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Thread ID: 81789 2007-08-07 07:56:00 Best price for dual-core CPU? jermsie (6820) PC World Chat
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577715 2007-08-07 07:56:00 I'm probably building a new system in Brisbane at the end of the year and I'm curious.. what is the best dual core processor for a few hundred?

I hear Intel is the best at the moment...
jermsie (6820)
577716 2007-08-07 07:59:00 The cheapest is AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+, for less than $80.

For now the best value for a dual core CPU is Intel's C2D E6750 at less than $300 IMO.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
577717 2007-08-07 11:19:00 Intel Quad cores going for a song right now. Kinda really depends on your definition of cheap. beeswax34 (63)
577718 2007-08-07 11:43:00 Intel Quad cores going for a song right now. Kinda really depends on your definition of cheap.
True, although there is absolutly no need to go quad core yet. There is hardly any software out there that can utilize the use of quad cores, even dual-cores barely have any software actually making the most of the extra cpu power.

Here
(www.nzoczone.com) is a 3.0Ghz Dual Core AMD Athlon selling for $220.31
I sure wouldn't be complaining - and infact looking at upgrading to it lol!
Bozo (8540)
577719 2007-08-08 05:55:00 Look at it carefully, it does not include gst. If you add it up, you will get a higher price. msnforum (11610)
577720 2007-08-08 08:03:00 I'm probably building a new system in Brisbane at the end of the year and I'm curious.. what is the best dual core processor for a few hundred?

I hear Intel is the best at the moment...

If you're not doing it until the end of the year forget about any pricing you see now.
By the time the end of the year comes round the prices would have changed quite a few times.
CYaBro (73)
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