Building a Core 2 Duo gaming system for under $1000
When it comes time to build a new computer or upgrade an existing platform most of us will be doing it according to a set budget, always hoping to get the best bang for our buck.
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3.1.2007 Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Spotted in the Wild
Intel's "Conroe" refresh parts overclocked and benchmarked on XtremeSystems.
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3.2.2007 Intel Core 2 Duo E7000 Set For A Q2 Launch
Intel is apparently set to begin transition the Core 2 Duo E4000 series with the new E700 series, which is based on the 45 nm Wolfdale core. According to reports, the company will launch the E7200 model with a clock speed of 2.53 GHz in Q2 of this year.
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11.1.2008 Download Bing Wallpapers & Set as Desktop Wallpaper with Wallpaper Downloader
In past we had reviewed Bing Downloader tool to download Bing background wallpaper and here is wallpaper downloader which is a small utility to download bing.com background image and set as desktop wallpaper.
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18.9.2009 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Quad-Core Processor
Man, a lot is happening at this very moment in the hardware industry. It's called silly season, and every manufacturer will try to deliver it's best and most refreshing product just in time for you to purchase at Christmas.
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12.11.2007 The Ultimate Wallpaper
It was looking empty, so we created something special just for Ultimate users.
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9.3.2007 Wallpaper from Windows 7 Starter
Just installed Windows 7 Starter edition on a low-end spare notebook for testing purposes when I found this new wallpaper which ships with this edition of Windows.
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10.8.2009 How to: Create custom wallpaper collections in Windows 7
Do you love customizing your Windows desktop? If you do, you'll love this trick!
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28.7.2009 MSN Wallpaper Manager from Windows Live Download
Many users love to have high quality beautiful wallpapers on their desktop and often we get bore with old wallpapers and we need to search and download more wallpapers from internet. It’s not easy to get such high quality wallpapers.
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21.7.2009 Download Windows 7 Helvetia Wallpaper Featuring Raquel Alvarez
Windows 7 and the mother of the Swiss nation are concepts that work perfectly well in a mix. And photographer Noe Flum hesitated little at the chance of shooting Helvetia and Windows together for a desktop background.
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8.9.2009 Leaked Windows 7 Details: Theme Files, Gallery, Packs and Wallpaper Slideshow
While Windows 7 is still a taboo subject as far as Microsoft is concerned, with the company offering just crumbs from the feast that is Windows Vista's successor, details do manage to slip through, and the Redmond company has nobody to blame for it but itself.
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6.8.2008 The First Dual Core Laptop
A dual core laptop was long awaited among the dual core family.
The one we are talking about is produced by WidowPC and is named Sting 917X2.
This new notebook uses the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ processor, making it the fastest dual core laptop.
Though, it seems that other companies like Alienware, Vodoo or Sager will soon launch similar products.
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3.12.2005 Could a three-core CPU be coming your way?
Tom's Hardware Guide ran one of the most unusual benchmarks I've ever seen, having taken a dual-CPU system and put two different CPUs in it. Now, anyone who knows anything about dual-CPU systems knows this is a no-no. Most motherboard makers don't even recommend mismatching steppings, let alone anything else. And sure enough, Tom's Hardware Guide had its fair share of trouble getting the system to work in such an odd configuration, but it got the system to work.
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3.12.2005 Ballmer: Microsoft must be "multi-core"
CEO says Microsoft must continue to build out businesses in markets other companies have already created.
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28.7.2006 Intel Readies Merom-L Core
In a bid to make manufacturing of Celeron M 500 CPUs economically more efficient, Intel will introduce a shrunk-down core in the near future.
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9.4.2007 Xbox360 Core Price Drop In UK
Yesterday the Xbox360 Core pack received an official price drop of £10 in United Kingdom, and now costs £199.
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27.8.2006 Intel Announces Quad-Core Processor
At an early morning keynote address to open the semi-annual Intel Developers' Forum in San Francisco, CEO Paul Otellini confirmed what hardware industry resources had already known for weeks: A Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor is coming this November for the enthusiast segment of the PC market, with Core 2 Quad processors for the mainstream segment and Quad-Core Xeon server processors soon to follow in the first quarter of next year.
