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CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Quad-Core Processor
Deciding on which CPU to choose from was probably my toughest decision. When I began this process I knew I wanted a multi-core CPU, I chose Intel over AMD because the Intel currently has the market cornered on multi-core CPUs with the majority of their CPUs benchmarked faster than anything AMD had put out in the past year. The site Tom's Hardware and their CPU charts and comparison was very helpful. I decided upon the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Quad-Core Processor which is now Intel's 3rd faster CPU available, behind the QX9770 and the QX9650. Right now the performance isn't a lot better than the high end dual core CPUs but I'm banking on the benefits of having a quad core CPU when games optimized for quad-core start being released.

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