Techgage reviews the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66 GHz quadcore processor which comes with 12 MB cache and is build in 45nm. Techgage writes in the final thoughts:
As we expected, the Q9450 is a fantastic processor all-around. It offers a nice clock speed, improved characteristics over the previous 65nm Quad-Cores and is priced right.
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Motherboards.org reviews the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 dual core CPU and writes in the final thoughts:
The E8500 is a worthy successor to the Core 2 Duo CPUs released earlier by Intel, with faster clock speeds, higher amount of L2 cache and all of the technologies that are supported by current Intel CPUs including SSE [...]
TweakTown review the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 which is the first 45nm quadcore processor for desktop systems. Here is an excerpt of the final thoughts:
Core 2 has been the final turn-around and things are getting better, Intel is not going for the ‘pure clock speed is better’ advantage which cost them so much on [...]
HardwareLogic review the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 quad core processor and give it a rating of 85/100, writing:
The biggest caveat is the excessive price. Although INTEL lists $999 for the QX6850, most retailers currently have it for between $1100 and $1500, which is entirely too much. The overclocking performance was decent overall (in the [...]
Overclockersclub review the Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU with a 1333MHz FSB. The review features many benchmark results and goes into overclocking, too. Overclockersclub write in the conclusion:
At stock speeds, the performance of the E6750 was equal to the E6700 it replaced. It should be, as both the E6700 and E6750 run at the [...]