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[Dan Naumov]

>> A C2Q CPU makes little sense right now from a performance POV. For the
>> price of that C2Q CPU + LGA775 board you can get an i5 750 CPU and a 1156
>> socket motherboard that will run circles around that C2Q. You would lose
>> the ECC though, since that requires the more expensive 1366 socket CPUs
>> and boards.
>>
>> - Sincerely,
>> Dan Naumov
>
> Hi,
>
> Do have test about this? I'm not really impressed with the i5 series.
>
> Regards,
> Andras

There: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3634&p=10

The i5 750, which is a 180 euro CPU, beats Q9650 C2Q, which is a 300 euro CPU.


- Sincerely,
Dan Naumov