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Out of thousands of reviews for 29 products, over 40 people recommended Processors specifically for Computing. These 3 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 BX80557E6750SLA9V
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 BX80557E6750SLA9V Processor $140 - $275 Compare Prices
  • Performs Well
  • Type: Core 2 Duo
  • Processor Features: Dual Core,Enhanced Halt State (C1E),Enhanced Intel Speedstep technology,Execute Disable Bit,Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T),Intel Thermal Monitor 2,Virtualization Technology
  • Socket LGA775
  • Released 1 year ago
3 People Recommend
"ran prime 95 and superpie simultaneously for 8.5 hours strait before it claimed 1 error, which didn't even shut the computer or program down...it just stopped computing.…"

- Newegg.com User

"also, look into the 45nm models with 6mb cache for gaming, or the 3mb models for general purpose computing because 3mb is not much slower than 4 in the end, but 6 is nice and speedy.…"

- jrennell at Newegg.com

"i was testing out the dvd player and the cpu's barely break a sweat.-testing the whole system with a p3 kill a watt meter really cemented my excitement as older pentium 4 prescott systems with less…"

- Mwave.com User


No 2 Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz
Intel Processor, Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 1333MHz FSB (BX80557E6550SLA9X) $176 - $230 Compare Prices
  • Type: Core 2 Duo
  • Processor Features: Dual Core,Virtualization Technology
  • Socket LGA775
  • Released 1 year ago
2 People Recommend
"it is great for everything from gaming and multi tasking to everyday computing.…"

- Newegg.com User

"huge improvement in computing and gaming vs.…"

- jfrinch at Newegg.com

"it is great for everything from gaming and multi tasking to everyday computing. …"

- Newegg.com User


No 3 upgrade 2 x AMD Second-Generation Opteron 8218
Processor upgrade  2 x AMD Second-Generation Opteron 8218 / 2.6 GHz  Socket F (1207)  L2 2 MB ( 2... $45 - $64 Compare Prices
  • Type: Celeron
  • Processor Features: Enhanced Halt State (C1E),Execute Disable Bit,Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T),Intel Thermal Monitor 2
  • Socket LGA775
  • Released 1 year ago
2 People Recommend
"the excitement in computing is back with celeron 440 and ubuntu 8.04.…"

- dswanson at Newegg.com

"computing.…"

- Newegg.com User

"computing. …"

- Newegg.com User


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