# Urgent Help Needed! Buying a PC **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 12, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095 "2003-06-12T19:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eberth](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/eberth/32/41_2.png) [@Eberth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eberth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/1 "2003-06-12T19:59:39Z")
Hi, i am going to buy a new PC but i have a problem, what is better, 1. A Pentium 4 processor 3.06GHz with Hyper-Threading Technology or 1. A Pentium 4 processor 3GHz system bus 800MHz ??? or what’s the difference between them??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/2 "2003-06-12T20:01:52Z")
hyper threading ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/3 "2003-06-12T20:08:03Z")
but i heared that hyper threading doesn’t has 800 MHz bus or it has??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/4 "2003-06-12T20:20:29Z")
a friend also told me that both processors support HT! now i’m confused please help !!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/5 "2003-06-12T21:01:19Z")
hyperthreading ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/6 "2003-06-12T21:29:30Z")
oh, and i forgot to tell you that the 1st one has a system bus 533Mhz ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/7 "2003-06-12T21:40:51Z")
Well… Although 800mhz BUS speed is nice HTT makes the processor work faster, you would also need a new motherboard that supports an 800mhz BUS processor or else the 800 will be reduced to 533 (like your old one, so no gain there). I’m gonna dig into that more now that I think of it, I would like to know what the real difference is. _EDIT_ > Hyper-Threading enables one CPU to perform somewhat like a multiple processor configuration (SMT). This technology was implemented on Intel’s server CPU’s and is now finally coming to the desktop market. As you see, the CPU is going to be able to do more things at the same time. _EDIT_ The second one does NOT have HTT, the first one is the first CPU that has HTT and a cpu speed over 3ghz but only with 533. Intel is going to start releasing CPU’s with +3ghz, 800mhz bus and HTT later this year. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/8 "2003-06-12T22:20:26Z")
i searched and i found this: > **[Intel | Data Center Solutions, IoT, and PC Innovation](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html)** > > Intel's innovation in cloud computing, data center, Internet of Things, and PC solutions is powering the smart and connected digital world we live in. here, it says that The Pentium 4 processor with an advanced 800 MHz system bus and supporting Hyper-Threading Technology is available at speeds from 2.40C GHz to 3 GHz, giving breakthrough performance on a variety of desktop PCs† so maybe they are already out ! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/9 "2003-06-12T22:24:34Z")
actually, i’m going to buy a dell dimension 8300, i accessed dell’s website, and when i choose customize it, it only says Pentium® 4 Processor at 3GHz with 800MHz front side bus so, anyway, what’s the difference between 800Mhz bus and 533Mhz? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/10 "2003-06-12T22:32:46Z")
[http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2734725075&category=42163](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2734725075&category=42163) look, here they specify is 800MHz bus ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/11 "2003-06-13T06:11:47Z")
If you buy a dell, make sure you get a decent gfx card…dell seem to be bundling crappy integrated ones these days :x . ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-needed-buying-a-pc/23095/12 "2003-06-13T14:14:13Z")
It is a GeForce 4 64MB TV out