William_L
01/06/13
Experience: 1 Weeks
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-does its job
-cheap
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none
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for the price you pay, you really get the bang for your buck on this CPU. Does tasks ok but not reccomend for the hardcore pc gamers, however more for the buget pc build.
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Jon_D
12/31/12
Experience: 30 Days
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Cheap
Integrated GFX are decent
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Will need a GFX card for new games.
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For the price it gets the job done. Intel cooling seems to do the job. Make sure you keep all your wires away from the cooling fan as it is very open and would be easy to get a wire tangled in the fan - use ties!!
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Jim_L
12/26/12
Experience: 3 Days
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fast and works
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bad heatsink
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This CPU is fast. It works. The stock cooler is an old though.
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Jason B
12/22/12
Experience: 2 Months
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cheapp and gets the job done
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none
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This CPU is fast. It works. The OEM cooler is an old design, and I wish Intel would drop it's push-pin design. However, cooler is quiet.
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Captain Mazda
12/14/12
Experience: 1 Days
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Quiet, fast, and stable; perfect for HTPC
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None
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Using this for my new HTPC build along with an ASUS P8H61 and 8GB Corsair XMS3. Seems to be a good upgrade over the Q6600.
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Steven_R
12/05/12
Experience: 2 Weeks
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-fast
-reliable
-cool
-great cost
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-none
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Great for starter gamer PC or just home office use. Intel graphics are pretty decent for normal desktop use, outperformed an AMD HD5450 1GB low end card I had. The stock cooler keeps the CPU at a good temp. The CPU it self takes a low amount of watts compared to some AMD CPU's and perform as good and even better in certain application. At this price range it's probably one of the best CPU for the money. I got it in a bundle deal with a motherboard for 159.99 so it was well worth it. PC was for a friend and he enjoys it a lot!
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Danny_D
11/29/12
Experience: 1 Weeks
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Cheap! (100$)
powerfull (3.3 ghz)
hypertreading
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none but the fact it canot be overclocked
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bought this on sale to replace my old E7300 (2.66ghz core 2 duo) and is very impressed with it. coupled with 8gb of kingston hyperX memory and a GTX 650 Ti from asus, this is a very cheap gaming setup. running most games that came out in the last year on high with an average of 70 FPS. of course great for everyday buisness, but the real strenght of this monster is the games. scoring an average of 12% faster than the core I7-870 and 5% less than the core i7 2600k. i would recommend any time for a cheap gaming setup.
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Jérémie F
10/19/12
Experience: 18 Months
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Very good cpu for sub or light gaming
Good perfomance on encode and other general applications
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Poor overclocking range
Poor integrated graphics perfomance
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Would like to see hd graphics 300 on this
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FortyNinjaFISH
10/18/12
Experience: 1 Months
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easy install, decent performance
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none.
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if your building a budget or portable gaming pc this does the job. i am however have opted for running a 560ti as the main gpu. if your looking to run visually heavy games from the built in graphics core do some reviewing.
I think LinusTechTips on youtube has a few 'showdown' videos about GPU cores vs. dedicated GPUs.
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TimTamSlam
10/14/12
Experience: 2 Months
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-good performance
-decent price
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-none so far
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my first cpu for my first computer build, bought because of the lga1155 socket,i would be able to upgrade to i5/i7 later on.
i like it.
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Chris_G
10/08/12
Experience: 1 Months
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Cheap, relatively fast
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No overclocking, ivy bridge i3s are out now, i5s much faster
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Got this processor for a basic gaming machine, relatively fast for day to day things, games all run fine combined with a 6870. Ivy Bridge i3s are out now for basically the same price and a 5-10% increase in speed making this hard to recommend now. Solid processor in its own right.
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Tri_P
10/04/12
Experience: 30 Days
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Cheap, Fast, Acts like a Quad Core
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None
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I like this little cpu, it's a pretty quick little dual core. I recently put it into a regular everyday internet browser/school work computer for my sister-in-law. There won't be anything she throws at it that it won't be able to handle. Would make a decent entry level gaming cpu if that's what you are looking for. Can't complain about it so far, would buy again.
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dli21
09/10/12
Experience: 5 Days
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Good Performance for the price
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Runs a little hot
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This is a good cpu for the price. I'm satisfied with the performance, although it runs a bit hot when pushed, but nothing an average heatsink can't handle.
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Jagar_R
09/04/12
Experience: 1 Weeks
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Cheap
Quick
Built in IGP
Runs cool
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No real cons, besides the fact I got it at $132, and a bit after it was knocked down to $119.
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Got it for a budget mild gaming system. Not too many games are that core dependent, plus on a tight budget it was a good buy. The low price points also for future upgrades, without the remorse of selling your old more expensive processor for dirt cheap. Works just great, completely satisfied. The heatsink and fan was easy to install and gave no trouble.
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KrUsHeR™
08/24/12
Experience: 1 Months
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-quick little dual core
-price
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-none
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I like this little cpu, it's a pretty quick little dual core. I recently put it into a regular everyday internet browser/school work computer for my sister-in-law. There won't be anything she throws at it that it won't be able to handle. Would make a decent entry level gaming cpu if that's what you are looking for. Can't complain about it so far, would buy again.