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27.9.2006 Quad-Core Xeon System Previewed
Tyan Computer is showing off one of the first hardware systems containing Quad-Core Xeon 5300 processors at the Intel Developer Forum here today.
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17.10.2006 Core 2 E4300 vs. E6300 Overclocking Battle
This year Intel plans to greatly expand the Core 2 Duo family by introducing at least eight new processors. Surprisingly however, only two of these new processors are planned to be clocked higher than the existing E6700.
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25.1.2007 Apple Launches 8 Core Mac Pro
Meet the latest addition to the Mac Pro family: The world’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro. Consider the bar officially raised.
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5.4.2007 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 review
Late last year Intel unveiled the world’s first quad-core desktop processor, stealing a bit of thunder from the amazing Core 2 Duo range. For a whopping $999, the new Core 2 Extreme processor would become Intel's new flagship product.
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16.7.2007 Microsoft Promises to Lock Down the Windows Core
No matter how bulletproofed will Microsoft manage to get the Windows operating system, there will always be an alternative avenue for attacks. And while targeting the Windows core, one of the preferred methods for attackers is to piggyback ride on faulty and vulnerable third-party drivers, in this manner gaining kernel level access.
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14.11.2007 8-core Mac Pros and Xserves have arrived
Apple has introduced a new Mac Pro (starting at just $2,799) with eight processor cores, a new system architecture and Mac OS X Leopard, as well as a new Xserve (starting at just $2,999), a 1U rack-optimized server that includes an unlimited client license for Mac OS X Server Leopard.
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8.1.2008 Intel to show 8-core Xeon on February
Intel will give its first public look at an 8-core Xeon processor in less than two weeks at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, the show's schedule (PDF) reveals.
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29.1.2009 Microsoft reports rise in core business profits
Microsoft rode a wave of global strength in the personal computer market to report growth in profit and sales in the first quarter of its 2006 fiscal year, slightly exceeding analysts' expectations.
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Dual-core desktop duel: AMD vs. Intel
What would the results of a dual-core desktop CPU fight look like? Many people equate Windows PCs with Intel Pentium processors (and soon will likely be doing the same with Macs), but we've seen dual-core CPU AMD systems power ahead of dual-core Intel-based PCs on more than one occasion.
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12.12.2005 Microsoft Restructures Its Windows Core OS Division
Microsoft has restructured its Windows Core Operating System Division into five teams in a move designed to better focus on PC hardware and provide a richer set of customer solutions.
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13.10.2006 Intel to Launch Core 2 Quad Chip in January
Intel plans to launch the third model of its four-core processor in January, continuing its efforts to stay ahead of Advanced Micro Devices on the next-generation processor family.
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20.12.2006 8-Core Mac Pro and new displays slated for January
Sources indicated to MacScoop that Apple is readying the launch of renewed Mac Pro and Cinema Display line-ups in January.
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31.12.2006 Introducing the AMD Phenom quad core processor
Delivering a four-core foreshadowing of innovations to come for PC enthusiasts worldwide, AMD today unveiled the upcoming AMD Phenom™ processor family name and publicly demonstrated the first all-AMD enthusiast platform, codenamed “FASN8.”
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14.5.2007Intel Adds "Yorkfield" Core 2 Extreme
Intels latest roadmap adds two
more processors to the
upcoming lineup. The roadmap
reveals early plans for the
Yorkfield-based Core 2 Extreme
and another Core 2 Duo
E4000-sequence processor. With
Yorkfield, Intel
differentiates the Core 2
Extreme and Core 2 Duo models
by the front-side bus speed.
Intel Core 2 Extreme
Yorkfield processors will have
a 1333 MHz front-side bus,
continuing on where the
Kentsfield Core 2 Extreme
QX6850 leaves off. The
quad-core processor supports
Intel VT, Enhanced Intel
SpeedStep and Intel 64 and
Execute Disable Bit
technologies. Intel leaves TXT
technology out of the 45nm
Core 2 Extreme however.
