I could see somebody paying $50 for this.

how do these compare to the i5?

i bet u for sure this thing is gonna cost $50 in about 5-6 months
when ppl realize this is like a celeron

200 for a 4ghz i7. I don't understand this crap.

"The Core i3 uses a 45nm manufacturing process and has a "FSB" rating of 2.5GTs. "
WTF are they talking about? 2.5Giga Texture/s? HUH? Fix this plz.

i'd just save the cash and get a quad like i7-920 or i5-750, these dualz are pass their time.

Here's the link on the i_ processors http://www.intel.com/consumer/products/processors/index.htm?iid=gg_play+learn_processors. As I read the spec, it uses 32 nm architectures, instead of the older 45 nm.

Great for a budget build (parents, relatives). Per Anandtech, "With the i3s you get a great dual-core chip that is competitive with AMD's Athlon II X4 line in many multi-threaded applications. AMD sacrificed its L3 cache in order to bring four cores down to reasonable price points. Intel's Core i3s start with two cores, a complete cache hierarchy, and give you Hyper Threading to improve performance in those multi-threaded scenarios. If you're doing a lot of video encoding or 3D rendering AMD's cheap quad-cores are going to be a better option, but for nearly everything else (gaming included) you'll be better off with the Core i3."
Bam...

burp the core i3, get a higher power core 2 duo for gaming purposes

+1 to #9

another +1 to #9

I'm still running a socket 939 AMD FX-60, and I can play all of the latest games at 1920x1080 with AA turned on.

This is more CPU power than most people can even use (web browsing, facebook, email, etc).
About the only think most users have on thier computers that can use this much CPU power, is all the viruses, trojans and spam emailers.

I predict that these faster cpu's will result in even more spam cloging everyones email.

That bolsheet sounds it's coming from a non-gamer.

GT/s = GigaTransfers per second

#14, most people are NOT gamers (playing solitare or simple on-line games doesn't count). That's why most computers are bought with cheap video cards.

Same goes for most business computers. Once the price comes down on these, it should make for some really cheap desktops. Would be a huge improvement over the old P4 systems that are still in use in my office.

Interesting Ben listed it as the "Latest Camcorder Bargains"
Given the 1156 mobo are high and need DDR3 ram... While do any 1156 include onboard graphics, I'm not seeing any? You'll drop what $300 for a running i3 (and more if a VGA card is needed)!

To me you'd better getting the $99 AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.6GHz AM3 95W, a 785G that are only $50-70, and 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 for $75 that saves on all of it, and most wouldn't realize or notice a performance difference and you get great onboard graphics!
But most of all your wallet would be liking you!