Intel Core 2 Duo E7200: The new budget king

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7200: The new budget king

http://www.techspot.com/review/100-intel-core2-duo-e7200/

 

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.