Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 review

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Reviewed by: Rich Brown

Reviewed on: 27 July 2006

Tags: intel, fans, cache, requirements

We like:

Most cost-efficient chip on the market; low power consumption makes it cooler, quieter and easy to use in smaller PC designs

We don't like:

Chipset politics between Intel and graphics card vendors hurt gamers, who now have to pick an Intel board for ATI's CrossFire or an Nvidia board for SLI cards

CNET.co.uk judgement:

Intel's Core 2 Duo E6700 offers the best price-to-performance ratio we've seen in a desktop chip. For half the cost of AMD's top-of-the-line chip, you get identical if not superior performance and better power efficiency. AMD surprised us last year with its completely dominant dual-core chips, but Intel regains the crown with Core 2 Duo

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