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Part Three: A Closer Look...

Some of the following images are taken from our 2.2NW review, the presentation of the chip is identical.

The image above doesn't really portray the size of the Pentium 4's. It's been stated many times but coming from an AMD based setup you will surely be surprised at how small these CPU's really are. Intel have used their familiar heat spreader to cover the core of the chip, a wise move in my opinion as not only does this provide better heat dissipation for the core, but also prevents woe filled tales of crushed or damaged cores; this won't happen when you buy Intel.

As we have noted before, externally at least, the package is the same as previous incarnations of the Pentium 4.

Intel also provided us with their heatsink and fan, the unit that has rapidly become known as the 'stock cooler'.

It certainly is a great little device, the relative ease of installation is clearly streets ahead of AMD's cumbersome clips. A simple push down on the bracket that surrounds the CPU socket and the firm push of two levers in opposite directions and the unit is installed. It's far easier and certainly less hair raising than of the more extreme AMD based solutions we have reviewed in the past!

If one had to berate the unit in some way then clearly the supplied fan is the downside of the package. Rated at just over 2000RPM this is certainly not what we have come to expect from HSF manufacturers offerings. However this does the mean the unit makes little noise which makes a real difference during operation in my opinion. Clearly Intel have provided a quality unit that will keep the CPU inside safe thermal parameters, we can hardly expect them to cater for the die-hard overclocker!

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