The Intel Pentium 4 processor has come a long way in the last two years. These days, if you want a top of the line system, it's going to have a Pentium 4 inside. Yes, AMD's AthlonXP 2700+ and 2800+ processors are just as powerful, its just that they're almost impossible to find for retail sale while the P4 2.8 GHz has been easily available since its' introduction.
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And what's the price ?

I just buy a Pentium 4 2Ghz last week :lol:

P4's are still too expensive. Maybe I will wait. In the meantime I put a 2GHz Celeron into a Gigabyte board a few days ago & overclocked it to 2.66 this evening. Seems solid so far.

yeah i might buy a P4 processor after they release their first processor with Hyperthreading
hell cool eh!

460.00 see here _http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?DEPA=1&submit=manufactory&catalog= 343&manufactory=1157&description=&page=3

hello,

I just install a pentium IV 2.0Ghz yesterday in a new Asus P4S533 + a 512 megs of DDR 333 and all is working nice. No need to reinstall XP, just a repair option.

The Pentium IV 2.0 GHZ cost $310 cdn here and a Pentium IV 2.4 GHZ cost $800 ! Really a big difference to have a FSB of 533 ;)

Yeah, I agree with McoreD. But what I'm looking forward is to see the first Intel Processor with 0.09Micron Technology. It'll be dead fast. :o

eh i dont have the money i could buy a mobo + athlon xp 2400 for that much :D