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Posted at 7:47 AM on Monday 08/30/10 by
Ben
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Buy.com has the Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz Quad Core Socket 1366 Desktop Processor for $309 with free shipping. This 130W 45nm CPU features 8MB of L3 Cache, Hyper-threading, a 3.06GHz clock speed, and a QPI speed of 4.8 GT/sec. [Compare]
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    NorthSouth - Posted 8:13 am PDT 08/30/10 (2611 Posts)  Report Spam

    Is this cpu powerful enough to browse the internet and send emails provided I don't do these two tasks concurrently?

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    NeoNatica - Posted 8:43 am PDT 08/30/10 (172 Posts)  Report Spam

    It is a tempting guess, but I'm gonna have to say as long as you're running 16GB+ DDR3 pc20k, you should hopefully be fine. But don't trust me completely on that #1.

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    nimbus - Posted 9:56 am PDT 08/30/10 (122 Posts)  Report Spam

    You should probably increase the fan speed of your system if you want to run those apps together. If you can comfortably talk while the fans are running, they need to be turned up. Enjoy your new chip!

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    snofrandy - Posted 4:37 pm PDT 08/30/10 (102 Posts)  Report Spam

    if you're close enough to a microcenter, pick up an i7-930 for $200. 200mhz difference is very neglegible

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