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Old September 29th, 2002 Top | #1
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Question P4 "2.4B" vs. P4 "2.53" ---> Did I make the right choice?
Dear All,

When I built my system, the P4 "2.4B" (Northwood, 533MHz FSB) was $200 vs. P4 "2.53" that was $250, so I went ahead and bought P4 "2.4B"

Now, did I make a poor choice? I mean both are Northwood, and support 533MHz right out of the box.

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Sounds good to me. No one can keep up with cpu's today so if you are happy with it that's what matters.
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NO, HORRIBLE CHOICE.

YOU SHOULD HAVE UNDER CLOCKED IT TO 33MHZ AND INSTALLED MAC OS X.




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Originally posted by DrMetallica
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Yeah right! He just asked a normal question. Perhaps he doesn't know the difference between the 'B' version and the 'non-B' version. I can't stand this kind of overreacting.
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Originally posted by Hipster Doofus
Sounds good to me. No one can keep up with cpu's today so if you are happy with it that's what matters.
I agree with Hipster
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The 2.8G Intel P4 would of been the better choice. Although, bump the 2.4 to 2.8. Should'nt be a problem with the Abit board.
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This is what weed does to people Plus, how the hell can he close a thread?

Cannibal Corpse- I think that you made a perfectly fine desision, if you are happy with what you have. I would love to get the XP2600, and most likely, I will, but a month after that, something new is going to come out. P4 2.4 should run as nice as the 2.53, I don't think you should worry.

" Originally posted by Hipster Doofus
Sounds good to me. No one can keep up with cpu's today so if you are happy with it that's what matters. "

I agree, but, I don't think you can catch up to any computers today, for more then a few days, constantly, something new is coming out. Then again, you can catch up to RAM, by getting a whole lot of it. I thinks thats about it.
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