IBM POWER5+ 2.1 GHz processor board

Advantages: Good Value for money, attractive design
Disadvantages: No DVD drive

...This computer look aesthetically very good in a sleek black colour with unique IBM black casing, and for most desktop applications will work very well while remaining stable. The Celeron D processor is a resonable speed giving fast loading speeds and supporting the more processor intensive applications. The main disadvantage with this machine is that it doesn't have a DVD drive as standard, although these can now be purchased for as cheap as £10.00 if you look around on the internet (www.ebuyer.com is a good one!). As far as the high power demanding games go, the Celeron processors and intel boards are quite sufficient for most of your needs when combined with a reasonable graphics card. Overall recomendation: Great computer if you are on a low budget, or looking for something to build up on and improve over time!... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Dual Core, Fast Clock Speed, Overclocking, 4mb cach
Disadvantages: slower than the newer core 2 duo range

...I have had this processor for almost a year now, the price i paid at purchase was around £99. I have had no problems with the processor and it has worked well for me. I have this processor installed in the following rig and it has worked great for both gaming and work based activity. Rig: Processor: Intel Pentium D 945 / 3.4 GHz processor (This one) MotherBoard: Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe Ram: 3GB (3x1GB Sticks) Graphics: Nvidia 7600GT 256mb HDD: 2x250GB and a 160gb (all SATAII) Disk Drives: DVD-RW (Dual Layer) I use this system for gaming and the processor has done a very good job of playing games, Ripping and Burning music and movies and a lot of Compression and De-Compression. Processor Specs: Processor Type: Intel Pentium D 945 Clock Speed: 3.4 GHz Bus Speed: 800 MHz Cache... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Very Very fast
Disadvantages: Not ultra Cheap

...I have recently purchased an IBM NetVista which runs with an Athlon 1GHz.. This is one fast beast! Really really fast. I use a lot of processor intensive software and it really shows it's pace. Even in mundane tasks, such as comressing music or defreagging the Hard Drive, I am still amazed at the speed. It is a socket A, I am not sure if it is one of the new breed with performance enhancing cache memory closer to the processor or whether it is an older variant of the usual slot Athlon, as it is not described as a T-Bird. But i REALLY DON'T CARE!! I wouldn't need anything faster and I think that it would be hard to tell the difference too. Mind you, I built a computer a few months back which runs a T-Bird 850 and the speed difference IS noticeable! The thing is, as the new chips come out, the slightly older one drop in price. In that way... Read review

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