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Intel Pentium 4 550 3.4GHz / 1MB Cache / 800 FSB / Hyper-Threading / OEM / Socket 775 / Processor

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Item Number: CP2-P4-550 C
Model: JM80547PG0961M
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Intel® Pentium® 4
Socket 775 Processor with HT Technology

Intel introduces the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with HT Technology targeted for desktop PCs and entry-level workstations. This Pentium 4 processor features 800MHz FSB and 1MB cache in the LGA775 package. This new package is pin-less and implements a 4 wire fan control for improved thermal acoustics. This Pentium 4 processor is designed to deliver performance across applications and usages where end-users can truly appreciate and experience the performance. These applications include Internet audio and streaming video, image processing, video content creation, speech, 3D, CAD, games, multimedia, and multitasking user environments.

With Hyper-Threading Technology, desktop users can experience greater system responsiveness and performance when multitasking. At home, users can encode audio and video at the same time or run a virus scan in the background without diminishing performance on their favorite game. In the office, Hyper-Threading Technology enables IT managers to deploy PC services such as encryption, compression or backup technologies while minimizing the impact on PC user productivity. The Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology delivers a new level of performance and PC responsiveness for consumers and business professionals.

Hyper-Threading Techonology
The Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology (Hyper-Threading) improves processor performance and responsiveness, giving you the power to do more tasks on your PC at once such as playing a game while encoding digital music. This groundbreaking technology from Intel enables the processor to execute two threads in parallel. So your you can multitask more effectively than ever before.

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Specifications

  Processor Interface:  Socket 775
  Processor Class:  Pentium 4
  Processor Speed:  550 / 3.40GHz
  Cache Size:  1MB
  Bus Speed:  800MHz
  Fan:  Not Included
  Additional Technologies:  Hyper-Threading
Customer Reviews and Rating  
Customer Rating:    5
Customer Reviews: 2

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Value 5.0
Features 5.0
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Reviewer:  Verbinden on  May 26, 2006
Customer Rating:    5.0
Value 5.0
Features 5.0
Quality 5.0
Performance 5.0

I love this processor. I've had it since July of '05. Looking back though, I think that maybe I could've gotten a better deal, but still I don't regret buying this processor. The speed on this puppy will satisfy most anyone. Unfortunately, it can get hot. The stock HSF is junk, don't even think of relying on it. I bought a Zalman CNPS7700-cu and some arctic silver 5, and idles at a decent 48c. Under load it can reach high 50s. I have good ventilation in my case, so it's possible, if you don't, you could get higher temps. Overall, very good, fast processor, but with the Pentium Ds out now you could get more ''bang for your buck''


Reviewer:  Nick on  Dec 10, 2004
Customer Rating:    5.0
Value 5.0
Features 5.0
Quality 5.0
Performance 5.0

The best processor chip on the market right now, plain and simple. If you're a gamer like me this is a must have. Once you enjoy the additional boost of the hyper threading technology you will never go back to a conventional processor again.


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Heat Sinks - Many Shapes & Sizes!
A heat sink (or heatsink) is an object that absorbs and dissipates heat from another object using thermal contact (either direct or radiant). Heat sinks are used in a wide range of applications wherever efficient heat dissipation is required; including for CPUs, Memory, Video Cards, and more.

Heat Sink Shapes Change!
Many products come with a Heat Sink, and some with a combination Heat Sink and Fan.  Keep in mind though, that manufacturers are constantly improving the design of their cooling components, thus the shape and design of the heat sink or heat sink & fan can change on any product at any time.

PLEASE NOTE:  Cooling Components Can Change At Any Time, And Do Not Affect The Performance Or Specifications Of The Product.

How Do Heat Sinks Work?
Heat sinks function by transferring high temperature thermal energy (heat) from one object (such as a CPU chip) to a second object (such as the Heat Sink), which has a lower temperature, with a much greater heat capacity. This rapid transfer of heat quickly balances the temperature of both devices, lowering the temperature of the first.  This is what makes a heat sink a cooling device. Since room temperature is usually cooler than the hot device, the Heat Sink helps cool the device, lowering its temp to closer to room temperature.

The most common design of a heat sink is a metal device with many fins or vanes. The high thermal conductivity of the metal combined with the large surface area of the fins does the work to rapidly transfer heat to the surrounding, cooler, air. This cools the heat sink and whatever it is in contact with.  Some Heat Sinks use the metal alone for cooling, some use fluids (just like you car radiator) and a thermal interface material (such as thermal gel) to ensure maximum heat transfer to the heat sink. Adding a fan dramatically improves air flow, and improves the heat transfer even more.

Remember The Thermal Paste!
Remember that when you are adding a Heat Sink, you MUST USE thermally conductive Gel or Paste, to form a good thermal contact between the Heat Sink and the Device.  Failing to use this will result in reduced cooling, and possible failure and damage to the device! 

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  Hyper-Threading Technology

Hyper-Threading Technology enables multi-threaded software applications to execute threads in parallel. This level of threading technology has never been seen before in a general-purpose microprocessor. Internet, e-Business, and enterprise software applications continue to put higher demands on processors. To improve performance in the past, threading was enabled in the software by splitting instructions into multiple streams so that multiple processors could act upon them. Today with Hyper-Threading Technology, processor-level threading can be utilized which offers more efficient use of processor resources for greater parallelism and improved performance on today's multi-threaded software.

Hyper-Threading Technology provides thread-level-parallelism (TLP) on each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, resource utilization yields higher processing throughput. Hyper-Threading Technology is a form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT) where multiple threads of software applications can be run simultaneously on one processor. This is achieved by duplicating the architectural state on each processor, while sharing one set of processor execution resources. Hyper-Threading Technology also delivers faster response times for multi-tasking workload environments. By allowing the processor to use on-die resources that would otherwise have been idle, Hyper-Threading Technology provides a performance boost on multi-threading and multi-tasking operations for the Intel NetBurst® microarchitecture.

This technology is largely invisible to the platform. In fact, many applications are already multi-threaded and will automatically benefit from this technology. However, multi-threaded applications take full advantage of the increased performance that Hyper-Threading Technology has to offer, allowing users to see immediate performance gains when multitasking. Today's multi-processing aware software is also compatible with Hyper-Threading Technology enabled platforms, but further performance gains can be realized by specifically tuning software for Hyper-Threading Technology. This technology complements traditional multi-processing by providing additional headroom for future software optimizations and business growth.

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Warranty provided by: TigerDirect.com/I
Limited Warranty: 12 months parts; 12 months labor
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