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Those Prescotts are torches! I'm going to say this without looking it up first but I do believe that the new Prescotts are even hotter than AMD XP's, and definitely hotter than AMD64's. So if you're looking for a quiet box, might want to look at AMD.
Also, Prescott is actually being beaten by its predecessor at these speeds. A Prescott 3.0Ghz is currently slower than a P4 C at the same speed. Prescott isn't going to gain a performance advantage until they ramp the speeds up.
As far as prices for performance, you're most likely better off going with an AMD64 system. A better performing AMD64 will cost ya about $220 where the P4 processor runs about $289.
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