IBM IntelliStation M Pro 9229 - Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz

Advantages: Capable of Handling heavy applications on Vista
Disadvantages: Bulky system cabinet, Recovery CDs to be created from HD partition.

...This pc comes with wireless mouse & keyboard which are not intutive to set up but not the hardest. The monster processor Intel Viiv E6600 works its wonders when working with a processor heavy operating system such as Vista. A decent 2 GB RAM does not stutter any resource heavy software. The lightscribe DVD is also an excellent innovation letting you burn you label on the flip side of a DVD although its can only do this on "lightscribe" compatible DVDs. The graphics card is almost all you need even for a game like Flight Simulator. Finally the 400 GB hard drive can never get full unless you are using it as a picture / video server. The PC can also be used as a TV. The only bad thing is that there are no recovery CDs and these have to burnt manually using the software and recovery partition on D drive... Read review

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Advantages: One of the biggest bangs you can get for your money
Disadvantages: none that i have found

...I built a new pc with one of these as the heart the brain, sat on an Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard 2GB of Dominator ram a 250 GB sata11 hard drive, graphics powered by a Sapphire radeon x1950pro card all in an Antec 900 gaming case. Cooling for the processor was provided by Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU cooler . The Intel e6600 was chosen for its price and proformance (and if you want to push it a little it can hit 3 GHz with no problems) without cooking its self. I spent 9 months looking at processor prices to power ratio and with a good motherboard (Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard) you can’t help but build a very fast reliable computer. With the pure speed and power available on this chip makes it a winner every time. A+ from me and my PC... Read review

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Advantages: great speed and multitasking , big cache
Disadvantages: price (worth the money )

...have changed from a pentuim 4 3.2 to ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI i945G SKT LGA775D with an E6600 CPU and the difference is outstanding. Being a 65nm Chip, it uses less power and thus produces less heat, this save money but most importantly enables better overclocking potential. I run my 2.4GHz CPU at 3.6GHz 24/7 with an idle temp of 31'C and a load temp of 36'C. surpiseing ly the cpu is very stable and had not crashed once on me Personally I never use the stock coolers, I used an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro before changing to water-cooling, and that enable to same overclock, although the temps were slightly higher (mainly under load). I have had my 6600 running at 3.2GHz stable, but the heat was getting concerning as it was getting into mid 50's, which although still cool compared to some CPUs, seems very high when working... Read review

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