Intels Core 2 Duo
E4000-sequence receives a
speed bump in Q42007. The new
Core 2 Duo E4600 clocks in at
2.4 GHz and remains on an 800
MHz front-side bus. Aside from
the speed bump, the Core 2 Duo
E4600 is no different from
other Core 2 Duo
E4000-sequence models. ..
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14.06.2007Intel Core 2 Duo T7800 to debut 2 September
Intel will launch its fastest
mainstream mobile
microprocessor on 2 September
and tweak the prices of some
of its existing Core 2 Duo and
line-up. The same day will see
Celeron M prices cut too as
the new 550 debuts.
Intel documents
seen by Register Hardware show
the T7800 will replace the
current T7700 as the
top-of-the-line
laptop-friendly Core 2 Duo.
The new chip will be clocked
at 2.6GHz and operate over an
800MHz frontside bus. It has
4MB of L2 cache.
It will be
accompanied by the 2GHz T7250.
Intel already has a 2GHz Core
2 Duo, the T7200, but it runs
on a 667MHz FSB - the T7250
bumps that clock frequency up
to 800MHz. However, it has 2MB
of cache to its predecessor's
4MB...
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15.08.2007Apple Adds Core 2 Duo to MacBooks
Apple said Wednesday that it
had begun shipping its MacBook
laptop with Core 2 Duo
processors. The entry-level
laptop is largely credited
with helping the Cupertino
company regain lost momentum
in the portable market...
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08.11.2006Intel Ships Mobile Core 2 Duo
Chips
Intel said it had begun
shipping its Core 2 Duo mobile
chips on Monday, clearing the
way for the faster and more
powerful processor to begin
making its way into laptop
computers in time for the
holiday season...
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28.08.2006Apple MacBook Pro Gets Core 2 Duo
Ending months of speculation,
Apple on Tuesday said its
entire line of MacBook Pro
laptops would now include
faster Core 2 Duo processors,
as well as double the memory
and larger hard drives...
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24.10.2006Intel Core 2 Duo E7200: The new budget king
The new Core 2 Duo E7200 is the first member of the “Wolfdale-3M” family. You may remember that not so long ago we looked at the new
Wolfdale family of 45nm processors, which consists of the E8200, E8300, E8400 and E8500 processors. These still remain today as the fastest Core 2 Duo
processors, offering superior performance and efficiency not to mention stellar overclocking abilities.
The Wolfdale-3M family is, as you
may have guessed, a cut-down version, and as the name alludes to, these processors feature a smaller 3MB L2 cache and a 1066MHz FSB. With the Core 2
Duo E7200, Intel is offering a 45nm processor that is considerably more affordable than the cheapest Wolfdale ($180), and even undercuts other
budget oriented models such as the E6550 that roughly costs $160, while the E4700 is also more expensive at around $140.
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12.06.2008Intel Mobile Core Duo at CES
Intel's Mobile Core Duo processors aren't brand-new. But seeing the interesting ways third-parties have made use of them are.
At
this year's CES, we were able to check out some of form factors being used to house Intel's mobile processor. One eco-PC was shown that used
less than 60 watts. Another vendor uses it to create mini-PCs.
Check out the blog entry below for more details.
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09.01.2008Intel Plans August Core 2 Duo
Launch
Intel said on Thursday that it
was aiming to ship its new
Core 2 Duo processors next
month, with the desktop models
shipping in early August and
the laptop models shipping
late in the month...
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27.07.2006First Intel HK+MG Speed Tests Promise 15-40% Gains Over Core 2 Duo
In a speech this morning at
Intel Developer Forum in
Beijing, senior vice president
Pat Gelsinger presented
initial performance estimates
for the latest prototypes of
Penryn, pointing to as much as
25% faster performance in 3D
rendering operations for
Penryn prototypes over
today's Core 2 Duo...
