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However, that year is quickly evaporating and the Athlon 64's integrated memory controller, 64KB instruction and data caches, and up to 1MB of L2 cache, certainly put the heat on Intel at its launch. AMD's roadmap was marching on and it was time for Intel to answer. There is no question this CPU, like the Opteron sibling Athlon 64 FX, is an expensive server class processor targeted at the high end enthusiast desktop market.

Intel's only immediate countermeasure for that integrated Athlon 64 memory controller, was fattening up on chip cache, bringing similar latency reducing results. Integrating a memory controller is a risky business that Intel didn't want to engage in again any time soon, since it means pigeon-holing the CPU to a specific memory architecture, a lessoned learned from their trials and tribulations with RDRAM.

Instead, once again Intel took the brute force approach with the P4 EE. The promise of Prescott was waiting in the wings and today that wait is over. Today, we're going to give you a look at the features and performance of the new Pentium 4 3. In addition, Intel has given the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition a bit more gas, releasing a 3. In the pages ahead, we'll show you what both of these new Pentium 4 processors can do versus the best of what the Athlon 64 has to offer.

Specifications of the Intel Pentium 4 Prescott Processor Larger caches, optimized branch prediction, deeper pipeline and a 90nm process Clock speeds starting at 3. The P4 Extreme Edition can be summed up fairly quickly.

Think of it as a Northwood core Pentium 4 on steroids. Comments: This processor is awesome. My system: 3. Sold by: Newegg Shipped by Newegg. This item is currently out of stock and it may or may not be restocked. Out of Stock. Add To Wish List. Are you an E-Blast Insider? Get Educated. Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3. Learn more about the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3. I will start my overclocking on this one as soon as I get my new cooler. Overall Review: I just noticed they raised the price again so buy quick it is worth the money.

Pros: Runs great in my Dell Inspiron Laptop, replace a 3. Cons: Runs hotter then the Northwood, even with artic silver applied at full load its gotten up to 65c still thats only 5c more then the northwood and not bad for a laptop. Overall Review: I feel special to get a chip that was bucks a year or so ago for only 99 what a steal! Pros: No problems. Have done a stress test for an hour, no overheating. I have an old heatsink that's currently rubberbanded onto the CPU, and it's running fine.

Cons: There are no cons to this, besides the price being ub3r high for 3 years. Glad I got it for 99, I see newegg keeps raising it, and it's still elsewhere. Overall Review: For an upgrade for socket, going from a 2. This is a must have for anyone with an older motherboard looking for those last few ounces of power.

Pros: "Runs much cooler than my 3. Overall Review: compared to my 3. WOW i remember this sucker use to cost about bucks back in I use to have a 2. Runs everything full maxed out. Cons: AMDs higher end are somewhat better than the the 3. Sold by: Newegg Shipped by Newegg. This item is currently out of stock and it may or may not be restocked. Out of Stock.