General Comments on Processors Reviews

When you are after that little bit extra performance from your computer. Thoughts go one of either two ways. 1) Buy a new PC, 2) Upgrading. The first option can be expensive, but you do get a nice new shiny PC, which will almost definitely be faster/better/newer etc. But by upgrading your current system, better performance can be ...  Read the complete review

Intel Pentium 4 Processors are now almost at the 3ghz mark as you can see from the Intel quote below "The Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, now available at 2.80 GHz, is the next evolutionary step for desktop processor technology. Based on Intel® NetBurst? microarchitecture, the Pentium 4 processor offers higher-performance processing ...  Read the complete review

Hi, This is my first opinion, and on the result of it, i will decide if to continue to write or not. So.... if you have to buy a pc, one of the most important piece that you need, is the processor. It's the "heart" of all, here; every data, every information enter in it, is processed and exit as results. ...  Read the complete review

My opinion is that today Amd is the best. Why? First: there is high quality, certainly. Second:With all applications and with 2D and 3D softwares and games is very good. Third: low prices. There is a good price difference between Amd and Intel and it’s very good for me. Overclock Amd cpu offer a great ...  Read the complete review

I have just had to build two computers at work. One department wanted a AMD Athlon 1.2 Gb system and the other a Intel Pentium 4 1.3 Gb. Firstly I must say that it was a nightmare building the Intel Pentium 4 1.3 Gb. Firstly I had to locate a Intel motherboard which I have only found a few options on. I have had to us a Intel board, as other ...  Read the complete review

The processor by its very nature is an essential component in any PC. Until recently Intel was the leader in terms of processors but over the last few years AMD have fought their way in to the market and established a large share of it. Once upon a time there was only one make of processor on the market, all you had to do was pick your ...  Read the complete review

Over these past few years AMD has really come into the lime light but Intel are expecting a lot from its new Pentium 4. A couple of years ago a high performance PC would have set you back for around £3000 and just about two years ago for around £2000. At this modern age to get your filthy hands on a high spec PC you will need around £1500. ...  Read the complete review

So, I took my AMD K6-2 and sent it packing... but I didn't want to go back to Intel just yet. I like to think of the AMD Duron as an Athlon with a reduced cache. It still has more cache than a comparable Intel Celeron processor, has a more advanced internal architecture, is built with a .18 micron aluminum die-casting process for more speed ...  Read the complete review

Today the rate that processors are advancing you spend a fortune on one and it's outdated virtually the next day. They just seem to be getting faster and faster with all these companies that are in competion with each other. But do we really need the best all the time and have to spend fortunes on the best up to date processors. I don't ...  Read the complete review

Wondering which processor to upgrade to? Which is the fastest? or just curious? then you've come to the right place. This is the TzunamiBodgeIT guide to processors!!! AMD AMD are my personal favourite at the moment. They are relative newcomers, and break years of intel dominance in IBM compatibles (basically a fancy way of saying ...  Read the complete review

If you are using a socket A Athalon Thunderbird or Duron chip, the most important thing is to remember to buy an approved heat sink. Why you may ask, as you can get a heat sink, which will fit for £3, and an approved one may cost £9. Well if you look at these chips, you will see that they are not flat, the central surface of the ...  Read the complete review

Somebody once said to me "buying a computer is a lot like making love to a hedgehog; it can be a painful expierience if your not careful." For people who can afford to spend £800+ on a computer there are plenty of companies who have made the task simple and this is definatly not the case but when you don't want to spend all your ...  Read the complete review

This is a word of warning to all people out there who are about to buy a new computer. The tendency for people who are getting their first computer is to buy one with an Intel processor. There is nothing wrong with this but most people’s assumption is that Intel processors are the best, this is true but AMD processors are just as good, but ...  Read the complete review

Cheap Powerful gaming computer for £500 or less This is a brief article on how I built myself a great games machine . My old Pentium 3 - 450 / Voodoo 3 - 2000 unit was struggling with the modern games , my F1 cars were behaving more like Nova's and Lara Croft was sagging a bit and looking breathless so I decided ...  Read the complete review

Want the faster processor, but at a no extra cost? Silly question really, but it really is easy. Previously overclocking has always been thought of as some sort or mysterious voodoo art as people pushed their Pentium 133 right up to 150Mhz. Well, in the modern day the gains are potentially much larger. The coppermine, one of ...  Read the complete review

There was a time when I'd have bought a processor upgrade like these but those days are now long gone. Today the cost of doing such an upgrade outways the benefits that an upgraded machine can bring. It's cheaper to buy a new motherboard and a new processor in many cases with a better overall performance upgrade. Why change the processor ...  Read the complete review

It seems like forever since INTEL have been the market leader in producing state of the art processors. First it was the Revolutionary Pentium Chip that took over from 486 technology. Then Pentium II came along and pushed the limits further. Now Pentium III has advanced to a new level of computing. But wait.... AMD Athlon seems to be the new mover ...  Read the complete review

Stop it you fools, why should the Athlon, Durons, P3's and the soon to arrive P4's running at excess of 1Ghz interest anyone? There is absolutly no reason why it should. The main arguement in this direction is that of the software requirement, but what about the bottle-necks in the hardware? It has long been the case that disk access and ...  Read the complete review

I have just recently purchased a brand new computer with a 500mhz processor. In my opinion its great and i love it, it boots up with great speed, opens documents with pace and games run smoothly. When i heard that they were bringing out a 750mhz processor i just thought how stupid, there are no games, software or hardwar around at the moment which ...  Read the complete review

The Evergreen Spectra range of CPU upgrades are a brilliant piece of kit for people like myself who have an old PC and a limited budget and cannot afford a new CPU, new motherboard and new RAM. They are available in 233, 333 and 400Mhz versions and the installation process is very, very simple indeed, with the upgrade simply slotting straight in ...  Read the complete review