can any one tell me what's the cheapest core2duo available in India?(intel or amd) I am helping my friend build his own system and he wants to go for cheapest processor available(so that he can spend more on gpu).
CPU/Mobo Cheapest Intel Core 2 Duo processor
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first of all, Core 2 Duo is brand trademark of Intel so there can't be any AMD procs with COre 2 Duo. Now if you say you want procy with 2 cores you have many choices.crvinay_4u said:
Regarding intel E2200 is dual core is of allendale architecture and E5200 is Core 2 Duo is of wolfdale architecture, you can go for the second one.
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desiibond said:
Where can u get a E5200 at 2.7k:S The minimum retail price is 3.2k in most of the places.... As said earlier the E5200 is also a wolfdale and when coupled with Gigbyte EG31S2L@2.3k is one of the cheapest CPU+MOBO combo(5.5-5.8k) in the market. Choose this combo... Cant go wrong with it
hyeah: But do mention ur overall budget and needs so that others can help u get a balanced rig 
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there is hardly any difference between e5200 and e7400 on paper but when u look at the benchmarks u can see there is a gud performance gap between the two. so the extra 1.5k is completely justified if u ask me. one more example a2 x2 250 and p2 x2 550---hardly any difference(in reviews).correct me if i am wrong.
tufel said:
You've got it backwards.
On paper the E7400 has a 1066Mhz FSB as compared to 800 for the E5200, a higher base clock speed of 2.8Ghz compared to 2.5Ghz and an extra 1MB of L2 cache. On paper the E7400 is a lot better. In practicality however, and especially when you start OCing, most of these factors disappear.
The E7400 is definately the better processor, however the last one i bought was in the 5.5k(close to 6k) ballpark, which i don't think it's worth, even more so now that we have a stronger AMD lineup.
The x2 550 BE is a MUCH better chip.
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