Typical price: £290
What is it: Fast, cost-effective and efficient desktop processor
What we think: It offers the best price-to-performance ratio we've seen in a desktop chip
Compare the Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
 Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 |
 Denon AH-D7000 |
 Logitech Performance Mouse MX |
 Denon DHT-FS3 |
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| Review date | 27 Jul 06 | 20 Oct 08 | 11 Sep 09 | 14 Mar 08 |
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9.3
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9.1
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| Price range | £290 | |||
| Review summary | 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 Read full review |
The older D5000s put the icing on the cake, but the D7000s add the artistic decoration to turn that cake into a masterpiece. At £800 they're very pricey, but they're also the most exciting headphones of the year, excelling with rock, folk, acoustic, electronic and metal alike Read full review |
With the Performance Mouse MX, Logitech has surpassed Microsoft's recent mouse-technology innovations by introducing the most versatile mouse sensor on the market. Even if you don't have a glass table crying out to become a workspace, this high-end input device has enough features and design benefits to make it a justifiable indulgence for anyone who takes their cursor control seriously Read full review |
While it's not the cheapest single speaker surround sound system on the market, it's right up there with the best, not only in terms of performance but also of design. Compact, sturdily built and attractive to look at, it delivers surprisingly effective multi-channel sound without the fuss and mess of a full 5.1 speaker setup Read full review |
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