Intel Pentium 4
Rather than going with the 5xx series, we recommend you go with one of the 6xx processors. We are noticing that the last time we looked at the Intel Pentium 4 630 [RTPE: BX80547PG3000F], it was going for about $165. Today, we are seeing the 630 going for approximately $182, that's a $17 increase. $17 isn't too significant, but we thought we would point this out.
For approximately $40 more than the P4 630, the Intel Pentium 4 640 [RTPE: BX80547PG3200F] is on sale for just under $220.
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JarredWalton - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
I personally don't believe in "guaranteed 2.8+ GHz on air!" claims for most Opterons. I've got a 165 that does 2.56 GHz with the retail HSF, and that seems about typical. A bit better air cooler might get 2.65 to 2.70 GHz, and water might get 2.80+ GHz. For single core chips, you can add about 200 MHz to the estimates. So, all told, the Opteron chips are still reasonable, and they include good retail HSFs. If you're just looking for 2.6 to 2.8 GHz you won't be disappointed; if you want 2.8+ GHz, though, water cooling is about the only way I would say it's anywhere near "guaranteed".TowerShield - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link
Pretty large drop.I'm guessing the FX-60 showing up a second time under AMD single-cores is a typo?
rrcn - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link
Yeah, the FX-60 is also showing up under the single-core page because I haven't been able to figure out the code to get it to disappear. :p