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Pentium Dual Core E5700 3GHz Review

The Pentium Dual-Core brand was used for mainstream x86-architecture microprocessors from Intel from 2006 to 2009 when it was renamed to Pentium. The processors are based on either the 32-bit Yonah or (with quite different microarchitectures) 64-bit Merom-2M, Allendale, and Wolfdale-3M core, targeted at mobile or desktop computers.
In terms of features, price and performance at a given clock frequency, Pentium Dual-Core processors were positioned above Celeron but below Core and Core 2 microprocessors in Intel's product range. The Pentium Dual-Core was also a very popular choice for overclocking, as it can deliver optimal performance (when overclocked) at a low price.
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3 GHz

2 cores

Wolfdale-3M

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LGA 775/ Socket T

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4DXtreme690

19:41 Mar-02-2013

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How does this make any sense? It's 92% better than my CPU and this CPU only runs Battlefield 3 at 20FPS while mine does like 48FPS?

jekamiah1234

17:23 Apr-03-2013

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This Pentium Dual Core is actually very old. It's already 3 years old. Plus, Intel noticed a flaw in it. It's clock speed it high, yes, but the dual core part is actually not good, it sometimes crashes on you, or even dies on you, that's why they made it very slow

6532axz

04:44 Jan-30-2013

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hi am looking to buy a new processor better than one what do u advice guys ? :D

RagingRapscallion

20:45 Feb-14-2013

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depends on you and what games you like to play. you will have to get a new motherboard. if you tell me how much you can spend and what you want to play i can make some suggestions.

kalkucha

16:19 Mar-13-2013

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actually for rest of your system, cpus better than core 2 duo E 8XXX or core 2 quad Q6XXX or maybe some 8XXX will be bottlenecking so from my personal experience i reccomend you E8500 :)) it's cheap compared to its performance and easy to overlock, also E8600 is a little better but not as big perform difference as in price ;)

jekamiah1234

17:25 Apr-03-2013

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Core 2 Quad series is a good thing, but if you have Less money or can't afford the AMD 8-core, you can get Intel core i5 3XXXK or Intel core i7 3770K. It's the maximum range i can give you.

NFSMania

11:14 Jan-21-2013

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Hey I'm going to buy this because I can't change my mother board that supports LGA 775 so I want to ask some questions does this support 64 bit?
And I have open budget for the gpu so which card should I choose without having bottleneck?

Tero

06:49 Jan-22-2013

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Yes this has 64bit instruction set :)
Any rank 7 GPU should be the maximum with this CPU ;)

swiftaventador2012

15:41 Feb-23-2013

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Well, depending on your PSU and how ventilated your system is, I'd say go for a ATI Radeon HD 7750. If your system isn't well-ventilated, get the EVGA Nvidia GeForce GT 640 2GB DDR3 edition. That is an external-ventilator, it's very easy to install, and runs all of my games on ultra.

adam825

03:46 Dec-07-2012

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Bad processor

swiftaventador2012

15:46 Feb-23-2013

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I have this processor and it meets ALL my game requirements. So, I'd advise that next time, you do some research first. I mean, yeah, it has two cores and isn't as fast as ATI's and Intel's other processors, but it's a quality CPU for a first-time buyer.

reckoner

19:09 Sep-19-2012

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Its cheap nd good. if ur building a rig for the first tym or building one for rough use, its great. real quite and energy efficient.

Iori13

05:20 Aug-18-2012

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Not BaD

subject29

14:28 Aug-13-2012

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my desktop n laptop cpu are on the popular list, happy to know that. :D
bdw, will this cpu bottleneck w/ gtx 550 Ti n Gtx 560 SE?
i've overclocked it up to 3.4Ghz.

reckoner

19:11 Sep-19-2012

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i would think so. if ur spending on a 560 i suggest u buy a core i3 as well

dorklord

12:47 Jul-29-2012

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7th Most Popular Processor On GD!!!! Happy To Know.

nikhilpn

03:10 Aug-01-2012

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this processor deservs it......cheap and durable...dont u agree???

tuan01101992

05:37 Aug-09-2012

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I agree

dorklord

14:04 Aug-23-2012

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Sure but i could have got a core2quad q9500 at a cheaper price than i bought this but still no regrets. :)

dorklord

16:16 Jul-19-2012

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Hey Which Is Better Dual Core E5700 3.0Ghz Or Core 2 Quad Q9500 2.83Ghz???
(for Gaming That Is)

umarraheel70

18:45 Jul-19-2012

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Core 2 Quad Q9500 2.83 Ghz is way better than Dual Core 3.0 ghz

umarraheel70

17:22 Jul-18-2012

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Why iS Intel Dual core 3.0 ghz better than my COre 2 duo e6550 2.33 ghz??????????

Codmater779

06:46 Aug-07-2012

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Yeah Me Too,Why It Is Powerful Than my Core 2 Duo E7400 2.80

reckoner

19:13 Sep-19-2012

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the clock freq. mainly.

sairiz93

04:40 Nov-05-2012

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hey me too ..this is crazy !how could my core2duo e6750 2.66ghz worse performance than the pentium dual core e5700 3.00ghz ...i know that the freq isn't same ..but how about the FSB ??the core2duo much better than the dual core ..

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