Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz Desktop Processor

Lightning-Fast!

Strengths: Speed, stability, ease of installation

Weakness: None thus far

With this processor and an ABIT IP35 Pro mobo, and a mere 2GB of DDR2-800 RAM installed, I obtained the highest Passmark performance rating (900) of any system I ever put together. I chose the Intel Core 2 Duo, rather than the Quad, because I wasn't certain whether the Quad had been on the market long enough to prove its potential superiority. I'm very happy with this CPU and the overall...
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With this processor and an ABIT IP35 Pro mobo, and a mere 2GB of DDR2-800 RAM installed, I obtained the highest Passmark performance rating (900) of any system I ever put together. I chose the Intel Core 2 Duo, rather than the Quad, because I wasn't certain whether the Quad had been on the market long enough to prove its potential superiority. I'm very happy with this CPU and the overall performance and stability of the system I built around it.

By alteridem1 - Oct 25, 2007

E6850 Review

Strengths: Fast, Relatively Low Power & Heat , Dual Core

Weakness: 1333FSB requires some newer boards and or bios

I coupled this processor with a MSI p35 board along with 2gb of patriot extreme ram and 2 Hitachi drives running in raid and what can i say the system is fast. Honestly the fastest system i have had. This is my first dual core and running multiple apps at the same time for the most part is much easier and more forgiving. Games run wonderfully with no lag and very fast load times due to the raid...
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I coupled this processor with a MSI p35 board along with 2gb of patriot extreme ram and 2 Hitachi drives running in raid and what can i say the system is fast. Honestly the fastest system i have had. This is my first dual core and running multiple apps at the same time for the most part is much easier and more forgiving. Games run wonderfully with no lag and very fast load times due to the raid and cpu. With intels price cuts at the moment there is no reason for anyone to no get this cpu at its price. I am and still are an AMD guy but at the moment buying an AMD CPU is not the best bang for your buck. So if you can wait AMD is promising a come back like they always do, if not then get this i am sure it will quench your need for power.

By pasta1234 - Sep 6, 2007

review based on stock performance

Strengths: Performs as expected of speed. Best performance when compared to AMD processors.

Weakness: None so far, since there aren't other brands of similar products to compare with. At this point in time, since quad cores are not needed, this processor is sufficient for everyday use and gaming.

Just a heads up, this processor boots as the 3ghz in bios, but will display lower speed in windows like around 2ghz when no applications are running. This is due to Intel Speedstep (saves power when speed is not needed) not defective product. It scared me at first when I saw my cpu monitoring application fluactuate from 3ghz to 2ghz within a split second.

By asilvernighta - Sep 4, 2007

beast CPU

Strengths: Fast, very fast

Weakness: I don't see it

As many reviewer had said, this is really Mr.flash in CPU market. If you are like me who hesitated between E6850 and Q6600, then just go for this one. You won't be sorry. It leads the industry for the Performance/Price ratio.

By pouralice2001 - Aug 21, 2007

Review of Intel Core 2 Duo E6850

Strengths: Fast, low temperature. Not too expensive.

Weakness: None so far.

I had just upgraded my desktop with the following components: - Intel Core 2 Due E6850 - Asus P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP - CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 650W - 2 x Crucial 2GB DDR2 804 Ballistix Kit - PNY Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB The first problem I ran into was the system not booting from my HD (Maxtor DIAMONDMAX10 300GB 7200RPM 16MB3GB SATA). It turned out that I had to remove the jumper that forced...
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I had just upgraded my desktop with the following components:

- Intel Core 2 Due E6850
- Asus P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP
- CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 650W
- 2 x Crucial 2GB DDR2 804 Ballistix Kit
- PNY Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB

The first problem I ran into was the system not booting from my HD (Maxtor DIAMONDMAX10 300GB 7200RPM 16MB3GB SATA). It turned out that I had to remove the jumper that forced the drive to SATA 1 speed (150 MB/sec). Once that jumper was removed, the installation of Windows XP completed successfully.

The next problem I had was that Windows XP did not recognize my Maxtor OneTouch III external drive when a FireWire cable was used. The drive was only seen when a USB cable was used. Not sure if this is a problem with XP or with the motherboard.

Anyways, the two problems above are not directly related to the CPU. Going back to the CPU, I was impressed with its speed and operating temperature. I'm using Intel's stock CPU fan and the CPU temperature is at 26C while fan is running at 2960 RPM.

The motherboard was running at little hot (55C) before I installed two 120mm chassis fan (1500 RPM). It's now at 40C.

Overall, I'm quite happy with this setup. Not too expensive. No major problems so far.

By gravis3000 - Oct 29, 2007