfect shape, and im starting to think that the mb is just fine, my computer hasnt had a fresh install in like 2 years. it gave me a good excuse to buy new s*** with some of my poker winnings.