Product ReviewsIntel Pentium 4 670 3.8 GHz (HH80547PG1122MM) Processor

Intel Pentium 4 670 3.8 GHz Processor

I purchased a dell 4700 for about two thousand dollars, 3-4 years ago, custom built online.. it was configured w/ the 2.6, for two hundred dollard more the 2.8, for two hundred dollard more I got the 3.0, I looked at the cost of the 670 3.8, but it was an eight hundred dollar step up and I couldnt afford it. Now that the dell 4700's are all but dinosaurs, I upgraded mine to the fastest single core processor, known to man.. the Prescott 670, with 2mb level2 cache and hyperthreading technology ( a process that utilizes a single core processor as dual processors ) What a night and day difference it has made, along with the 4 gigs of ram at 533mhz from Kingston, for less than 75 bucks for all of it on e-bay. If your still on a 915 chipset and feel like your underpowered, this, without a doubt is the best upgrade you can make, short of spending another 3 grand to get another computer, that again will be out of date in 3-4 years. When researching the Prescott processors, their referred to as ovens very frequently, the only reason technology went to dual and quad core wasnt for performance issues initially, it was because they couldnt control the heat dissipitation, I've added 2 more 80mm fans and run at 31 celcius, just use a fan controller and set to auto, or you cant hear yourself think. Great product for a quick and easy upgrade, took less than 5 minutes to triple my cpu's output, for like I said... less than 75 bucks.Read full review...

old, hot, and inefficient, but still viable as an upgrade and still fast!

I bought this CPU to upgrade to an Alienware M7700i (Clevo D9T/D900T) Laptop that I purchased elsewhere to its maximum operating specification as far as a CPU would go. Once installed, the CPU scored a top of 4.7 in the Windows Experience Index on Windows 7 Professional 32-bit. Although this CPU supported EM64T (Intel's fancy-schmancy name for AMD64, which is pretty much what it is), the drivers for this laptop were either nonexistant in Win7 x64, or were nonexistant for a 64-bit system otherwise. This CPU has no problem making use of 3GB of RAM otherwise and is very fast for its age.

the Pentium 4 670 was once considered to be a beast and a half of a CPU, only being topped by the 672 later on at the end of the Pentium 4's life, at the same clock speed of 3.8GHz but with virtualization support. This makes the 672 much more desirable, but also more expensive, even by today's standards. a 670 cost me close to 30 dollars, whereas at the time of this review, I can pick up the 672 for close to 50 if I really needed it... Please to be aware that pricing will vary and you will see different prices based on earthly location of both you and the item itself.

If you have any sense, you'll know these CPUs are both just upgrades for older systems that otherwise can't take anything newer, inevitably stopping the clock for what little time they're still good for until it becomes better-suited to replace the PC they were purchased for, or the computer itself becomes so obsolete that it can't run a modern operating system any longer (not the case if you're running Linux or BSD-flavored distributions.)

These suckers also run very hot... They're the hottest-running Pentium 4 chips to date, and in that sense they can also be called "inefficient" by today's terms, given the current quad-core and octo-core consumer CPU offerings and how fast they run compared to this. They're not recommended to be used if your computer has the stock Intel cooler. The laptop I stuck mine in was made around the same time as the 3.8 and supports it in BIOS... the heatsink is very burly in this respect. If you're going to be using this in a laptop like that, you should be sure the cooling is adequate. in a desktop system, you should buy an aftermarket heatsink to be on the safe side. a Hyper 212+ would be my recommended choice. If you haven't already, I'd also suggest maxing out the computer on RAM at this point, and getting a graphics card if using onboard video currently. These two things will help the CPU offload unneeded cycles faster, with the RAM upgrade, and will remove stress of onboard video from the Northbridge, which also controls your RAM and, in some cases, SATA/IDE bus and such. So, this will also slightly speed up your hard drive accesss times if this is the case, and that's a good thing if planning to or already having upgraded to Windows 7. These things, like with all earlier generation Pentium 4 chips back to the HT Northwood, run Windows 7 very well. Win7 makes full use of the hyperthreading support in every HT-supported P4 and uses it well.

So, if planning a final upgrade to that dusty tower in your home office, be sure your computer can take this upgrade, get an aftermarket heatsink (and use good thermal compound!), max out the computer if not already done, and go for it. As a last note I'd also suggest a power supply upgrade if also needed as well, just to be on the safe side.Read full review...

Great chip would get one again if I needed one.

I'm running an older Asus MOB P5N32 Sli Deluxe up graded from a 3.0 to this 3.8 for improved performance and the ability to run 64 bit. The processor has worked perfectly for about 2 months now and the improvement in performance is notable from the old 32 bit processor. On the Windows performance scale they provide it went from a 4.1 to a 4.9 so not to bad for an old system. I am very please with the new processor and if running an older system putting one of these in for the current price of under $30 you can't beat the performance boost.Read full review...

Perfect! God bless your business!

After reading the reviews for this processor, I decided not to go with the stock cooling, and bought a Zalman CNPS7700-Cu, at the same time as the processor. And I suggest that anyone buying this should consider a similar decision, the stock hsf just won'...

I love this processor, it's so fast. I upgraded to this, from a 2.4ghz celeron about 6 months ago, and wow what difference. I haven't had one problem with it. I hear about the Pentium EE, and wonder how it could be much better than this. Games run flawles...Read full review...

Fast CPU for Tired Old PC wakes it up. Upgrade from p-4 516 to p-4 970.

Incredible performance from outdated HP Compaq PC with Intel 910 chipset and Existing Pentium-4 516. PC is much faster and Will run W7 Pro 64 with P4-670 cpu.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: ebpcsolutions

Get your dimension 4700 Windows 10 ready

Windows 10 compatible (prior chip was not).

Noticeable performance difference from old chip (500s)

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: fcoronado74

not a gaming cpu

i bought this processor for a system build with dual geforce gts 450 video cards to play newer games, and it does not work well at all! while it would run an old tomb raider game and almost adequate for doom 3 it would not even touch crysis and the force unleashed 2 very bad performance, sold i resold it on ebay and bought a core 2 duo e8400 now i'm in business all of my games run fluently! so the bottom line is if you want to do spread sheets and listen to music or watch a dvd this is a good processor, if you are a gamer don't even waste your time! :o)Read full review...

Intel Pentium 4 670 3.8 GHz Processor

Processor meets or exceeds all expectations. Lighting fast with 2 or 4 Gigs of Ram. Exceptional with Intel,Gigabit or Asus mobo. One of Intel's best. I am happy

Great CPU for aging systems, esp when running atleast 4 GB of rm.

This is a very nice CPU, however was unable to use it in my Dell GX 280 PC because the mother oard does not provide enough power to drive the CPU.

Absolutely functional processor.

Absolutely functional processor. Was used like upgrade for old PC.I have not found any issues.Works perfectly.I have been using it for month and have no problem with it.I have overclocked it for 15% and still works fine.Read full review...