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18.04.2007Intel's Next Desktop Launch Details Revealed
Roadmaps reveal the refreshed
Conroe with a 1333 MHz
front-side-bus arriving in
Q3'07, around the same time
of Intel's Q3'07 price cuts.
The new Core 2 Duo
E6x50-series pricing will
undercut pricing of current
Core 2 Duo E6x00-series
processors. As usual, all
pricing is in 1,000 unit
quantities.
With
the introduction of Core 2 Duo
E6x50-series processors, the
entire Intel Core 2 Duo
desktop lineup will fall below
the $300 price point. The
top of the line Intel Core 2
Duo E6850 is priced at
$266 per processor and is
clocked at 3.0 GHz - higher
than last year's flagship
Core 2 Extreme X6800 at a
fraction of the X6800's
$999 launch price. Slotted
below the Core 2 Duo E6850 is
the 2.66 GHz E6750 at
$183. At the bottom end of
the Core 2 Duo E6x50 family
are the E6550 and E6540
processors clocked at 2.33
GHz, which cost $163 per
processor. Intel's Core 2 Duo
E6540 differs from the rest of
the 1333 MHz front-side bus
Core 2 Duo lineup because it
does not have support for
Intel's Trusted Execution
Technology, also known as TXT.
Intel will also
launch two more Core 2 Duo
E4000-series processors. The
Core 2 Duo E4400 will arrive
next month clocked at 2.0 GHz
for $133 per processor. In
Q3'07, the Core 2 Duo E4400
will drop down to $113
with the introduction of the
E4500. The Core 2 Duo E4500
clocks in at 2.2 GHz and takes
over the $133 per
processor price point. Intel
will slowly phase out the Core
2 Duo E4300 processor in
Q3'07. Intel will introduce
the first new Pentium desktop
product since it switched over
to the Core naming scheme in
June. Two Pentium dual-core
Conroe-based processors with
1MB of shared L2 cache models
will launch, the 1.80 GHz
E2160 ($84) and the 1.6
GHz E2140 ($74).
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15.03.2007How the default Windows 7 wallpaper evolved
Gizmodo tracked down Chuck Anderson, the creator of Windows 7's box art, default wallpaper and login screen. In an exclusive overview of the
evolution of the Windows 7 wallpaper and login screen, the gadget lovers managed to secure some rare development shots of how Microsoft came to the
wallpaper that is now used worldwide. Chuck Anderson is a 20 something digital media artist living in the US. Both the login screen and wallpapers
took approximately four months, start to finish according to Gizmodo. They were achieved by a mix of pen and paper, wacom tablet and Photoshop.
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06.11.2009Multi-Core Confrontation: Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs. Core 2 Duo E6850
While AMD keeps postponing the launch of their quad-core processors to the end of this year “ beginning of next, Intel Company is offering very
affordable quad-core CPUs from Core 2 Quad family. However, can Core 2 Quad processors be regarded as a worthy alternative to popular dual-core
solutions?
The Intel processor price cut that occurred a month ago turned into an important milestone on the multi-core
processors way to user computer systems. The price of quad-core processors has finally dropped down to the level of dual-core solutions. To be more
exact, the youngest model in the official Core 2 Quad lineup is priced exactly the same as the top Core 2 Duo CPU. This price, by the way, is set at
$266, which seems quite sufficient to make processors with four computational cores much more popular than they used to be before.
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01.09.2007Cool Wallpaper Generator
Create visual stunning wallpapers from your personal photo collections. This Wallpaper Generator makes it easy to compose your most beautiful photos
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Remember your last summer holiday a little bit longer, keep in mind your special
moments, or think of your sweethearts. With the Wallpaper Generator it never has been so easy to keep those moments in your mind.
Download now this free tool and start to create personal wallpapers! System Requirements: Windows Vista or Windows XP with .NET Framework 3.0.
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28.10.2007Intel cuts chip prices up to 31 percent
Intel has cut processor prices up to 31 percent, though overall cuts are limited in number and degree.
