Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 review

Verdict

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.

Pros

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

Cons

• 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

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