3 stars because "Chip Is Faster Than The Rest Of The Computer" That is a good one. So if it was slower would you give it 5 stars ?
1989665
The product may have been rated 3 stars for the wrong reason. Although he does have a (somewhat) valid point in his review.
551744
According to benchmarks at tomshardware.com, going from 2 memory sticks to 3 doesn't measurably improve the performance of Core i7 as a single processor config. Apparently there's a lot of headroom on the memory bus for going to dual processors (8 CPU cores, or 16 CPU cores for you folks that count hyperthreading as an additional CPU core).
1989666
Also he says XP does not see 4GB RAM so that shows he does not know that you need a 64-bit OS to see 4GB and with the MSI X58 MB he should use 6GB (3x3GB) minimum for best performance and it could use up to 24GB DDR3 RAM.
1131782
Yes, this chip is fast enough to meet the recommended requirements for minecraft.
2146191
It's only a fair gaming machine. While the processor is powerful, it's slow by today's standards. I think you would be frustrated with the games your are looking at.
1655687
Ive played Aion, Guild Wars. Borderlands, Star Wars the old Republic with this processor. Most of the time I also have a browser window open and music playing. I've noticed it can be slow but I'm still running Windows XP pro so Im capped at 3gigs of RAM, when I upgrade to windows 7 I am confident that the load times will quicken up significantly.
1087980
There is nothing wrong with the unit. It is brand new. I had one person complain about the the processor speed said it mentioned 2.8ghz the processorbis 1.7 but operates at 2.8 through turbo boost. basically it goes up to that speed when you're using the computer in a way that in demands that type of processing speed from it not at all times. Aside from that the other 20 customers have not complained about anything on the units.
830625
It does work a little slow at times but it is a secondary computer so it is OK
196394
Yeah, your bios will under clock it to the speed it can handle. no biggie :)
1292073
I'd recommend anyone that could afford this CPU to get it. The only con with this CPU would be if you pay the price and you don't use the extra computing power. But you won't be disappointed in any task you ask it to do.
1276542
3.4GHz is the highest rate the CPU can reach, generally it runs as 2.4GHz, this is the way it should be.
1556905
I have been building systems for years. I had a spare Quad Core 2.5 with 4GB of RAM so I built it up as a 'proof of concept' test system. I was able to get everything installed and configured but the performance was terrible--even with a single channel. The images were badly pixelated and unwatchable. I ended up building a new i5 system with 16GB of RAM and it could not be better. I was able to view and record all 6 channels at once without glitches. So, IMHO, processor performance is a critical factor here.
1484264
Ya Good, if you have installed any good Graphics Card,Overall 4 Star Performance.You can go for it.Thanks!
216987
I'm running 1 GB on a 2004 machine, 2.8 MHZ, and it's working. But as the other users say, it isn't the fastest thing, but gets the job done.
1484262
Ya Good, if you have installed any good Graphics Card,Overall 4 Star Performance.You can go for it. Thanks!
964284
Probably not as good as the newer processors, but once I maxed out the ram and added an SSD, it has handled everything i've thrown at it pretty well.
1784355
It's gonna be a little slower that sata3 but still fast, works pretty good on mine laptop.
144806
The system meets minimum requirements for the game, though the onboard video isn't quite as fast as the suggested card. It should run OK.
845345
I used this CPU to replace my Pentium D 2.8GHz CPU. My desktop boots faster roughly by about 15 seconds. Also overall its is more responsive. Though its not earth shattering but that was a welcome change to this older desktop. Is it fast? Not very fast but I am happy with this cheap upgrade. Also it depends on which processor you are comparing to.