Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz Desktop Processor

Glad i bought should you wait or buy now

Strengths: -Core 2 Duo (65NM) -Speed -Dual Core -Overclocking ability -Large Cache

Weakness: -Price (but all things are relative)

-Bought two processors for two different builds. This is the second processor. Paired it with Gigabytes GA-P35-DS3R motherboard.- -First I opted not to use Intel's stock cooler. Paired it up with a Zalman CNPS9500LED. Not the best cooler on the market but pairs up well with this Core 2 Duos. -The processor itself is fast natively. Before I get into overclocking (I am currently testing stability...
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-Bought two processors for two different builds. This is the second processor. Paired it with Gigabytes GA-P35-DS3R motherboard.-
-First I opted not to use Intel's stock cooler. Paired it up with a Zalman CNPS9500LED. Not the best cooler on the market but pairs up well with this Core 2 Duos.
-The processor itself is fast natively. Before I get into overclocking (I am currently testing stability at stock speeds/RAM etc.)
-Setting up Windows XP Pro 64 bit edition took about 15 minutes, less if I'd noticed the user prompts.
-Everything I do from Virus scanning to defragmenting is quicker.
-Couldn't be happier with this processor. I was testing out the dvd player and the CPU's barely break a sweat.
-Testing the whole system with a P3 kill a watt meter really cemented my excitement as older Pentium 4 Prescott systems with less than 1/2 the performance from CPU & graphics card are similar to this new build with a much faster graphics card.
-Computing benchmarks programs like PCmark, rate it in the top tier.

My only complaint is the cost. And cost is relative. Compared to what we paid for the first Pentium 4's this is practically FREE. But knowing that the new 45NM's are right around the corner & will again have a price decrease...
-If I hadn't have bought this processor a few months back (three) i'd have probably decided to wait for Penryn's to come out.
WOULD DEFINATELY BUY AGAIN. MORE TO COME AFTER OC'd

By bdubslawman - Dec 1, 2007

E6750

Strengths: Speed, Price

Weakness: none

Love this processor. The first Core2Duo I've had and I'm completely happy with it. Runs fast, runs cool (even under heavy load). At the time I bought this it was the best bang for my buck. Quad cores were a bit outside my price range so this seemed like the next best option.

By Bisquick - Nov 19, 2007

sturdy processor

Strengths: Good specs for the price. Core 2 architecture is always a plus.

Weakness: Would've been nice to find this processor as an OEM item to save a few dollars.

This processor was easy to install and it came with a nice heatsink/fan. LGA 775 specifications mean this is easy to work with and hard to mess something up / break something.

By cantinaNW - Oct 3, 2007

Oh my goodness

Strengths: Speed, and cost

Weakness: I have yet to find any.

My last computer was built about 5 years ago so you can imagine the speed I am upgrading from to this speed demon. My old AMD was also giving me some stability issues so I went with this intel and for the last 5 days I haven't had a single problem. I haven't overclocked it as I am looking for long life and stability in my HTPC. The size of the cooler provided with the chip surprised me but it...
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My last computer was built about 5 years ago so you can imagine the speed I am upgrading from to this speed demon. My old AMD was also giving me some stability issues so I went with this intel and for the last 5 days I haven't had a single problem. I haven't overclocked it as I am looking for long life and stability in my HTPC. The size of the cooler provided with the chip surprised me but it keeps me running around 40 degees celsius. I plan on upgraded the fan to a slightly quieter and cooler solution but for now the stock suits me just fine.

installation was a breeze, unlike my amd but as expected with time comes easier install.

The price point surprised me because I recall paying at least 400 dollars for my processer 5 years ago at pretty much the same performance level back then.

I would very much reccommend purchasing this chip.

By enoddoeht - Aug 27, 2007

Great Processor

Strengths: This thing is an overclocking machine. 3.2ghz easily without adding voltage, could probably get 3.5ghz with no sweat. I haven't messed with voltages, but a popular website got this proc. to 3.92 with ease.

Weakness: Are you kidding? - None

With a bump of the FSB to 400, and no change in voltage you can toast the Extreme one-thousand dollar processor. What more could you ask for? Currently running P35-DS3P, with 4MB of Crucial Extreme ram with Vista.

By gwelch76 - Aug 8, 2007