The desktop Core 2 Duo
E8500 (3.16GHz) got the largest cut, from $266 to $183 (31 percent) on the new pricing list, dated July 20.
The next biggest
price reduction was the desktop Core 2 Duo E7200 (2.53GHz), reduced 15 percent, from $133 to $113.
Other price cuts include the
popular quad-core Q6600 (2.4GHz). It drops 14 percent, from $224 to $193. The desktop Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.00GHz) falls 11 percent, from $183 to
$163.
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21.07.2008Intel to unify product naming scheme
Intel plans to unify the
product names of its CPUs and
platforms beginning on January
1, 2008 to simplify the
company's complicated product
lines, according to sources at
PC makers.
For processors, the Core 2
Quad, Core 2 Duo and Core 2
Solo will be combined under
the name Core 2, while Pentium
Dual-Core and Pentium D
processors will combine under
the Pentium brand. Also,
Itanium 2 processors will
change to just Itanium, noted
the sources.
Core 2 Extreme, Celeron
and Xeon processor names will
remain unchanged.
For platforms, Viiv
Processor Technology and vPro
Processor Technology will
change to Core 2 Processor
with Viiv Technology and Core
2 Processor with vPro
Technology, respectively.
Centrino Processor Technology
and Centrino Duo Processor
Technology will combine to
Centrino Processor Technology,
while Centrino Pro Processor
Technology will become
Centrino with vPro Technology,
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06.08.2007Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad Products get Updates
Over the weekend, Intel updated it's Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad lineups to include five new processors.
To start off the new releases,
there is the Core 2 Quad Q9000. It runs at 2 GHz on a 1066MHz FSB with 6 MB of L2 cache. It is a low cost C2Q, for just $348.
There were
also four new C2D's which include the P8700, T9550, P9600, and the T9800. They run at 2.53GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.66GHz, and 2.93GHz respectively. All of
this chips are priced between $241 and $530. Each processor runs on a 1066MHz FSB and carry 6MB of L2 cache.
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30.12.2008First Tests of Intel's New
Dual-Core Mobile Processors
In PC World's exclusive
tests, two notebooks with
Intel's new Core Duo chip
prove to be multitasking
powerhouses...
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06.01.2006Intel Names New Desktop,
Laptop Chips
Intel on Sunday gave a brand
name to its new processors for
desktop and notebook
computers: Core 2 Duo. The
dual-core chips were
originally known by the
code-names Conroe and Merom,
and succeed Intel's original
Core chips released earlier
this year...
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08.05.2006Intel Leaks 45nm Xeon Clock Frequencies
Hot on the heels of the second
generation Intel Core 2 Duo
launch, an internal memo began
making the rounds with
Intel's 45nm Xeon core
frequencies.
These
45nm Xeons, based on the
Penryn generation of
processors, also feature the
1333 MHz front-side bus found
on the new Core 2 Duo
stepping. Each die features
6MB of L2 cache -- giving the
two dice quad-core Harpertown
Xeons a total of 12MB of L2
cache.
Unlike the
desktop roadmap, dual-core
Xeons take a more auxiliary
role. Intel only laid out
plans for three dual-core SKUs
at launch; one of which is a
low-power CPU. These
dual-core 45nm processors,
dubbed Wolfdale, will only
consist of a small amount of
shipped 45nm Xeon processors.
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17.07.2007Intel sued for Core 2 Duo patent infringement by University
Although Intel's mighty proud of the Core 2 Duo, it looks like the chip wasn't all home-grown - a lawsuit filed today by the University of
Wisconsin claims that the processor infringes on patented technology developed by one of its professors. Back in 1998, CS department chair Gurindar
Sohi presented some of his developments relating to instruction level parallelism to Intel and offered to license them, but got nowhere - yet the same
technology is in the Core 2 Duo, according to the lawsuit. For its part, Intel says it's been talking to the Badgers for over a year now, and that
it hasn't evaluated the complaint - which it might want to do in short order, since the University is asking for the court to halt shipments of
the Core 2 Duo in addition to monetary damages and legal fees.
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