Intel 45nm Penryn QX9650 3GHz

As usual there's a hefty price on this right now, but the new transistor technology and larger cache seem to have given this CPU a nice boost over its predecessor. If you want the extra speed and would also like to do some overclocking it's worth considering.

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  • L2 Cache Memory: 12MB. Processor Socket Types: Socket 775.
  • 45-nanometre transistors, overclockable, new SSE4 instruction set
  • Current motherboard's may need a BIOS upgrade before this CPU will work
 
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