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For those who know, I believe that the 865PE chipset supports the prescott P4 core. I got a northwood 3.0 that does fine, but some of the features they coming out with intreset me. Anyway, does it or no?

Could I look it up on my own? Yes. I kinda did, but couldn't really get what I wanted.

Plus I'm tired, and I think I got the right words, I'll spell/tech check it in the morning.....

hyperthreading is definitly worth it if you are thinking about upgrading, the higher ram speed requirements may mean you will have to upgrade ram to utilize it.

I'd wait untill they change socket sizes before I went and upgraded. The prescott's have a real heat problem as well, so be aware of your cooling system.

You'd be much better off with an AMD chip for EQ2. The 3400 outpreforms both Northwood and Precott for 2/3 of the money. Just MHo, obviously.

Word to the wise on that heat issue, bro.

It may be worse than you've heard. I've been through 3 different HS/fan sets trying to find adequate cooling for my new 3.0E processor. Within seconds of firing off, my bios temp shows 60 celcius on the CPU. It reaches and holds 65 at idle. I've done every remounting and airflow test I can think of. Even RMA'd the CPU only to get the same results. I have not tried to cheap out on the fan/hs. All copper heat sinks, lots of fins, good airflow. Of course, I'm running an Abit mobo and they tend to state the heat with an inflation of about 10 celcius.

I've decided to try one last HS/fan combo. If the Zalman CNPS7000A-cu won't do the trick, I'm just going to set up a water rig.

I can do what's needed to cool this bad boy off. But that's not what I particularly wanted. I didn't want a friggin project PC. I wanted to toss this baby together, install windows and start up my 2nd EQ account.

First time I bought Intel in 10 years and probably gonna be a few more before I do so again. Silly of me to think that it wouldn't be a hassle.

main problem with water cooling is the idiot factor is exponentially increased. one little tiny leak on a new motherboard, and <pzzzzt!>

they released the new Intel 925 chipset motherboards, and those things are crazy. extra power plugs, all the formerly plastic fittings are stamped metal, it's insane. Still DDR2 and those PCI advanced slots, it is tempting to upgrade...