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Intel Pentium 4 w/ HT Technology Processor

Pentium 4 w/ HT Technology Processor

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Intel Pentium 4 w/ HT Technology Processor

  • Reviewed by: Dusty019

    12-22-06

    Duration of ownership: 2 Years

    Strengths: Fast, Stable, Solid performer

    Weaknesses:Older technology, Poor stock fan and heatsink.

    Overall Evaluation: I have had this chip installed on an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard for the better part of 2 years now, and it has been performing very well. The stock heatsink and fan are not the best. Any overclocking, or major tasking will make this chip heat up a lot. I would recommend a solid aftermarked heatsink. I personally installed a ThermalRight XP-90 heatsink, with a 92mm fan, and have had excellend performance and cooling, even under load. With newer chips, such as the Pentium D, and Intel Duo2, the technology is older on this chip. But, it still is a rock solid performer, and very reliable. I would purchase this chip again if I needed a basic single core chip, and would recommend it to anyone.

  • Reviewed by: sgtdisturbed47

    12-22-06

    Duration of ownership: 2 Years

    Strengths: Ran pretty cool using Arctic Silver 5, handled some fairly large programs (games, Photoshop CS2, assorted video editing programs), noticed a huge difference from my 1.6 GHz P4 which doesn't have HT.

    Weaknesses:Stock thermal goop leaked from the edges, had to pop it scrape it and use A.S. 5. Can handle large programs, but when it comes to compiling, extracting, and compressing, it can take a bit of time.

    Overall Evaluation: Used this CPU for 2 years, practically on all the time, not one BSOD. For basic gaming needs (BF2, HL2, Hitman: Contracts, settings on medium using an nVidia 6600 256 meg video card (limited by the video card, since it's AGP). Can get hot after a few hours of gaming or after a few large extractions/compressions. These days this is a Dinosaur, but as I said above, it served me well and did what I asked of it before I upgraded to an AMD X2 3800+, and since it uses DDR 400 memory, I was able to use the same memory for the upgrade. Buying it now would be silly, seeing as the Conroes are only 180 now, and DDR2 is about the same price as DDR.

  • Reviewed by:

    08-01-06

    Duration of ownership: 1

    Strengths: Great improvement from my 2.6 P4

    Weaknesses:HOT! My 2.6 ran a steady 28-32 degrees, 36 when fully loaded

    Overall Evaluation: I love how this is performing, havent overcloked yet but i assume it would work just fine. As many say, it runs a little hot, staying at 38-40 degrees with the stock fan. Shipping was very fast and economic. I do wish they had provided better packagin though, it was protected, but it could have been better :) Other than that I wil probably come back and buy stuff here again.

  • Reviewed by: Ironicus

    03-23-06

    Duration of ownership: 8 Days

    Strengths: It's running for half a year now :P

    Weaknesses:It's getting verry hot ! I'm a gamer and it almost always runs at 80 degrees. I think the speed of the processor will decrease because it get this heat...

    Overall Evaluation: I'm a gamer, I play World of Warcraft (with now problems though) Warcraft 3 ( No problems ) and Counter Strike : Source. But with CS:S I do get problems, It's like this: I start up my pc and it's starting to load MSN,Steam,winamp,Xfire and stuff the next thing is that Asus probe pops up noticing me that my CPU is over 80 Degrees. Because I got this problem for so long I always just exit asus probe. But when I'm playing CS:S I just got such low FPS that I can't stand it ( Like 20FPS at hard times) I do play it on 1280x1024(LCD) mode and with 2xAA and almost all settings on highest, but that should be no problem for my PC. Because my brother got a Intel Pentium 4 2,4 ghz proc. with a ati radeon 9800 pro videocard and 1024 mb ram. And he runs it easily... And I got Intel pentium 4 3.0ghz with a Ati x800 vid. card and also 1 gb ram. My PC should definitely be better but I don't notice it in any aspect. I think it's because of the proc. that runs to heat with his original cooler. So I suggest to just buy a new Cooler and game on with hope on some better fps which makes gaming a lot more fun.

  • Reviewed by:

    02-12-06

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: High speed, hyperthreading, intel quality

    Weaknesses:Price--older socket 478 style should have come down some by now.

    Overall Evaluation: I used this processor in my first ever ground-up computer build, very fast and so far am very pleased. I Dont understand about the heat issues I keep reading about, as I am using the stock-provided heatsink and fan and show cpu temps of 38 - 41 C at idle- but I am not a gamer so doubt if I approach anywhere near its limits. Easy install and is light years ahead & a major upgrade from my 4yr old 1.1ghz celeron - HP Pavillion. I have this installed on a D865PERL Intel motherboard W/2GB memory, in a coolermaster centurion mid case with two stock fans and entire front panel is perforated mesh for airflow, so this may help in the heat department. Has worked fine from first startup and is really fast and handles multiple applications easily. I have no regrets and would use again, although price could be lower as this is an older socket style soon to go south.

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