zephead said:i just exchanged my notrhwood 2.8/533 and ddr333 with a prescott 3/800, and the heat difference is noticable. the northwood ran at about 86 deg. F. even with my excellent airflow the prescott ran at around 115 deg. F. intel chips have a long history or good thermal charachteristics so i'm not really concerned about a bit more heat. my system performance has improved, however.
i see where you'd get that idea, but i have a 478 pin prescott and an 865 chpiset, not a 9xx. intel d865perl board, to be exact.Soul Harvester said:And I think you mean 3000rpm, because the lowest speed for 9xx series boards is well above 300rpm.