Intel - Processor heatsink paste

Advantages Extremely fast
Disadvantages Rather hot and expensive

...I needed an upgrade to an aging system that I bought a few years back and I decided to go for this beast of a CPU. After the package arrived I set to work installing. Inside the box was a Intel stock heatsink and fan with generic heat paste, and of cource the processor. The heatsink may be unuseful as many people use their own favourite heatsink with silent fans etc. But I do think that Intel have put a lot of work and research into this heatsink as it runs quiet and well within operating temperatures. The instructions with their little pictures were useful in describing how to put this processor in. After the easy installation I turned on my PC and was in awe of the speed! Hypertheading is new technology that is present on new Pentium 4's that allows better utilisation of the processors clock at all times, especially when... Read review

Advantages Less than £400
Disadvantages Slightly outdated for Performance

.... I then need to spend extra on a MS office which can cost another £120. Now I have a machine that costs £500 which I am finding hard to support my decision strongly to purchase this. On top of this no other extra's such as wireless router, printer were offered as part of the deal. The speed of the processor is not really that fast. The heatsink and fan is also noisier, and overheats faster compared to Intel based laptops I have had in the past. I have had this laptop for about a month and I have noticed noise at laptop start up and during the time Vista Home takes to load at the start. The webcam quality is not the best in terms based on the poor image definition and range of colours. For typing tasks using MS Word, the system seems to be a great deal slower than my Intel 3 Ghz Desktop PC at processing tasks i.e auto saving... Read review