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dht
08/12/12
Experience: 3 Weeks
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Noticeable little gain with overall performance
Affordable but still expensive
Build-in graphic processor
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Intel products are so overprice unless you're part of "retail edge program"
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This is a great processor for those doesn't want to spend much money to upgrade. The processor have an igp build-in, although not very powerful, a dedicated video card can be added if needed. Depends on your application and compromises, this processor could get the job done and save you a couple dollars for a small coffee.
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Zag
08/03/12
Experience: 5 Days
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Price !
Brand
Retail fan
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none yet
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This CPU is very good for surfing, office, home. I install Win7 quick. Avast scan got 57% of cpu so, it can run any other program while it scanning. Good cpu for budget. For gaming, ill recommend i5.
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lavalp
06/29/12
Experience: 2 Months
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-Excellent speed, beats the full line of AMD's CPUs in gaming benchmarks, even though you can't really overclock it.
-Doesn't get hot.
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-Cannot be overclocked over 3.5 ghz.
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At the price I paid (114.99$), I am completely satisfied with this CPU. Even though it's not a quad-core, it performs exceptionally well in games. At the time, I didn't feel like spending about 224.99$ for the 2500k as I'm not really into multitasking anyway.
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Joell_H
06/21/12
Experience: 20 Days
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A great entry-mid level processor.
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Intel... ;)
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This is a very good CPU and I don't regret going Intel... this one time. I've always hated the fan installation system on these but this one didn't give me any grief.
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Cannon Fodder
06/10/12
Experience: 3 Weeks
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Quick, quiet, cheap, & good video.
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None so far.
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I recently got one of these for a business computer build, and so far have been pleasantly surprised. Although this hasn't yet been extensively used, here's my early impressions.
Good:
- Inexpensive, i.e. I pricematched it to $115, which is pretty decent for a CPU.
- So far I'm impressed with how snappy the computer seems to be with this processor.
- Given that this build is strictly for business, and not running anything particularly intensive, the fan on the heatsink hasn't had to work overtime, and as a result, this thing is VERY quiet.
- I've also been somewhat impressed by the on-chip video this CPU provides, i.e. I've seen a previous version of Intel on-chip video, and have been rather underwhelmed, even for something as simple as surfing, but this CPU is actually pretty decent. Just don't expect it to be good for serious gaming.
Bad:
- For the price, and knowing the CPU's limitations, so far there's nothing to add in this area....
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Polemikos
06/03/12
Experience: 1 Weeks
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Solid Performance
Nice Temps
Hyperthreading
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None!
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Got this to power my gf's modestly priced gaming rig. Coupled with 4gb of Ram, an ssd and a gtx 460, this little system powers almost every game smoothly on high settings. I love this little processor almost as much as my i7.
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yucereal
06/03/12
Experience: 2 Weeks
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Intel, runs cool and runs the latest games with ease.
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None.
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I PM'd this processor for $117.10 before tax. Same price as an i3 2100 with 200mhz higher. Undervolted this processor by .12v and does not exceed more than 50C on full load on stock cooling.
I love this processor, games BF3 with ease on a large 64 map. Loses a few FPS against a Intel quad but for this price its a great proc.
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MG
06/02/12
Experience: 1 Months
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Processeur assez performent.
Prix intéressant en pricematch à 124.01$
Assez puisssant pour toutes les tâches.
Très peu énergivore.
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Ventilateur d'origine bruyant ce qui oblige de le remplacé par un autre refroidisseur ce qui fait en sorte que le coût total d'achat de ce processeur est moins intéressant. Le refroidisseur d'origine devrait être mieux que celui-ci puisque ce processeur n'est pas vraiment overclockable et l'investissemnt d'un HSF supplémentaire est inutile.
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J'ai acheté ce processeur pour utilisation général dans un second système. Pour la majorité des gens et même des joueurs il est plus que suffisant. Ce CPU n'est pas une bombe pour l'encodage video mais il est quand même capable des plus grosses tâches si le travail n'est pas urgent. Avec un refroidisseur d'origine plus silencieux ce processeur serait un des meilleurs achat sur le marché dans sa gamme de prix. Lors de l'achat de ce dernier ajouter un HSF plus silencieux;(
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Travis_C
05/07/12
Experience: 2 Weeks
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nice clock speed for core i3, hyperthreading, easy heat sink and quiet enough fan
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price premium over the 2100, HD 2000 graphics
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The heat sink is dead simple to install, and the fan is quiet since it doesn't typically need to run fast. Make sure to enable low fan speed (when at low temperature) in your BIOS to keep unnecessary noise down.
Compared to a core i5 2500 (with no overclocking), this is a good value option if you don't need 4 distinct cores much, plus the hyperthreading in this CPU somewhat compensates for that since the 2500 doesn't have hyperthreading. If you've got a graphics card to pair with this processor, the weaker HD 2000 graphics compared to the 2500's HD 3000 is not an issue. Also, if you don't play graphic intensive games or a lot of video work then the HD 2000 is easily good enough.
