[H]ardNews 2nd Edition

2.4A Pentium 4s:

Jay Roth questions why are 2.4GHz / 533MHz bus Prescott (noted by the "A" on the part number.) Pentium 4s showing up at NewEgg. Of course the Prescott core is much smaller than the Northwood and therefore is a much cheaper produce. If any of you have grabbed one of these to OC, please give us your feedback! We have one on order.

Model: Intel Pentium 4 2.4A, Core: Prescott, Operating Frequency: 2.4GHz, FSB: 533MHz, Cache: L1/12K+16K, L2/1MB, Voltage: 1.25-1.525V

Update: One of the members of the Shuttle Support Team did point out that these CPUs do NOT have HyperThreading turned on. Certainly something to think about. I did also have one report last night of on particular 2.4A being OCed to 3.4GHz at stock voltage, then the board it was running on burning up.

Intel's Insides:

Long time [H]'er, Matt Waters, sent along this link to a presentation given by ex-Intel's Bob Colwell, a former CPU architect. I have not had time to view it entirely yet, but I am told that Bob gives a great insider view of the behind-the-scenes at Intel and some specifics on Pentium core limitations. Give yourself an hour to partake of the whole presentation and for those of you that really get into the guts of CPUs, this is a must-view.

Corsair XMS3500RE:

Low latency sticks from Corsair are given the once over at SystemCooling.

Why is registered memory important? Well, my main system uses an AMD FX51 on an Asus SK8V motherboard, which requires registered memory. So, it’s important to me. Currently I’m using four 512 MB sticks of Corsair registered PC3200 memory. Soon we'll see if Corsair's XMS3500RE has anything extra to offer.

Tech Traffic Down:

TheInq's best and most reputable writer, Charlie Demerjian, muses openly about why tech site traffic has been on the decline.

So, the question remains, why is tech site readership in the toilet? Since the beginning of the year, there has been a ton of news, some breaking stories, and general fin and mayhem in the silicon world. This should be a net plus, but it is a net loss. Does anyone have an answer?

I think I know Charlie. It is quite simple. It has been boring as a senior citizen's thumb wrestling championship. There has been nothing going on tech-wise. And when something has actually been happening, like AMD64 and Prescott, the fanfare has been worth a day or two of excitement and then it is back to the usual. Thank goodness DOOM3, R420, and NV40 are all right around the corner. At least if the hardware sucks, I will still have a new game to play.

Ima Loser:

With the Infinium Labs legal threats this week, I lost focus on my eyeballs. Congrats to Justin_Ashburn. I just hope you feel good as those were to be going to good use by my poor blind grandma.

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