While we were generally unimpressed with the performace of the 1.5 GHz Pentium 4,it does offer quite a bit of value because it is priced economically and offers and easy upgrade path to other socket 478 Pentium 4 processors like the 2.0GHz chip we are looking at today.

This particular Pentium4 2.0 GHz uses the Williamette core and fits into the Socket m478 formfactor. At the time of this review, the cost of this chip alone is comparable to the cost of your average whitebox system. With a street price of about $620 CDN now, this processor obviously isn't for everyone. If you want top end Intel performance it's about the only option you have because while the Northwood P4's have been announced, they're still in short supply.