If you can get this processor on sale, it may be worth getting over the core i3 2100 if the prices are close. Since you can't really overclock this or the i3 2100, having the stock extra 200MHz over the i3 2100 is a decent boost (over 6%). Whether that justifies the price premium is your opinion. Personally I'd only get it on a sale.
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Peter_C
05/02/12
Experience: 2 Weeks
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Intel quality, built in HD graphics, fast dual core
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none so far
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Bought this processor for a friends build. Perfectly adequate for general productivity, plays video without a hitch and decent quality for entry level gaming. 7.1 out of 7.9 on Windows Processor Experience Score, 2544 PCMark7, and never got above 68c on stress test with stock cooler.
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Peter_M
04/18/12
Experience: 3 Days
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Good performance for an entry level processor, embedded graphics work quite well, comes with the cooler.
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None.
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For an entry level processor this is good value at slightly over $100 on sale. Nice speed, runs cool, features hyperthreading. Graphics are not bad, but it is not meant for an avid gamer. Great choice for a budget system with balanced, better than average performance.
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Paperweight64
03/26/12
Experience: 2 Weeks
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Worked great. Quiet.
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None.
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The fan was a lot quieter than another similar intel HSF I had earlier. Even at full load it is whisper quiet.
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Yvonsky
03/02/12
Experience: 1 Days
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Fast
Price
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None
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I bought this with a H61 motherboard and it runs pretty fast.
It's a very good cpu for a decent price.
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soul74
02/18/12
Experience: 9 Days
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Decent upgrade from Duo core LGA775
A step into the sandy bridge world.
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none so far
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I bought it as a combo with mobo decent price.As i say step into the sandy bridge world.Good for the budget gamer or for the home server builds.A little faster then some AMD processor.Of course no overclocking with this processor as that i know.
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Philippe_D
02/16/12
Experience: 1 Months
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- Processing Power-to-Cost ratio
- Good enough for the majority of users out there
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- Discrete graphics card is required for any decent gaming
- No overclocking ability
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I bought this for a friend's budget build.
He was looking for a non-gaming, focusing on school/MS Office, occasional web-surfing/video watching, and e-mail environment.
Does that profile sound like you or someone you're looking to buy for???
If so, the 2120 is all you'll really need. It has more than enough processing power to handle any generic task passed its way.
Friend loves his new computer. The stock Intel fan that comes with it is quiet enough for him. Heat should not be a concern because he won't be overclocking the CPU (because they're inherently not overclock-able).
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Tim_Q
09/18/11
Experience: 1 Weeks
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Fast
Hyper-threading
Efficient
Built in intel 2000 graphics
Decent factory cooler
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Not viable for overclocking
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Wow, I got this CPU as a 'cheap' processor for my home server build and it utterly destroys my 3yr old Desktops Core Duo. This cpu is very energy efficient, especially if the built in graphics aren't used. The hyper-threading makes it a great option for a cheap home server build. The factory cooler looks decent, lots of fins, very basic, but I opted for a larger quieter cooler because my home server will be running 24/7. Overall, this is a great performer even for what could be considered a 'budget' CPU.
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Eric_C
08/21/11
Experience: 30 Days
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very fast cpu, stock heat sink is very quiet good price point.
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still only dual core in a quad core focused market
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basically this cpu is faster then anything else that's not another sandy bridge. this cpu has a windows index score of 7.1, honestly this is a great cpu for anyone who's sick of AMD but doesn't want to spend the 250$ for an i5. Overall great buy could not be happier
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Marc-André_F
08/09/11
Experience: 1 Months
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-Best bang for buck in gaming
-Handles everything well even if it is a dual core
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-Not quad but hyperthreading technology will be soon the norm of every processors on the market
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I'm glad to have bought this amzing cpu for the price in combo with a mobo + 4gb ddr3 1333 of mushkin. Put an radeon hd 6850 and you get something that everything most of the games out there. Don't listen to amd's fanboy that try to convince you buy their x4 phenom... wait for bulldozer if you want to really have an upgrade in compare to the phenom series.
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B_F
08/05/11
Experience: 15 Days
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Runs cool
Fast little CPU
4 Threads, ohh yeahh!
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3MB Cache... (not really completely a con, but the G620 and G850 have 3MB cache - this could have 4MB for good measure)
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Fast little CPU for the coin. Sandy Bridge is the top of the line these days, and this entry i3 performs really well for a basic gaming machine. Even the Graphics are decent for basic 3d gaming without the need for a separate video card!
Would use again in a basic build.
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Aftcomet
07/07/11
Experience: 3 Days
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Fast, cool, uses little power. The perfect processor for 90% of people.
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Can't overclock.
Not worth the normal cost over the 2100. (I got mine on sale for $130, $5 more than 2100)
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This is a great processor. I don't recommend buying any i3 over the 2100/2120. Don't bother with the 2100T. It takes a severe performance hit for not much energy saved.
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