John, looks like P4 has a lot of clock speed headroom, power not that bad also. - Tony
For those of you who are lucky enough to have a shiny new Pentium 4 processor under the hood of your computer, you're probably already aware that the P4 runs very cool for the high frequencies it runs at. For example, the Pentium 4 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 GHz processors use up 48.9, 51.8, and 54.7W of power, respectively. Comparing that to the AMD Thunderbird Athlon processors at 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2 GHz, which use 60W, 63W, and 66W, you'll see that Intel has really gone the extra mile to ensure that their chips don't burn up within seconds if a cooler is attached wrong.
Although the Pentium 4 runs relatively cool, there's always a market for bigger and better coolers to help users overclock their chips to higher speeds. While it voids the warranties on the chips, many users are finding their expensive new Pentium 4's overclock exceptionally well, many users even breaking the 1.8 GHz barrier with their new chips. Over in Japan, they've hit over 2.2 GHz with current Pentium 4 chips. That's definitely exciting news.
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