Intel Pentium D 935 / 3.2 GHz processor

Advantages: very fast, capable processor, very cheap
Disadvantages: faster fan needed for overclocking

This is an extremely capable mid range processor. If you are looking to upgrade your computer to a very good standard without having to pay hundreds of pounds then this is the processor for you. I have had this processor for just over a week now and it has proved to be very good. The 3.20 GHz clock speed is extremely fast and is capable of running most applications to a very good speed. Also the fact that it is dual core has really impressed me. ...
...2x2mb cache on this which is very good, you would get better with the £300+ processors but for this price it is very good. I have this set up with an as rock motherboard and 1 GB of ddr2 667 MHz memory. This runs very well and is very smooth for intensive applications such as video editing. This processor is a socket 775 one which you need to be careful of when buying your motherboard. Another question that I had before it came was the heat sink ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent games processor, very fast, stable, quiet
Disadvantages: not very overclockerable - I managed 3.4GHz and thats on a gaming motherboard

I bought this processor for my computer as an upgrade with a motherboard (ASUS 975 chipset). I would recommend this CPU if you are not going to overclock it as it really isn't any good, coz the most I got out of it was 3.4GHz on the standard cooler and 3.5GHz on a zalman flower CPU cooler. Bear in mind I am running a gaming ASUS 975 chipset motherboard - with stability and overclocking features and still only managed 3.5GHz and it wasn't 100% stable ... Read review