I've been using this processor for about 1 month now, and it performs flawlessly. I would have to say, given it's higher price (compared to other processors) and high level of performance, at this time (early 2010) this unit is intended for computer enthusiasts like myself, and the average computer user would probably be happy with a less expensive processor.
This unit has 4 physical cores, so it's technically a "quad core" chip, however each core has hyperthreading automatically built in. This means 8 threads of data can be computed simultaneously.
Although you can run multiple programs at the same time (each program using a single thread of the processor), your programs must be specially designed to use ALL the threads at the same time. Many newer programs have been designed to use multiple threads. Photo/Video editing tasks are completed much faster with this chip.
If your budget allows, and you have a need for an (excessively) faster processor, I would highly recommend the Intel 920.Get more detail about Intel Core i7 Processor i7-920 2.66GHz 8 MB LGA1366 CPU BX80601920.
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