Intel Pentium® 4 540, 3.2 GHz (bx80547pg3200e) Retail Processor

Pros: Outruns processors running $500 more in price.

Cons: Runs hot at the higher end of the GHz spectrum.

The Bottom Line: The Bottom Line loves having a processor at 4GHz!

Review: Intel switched from the Northwood core to the Prescott core within the past year, and the first processors to ship with this core met with mixed results. The processors were found to be very thermal intensive, meaning that they produced vast amounts of ...

Pros: Typical Intel performance- excellent

Cons: Heat, heatsink installation and quality, did I mention it runs hot?

The Bottom Line: This is a great processor to move your machine into the year 2005, but be careful when designing your system around this heat monster.

Review: There is already an excellent review on the performance capabilities of this processor, so I will give my best subjective opinion on this processor and you can check out the other review for the technical information. I’m going to talk about the ...