Advantages: Very fast with dual core great for games and editing videos or images
Disadvantages: The fan supplied is quite loud but you can change it.

...When I was building my computer at the start of summer I took allot of thought into what case and what motherboard and ram I needed so the first thing I got was a case and psu (power supply unit) both from maplin and cheap. When I went looking for a motherboard the next day I was not planning on buying an Intel one or a cpu but I am glad I did. The reason I did so was because he said it was one of the best out. So I had my dual core CPU after about a week of finding the other parts i started to install windows to my horror the hard drive I bought off eBay started to make a strange noise. it had to be sent to Holland for repair but as soon as I got it back and installed xp windows it worked very fast and reliably and I have not real problems with Intel Pentium D 945 / 3.4 GHz processor at all I am glad I stuck with Intel instead of amd I... Read review

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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

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Advantages: Speed, Price.
Disadvantages: Old Technology, Power consumption.

...Introduction: As Intel continues to offer new technology processors at very affordable price, the older technology processor's price has fallen dramatically to a very low level. The prices for processors are at record low level. This has helped the end user to build some inexpensive systems using the high end processors of the last generations. Although one generation behind in core architecture, the Intel D945 processor is able to perform excellently. Architecture: The processor is based on 65 nm fabrication process, which is common to Core 2 Duo's as well but has a different core architecture compared to that of Intel Core 2 Duo processors. It is based on, not so popular Net Burst architecture.It is dual core, for sure and fits in any motherboard having LGA775 socket. General Information: This processor runs at a whopping speed of 3.4... Read review

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Advantages: Performs Well
Disadvantages: Expensive

...I wrote this a while, back so I am now publishing it on ciao but it is still fairly up to date. I spend a long time writing this. 1 hour: After a simultaneous processor release early in 2002, both Intel and AMD are settling back into the standard pattern of trying to beat the other to the punch. Intel impressed us with the Pentium 4 Northwood, as well as jumping a full 200 MHz with the Pentium 4-2.2 GHz. AMD followed this up with their Athlon XP 2100+, which once again had the juice to slip by the fastest Intel had to offer. The last shot was fired by AMD, so naturally it should be Intel's chance to step up to the plate. And from first glance, Intel seems to be carrying a mighty big bat. With the release of the Pentium 4-2.4 GHz we're seeing yet another 200 MHz speed increase from Intel, which puts even more pressure on the Athlon XP... Read review

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Advantages: They are very powewrful processors
Disadvantages: Too expensive

...I'm not if AMD have done this but Intel definitely have. When they introduced the PIII 450 MHz for the first time, they did not mention to the public that it was only 10% faster than it's little brother the Pentium II 450MHz processor. When the gigahertz processor was introduced, it was tested by a popular computer magazine. I found the results to be surprising. In some areas of performance the Gigahertz processor was SLOWER than the 850 MHz processor. When ever a new processor is introduced it is always overpriced. This overpricing is not little it is ridicously high. A month or two after the release the prices drop massively. Then soon after a new processor is introduced, faster and more powerful. When this show will end who knows. These very powerful processors don't even operate to maximum performance because of the operating... Read review

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Advantages: Much faster clock speeds, good for games and multimedia applications
Disadvantages: A bit expensive, tricky to upgrage from an existing Pentium chip

...Intel made the first ever showing of the Pentium 4 chip at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas last Christmas. Pentium 4 based systems currently run at 1.4 and 1.5GHz, they are now appearing in brand names like Dell, Gateway and IBM. This was a key release for Intel as they were facing though competition from their competitors especially AMD. Presently, the AMD Athlon processor costs half the price of a Pentium 3 and performs better in almost every area. Rumours have it that the first Pentium 4 chips are not as fast as the current 1GHz Athlon, and are slower than the 1.2GHz Athlon system with DDR memory. However, the 1.5GHz Pentium 4 chip is excellent for playing games and multimedia devices. PC manufactures have complained about the high costs involved in making a Pentium 4 chip. They may have a point but whenever a new... Read review

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Advantages: a lot
Disadvantages: n0

...Hi, I'm Alligator. And i want to present you my new opinion about Intel Pentium 4. Some month ago I usually asked my friend why they wanted to by new Intel Pentium 4. And they usually told me that the 4th has capacity that necessary today then it has the power for the most modern internet programs, fast speed for creation and edition audio and video materials. Then Pentium 4 has production platform that provides submersion in 3d world. But in general they are right but now I can tell you more exact about this high power processor because I made sure myself when I bought Intel Pentium 4. At first there are four types of this processor they are 1.3 GHz, 1.4 GHz, 1.5 GHz and 1.7 GHz. And it has a lot of new advantages. For example in the games: 1. Capacity that allows synthesizing more detailed images 2. To raise the realism... Read review

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Advantages: Great Price, Value for money
Disadvantages: It is not dual core, Single core processors are becoming out dated

...I have used this processor in my media centre when i built it up. I feel that it is excellent value for money. It comes with everything you need for you to install it into a lga 775 socket, the fan and heatsink already come supplied with thermal paste applied. It is very easy to install into a socket 775 and uses conductive pads instead of the old pins. I would say it took me about 15mins to install mine and it works brilliantly. It runs at an average temperature of about (34 degrees celcius) this really depends on how much other cooling you have in your case. This processor uses intels hyper threading technology which helps it along when you are doing very processor intensive tasks e.g. video encoding. This processor runs very stable at 3.2 ghz and I have not tried overclocking it yet as i have no need for a media centre. I have... Read review

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Advantages: Dual core is usefull for concurrent applications and processor is reliable
Disadvantages: FSB speed a bit low for high spec games

...The Pentium D 945 is a nice little processor that I am currently running in my system. It has been working nicely now for about 4 months and I have no complaints over it. The 3.4Ghz dual core is fast enough for any basic applications that you might want to run. I am currently a computing student and have been using this processor for running concurrent applications and it has handled anything i have thrown at it beautifully. The FSB (Front Side bus is rated at 800Mhz ) which is quite good but if you are after something for a gaming machine you would probably want higher than this such as the 1066Mhz of the Core 2 Duo processors. The heat sink that comes with the processor is a good size and provides adequate cooling for most purposes but i don't think it will handle the cooling too well if you overclock the processor. I run... Read review

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Advantages: VERY HIGH SPEED IN PROCESSING
Disadvantages: : MAKES NOISE.

...I got this just for two reasons; the number one reason is that my other Intel seems to be outdated and the number two reasons is that I wanted a more advanced and faster processor for my PC gaming so I had to buy this for these reasons. The processor comes in an orange packed colour with blue stripe at the edge of the pack and also with an instruction, heat stick and fan for cooling down the temperature. The processor makes it outright for easy installation and application so no problem when it comes to installations and ease of use. The Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHZ socket 775 CPU has hyper technology and I think that was the best processor computer product I could find in the market and I decided to buy it after a long battle between Intel and athlon processor on which one to buy. The Intel processors that I have been using have been good... Read review

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