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Out of thousands of reviews for 115 products, over 200 people recommended Processors specifically for Multimedia. These 7 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
35 People Recommend
"even stock speeds makes a huge difference, when recoding movies it cut's the time in half.…"

- Newegg.com User

"it will take you to a page with decent photographs showing the heatsink installation.…"

- Newegg.com User

"i knew it was goign to be faster then my p4 but this is amazing, i went from being able to rip and burn a dvd in 2 hours down to 17 minutes completley stock!!…"

- Newegg.com User


No 2 Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 BX80557E4500SLA95
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500Processor (BX80557E4500SLA95) $93 - $131 Compare Prices
  • Type: Core 2 Duo
  • Socket LGA775
  • Released 1 year ago
15 People Recommend
"i wanted the computer to do hd-dvd & blu-ray video decoding, but planed on using an nvidia 8600gt to offload those tasks.…"

- Mwave.com User

"other thoughts: handbreak will rip and encode a dvd at 24 fps using the preset of ipod high using this processor...…"

- Newegg.com User

"i do alot of video conversion and video editing makeing dvds / cds & games very fast speeds 2.20ghz is great no need to overclock really all the speed it need great multi tasking i can play like 1…"

- Newegg.com User


No 3 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
12 People Recommend
"does it make any sense at all that using the stock cooler, and overclocking to 2.8 ghz (400 mhz fsb) that i can burn a dvd and play hl2 and never reach a temp above 38 degrees celcius...!?…"

- Newegg.com User

"when you install it, make sure you push the pin in the order indicated on the picture in the manual.…"

- Newegg.com User

"i started grad school and i'm gonna be number crunching and 3d modeling structures so everyone knows- its all about the memory not to mention to mention doing lots of dvd video from my lectures!!!!…"

- N/A at Newegg.com


No 4 Intel Dual Core E2160 1.80GHz LGA775 FSB800 1Mb
Intel Dual Core E2160 1.80GHz LGA775 FSB800 1Mb Retail Boxed (BX80557E2160) $74 - $123 Compare Prices
  • Performs Well
  • Type: Core Duo
  • Processor Features: Dual Core,Enhanced Halt Sta,Enhanced Halt State (C1E),Enhanced Intel Speedstep technology,Execute Disable Bit,Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T),Intel Thermal Monitor 2
  • Socket LGA775
  • Released 1 year ago
9 People Recommend
"when playing normal sd content or dvd, the cpu temperature goes 3 or 4 degrees above ambient.…"

- Mwave.com User

"and best of all....no more waiting 2-3hrs to encode a full dvd...this processors crunches it in 25 mins wooo hoo!!.…"

- Newegg.com User

"can convert movies with autogk in just under 1.5 hrs.…"

- cdrracing at Newegg.com


No 5 Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 / 2 GHz processor Compare Prices
  • Type: Pentium
  • Released 1 year ago
5 People Recommend
"i can watch ripped dvds over my home network, now problem.…"

- Mwave.com User

"if you are surfing the net, playing music/movies, writing papers etc...no need to look any further.…"

- Amazon.com User

"my daughter says the new rig rocks she's a internet / music junkie.…"

- KenK at Newegg.com


No 6 Intel Celeron 420 1.60GHz 800MHz FSB 512KB L2 Socket 775 Plus $25 off
Intel Celeron 420 1.60GHz Processor  1.60GHz  800MHz FSB  512KB L2  Socket 775 Plus $25 off w/ ... ( $35 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
5 People Recommend
"with no overclocking, i have plenty of power for visual c# programming, dvd burning, media viewing, and internet browsing.…"

- Newegg.com User

"- ark 6099-ca case - xfx nforce 650i ultra mobo - xfx 8600gt video card - intel celeron 420 1.6ghz (oc'd to 2.97ghz) - ocz s.o.e 1gb ddr2 667 (oc'd to 800) - seagate hard drive - dvd burner-…"

- Newegg.com User

"i use the pc for dvd, internet, and other basic stuff on a big screen.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 7 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
"i also recommend the zotac itx 630i board with geforce 7100.zotac 630i itx, 2 gigs of 667, 160 gig hd, dvd burner.…"

- General Electric at Newegg.com

"just using it in a media pc which will sit behind a tv and do nothing but play movies. …"

- Newegg.com User


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