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width210 height160 div Ive had this processor for almost a month
now and I love it. Great performance and stability, affordable
price and a great overclocker. No cons to this purchase that I have
found.I think one important thing to note for people who do
overclock their processors is that this chip overclocks at least as
well as the 4 core chips, so there really is no downside for
gaming, etc... to pick 6 cores over 4. With Turbo Boost, this thing
will run faster than the default clock on up to three cores, so if
you have any games that only use one or two cores, youll get great
performance given the games limitations.After some careful
tweaking, I now have my rig running rock stable at 3.8Ghz, with
Turbo Boost set to run at 4.05 Ghz! If you do plan on Overclocking,
make sure to spring for a good cpu cooler. this is the one I
settled on and even after running Prime 95 on all 6 cores in an 80F
room, core temp stays below 60C!Zalman Performa Cpu Cooler Zalman
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