First post, by KT7AGuy
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I skipped the whole Intel P4 era entirely. I've never owned one, preferring AMD-based Athlon, Athlon XP, and Athlon 64 systems instead. Thus, I'm quite ignorant of P4 intricacies.
Now, I've got an opportunity to acquire an ABIT VT7 Via PT880 system for pretty cheap. It looks like it can handle a 3.4ghz Prescott, and they're pretty common and inexpensive on eBay. Is this worth building?
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/low_end_cpus.html
Based on what I see there, it looks like the Prescott 3.4ghz CPU is equivalent to about an Athlon XP 2900+. Is that correct? If so, that's pretty weak. Were the P4 CPUs really that pathetic? For such high power draw and TDP, I would expect better.
Anyway, what's the collective wisdom from VOGONS on this?
Thanks