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The 2.93 was about 15.00 cheaper then the 3.0's & higher that were floating around @ the time,and ALOT more common.This processor lets me play batman Arkham City when my Pentium dual core @ 2.5 GHz that it replaced wouldn't.It also showed a marked improvement in windows rating & heaven bench mark increased several frames per.It's a nice work horse cpu,not too flashy,but does the job.Windows downloaded the current intel driver for the processor,but the dual core driver that was loaded worked to start the system. Current support is ended,but drivers are still available for windows 7 (32&64bit)on intels site.Don't remember if 8 & above were on site,but Windows 10 preview played VERY well with the current configuration.I will probably drop some more of these into system upgrades as they come along.(singlecore celerons,or 1.9GHz pentiums come to mind as prime candidates for replacement with 1 of these. The main thing to keep in mind,is ck your board for CPU compatibility.use google or intels site.If intel board,they list compat cpu's.Read full review
I replaced the 1.8gig core2duo with this chip and saw an immediate, and huge, increase in speed. It's rated 50% faster than the slower chip. Runs great with Windows 7. Installation is the easiest I've done. I chose to keep the heatsink/fan from the slower chip as it is much larger than the supplied heatsink/fan and cools better. Mounting the fan can be a little tricky, but with the mobo out of the case, it's a little easier. There is newer technology out there, but none fit my mobo or my needs better than this chip.
Incredible Processor! This is a great replacement upgrade for any Celeron chip that inhabits an LGA775 Socket. Celeron's are the bargain-basement crap CPU's that winds up in low-end bargain PC's. The Celeron chip usually is lacking in L2 Cache which makes for a slow PC when taxed with the most simple of computing assignments. Simple web-browsing becomes tedious with the Celeron. This Intel Core 2 Duo Processor has a 3mb Cache and has two cores. It basically turns a Ford Pinto into a supped up Ford Mustang!
The only reason I am giving this product only 3 stars is because it didn't work in my motherboard. Something to do with the stepping. It might work in another board; but I don't have one to test it with. So I don't even really know if the chip works. If it were to be confirmed to work, it would get at least 4 stars from me - it's no quad core, or 8xxx series chip, but the E7500 is no slouch based on the working E7400 I have. My plan is to get another LGA 775 board and RAM and use this chip for a build for my wife. She was happy with my E6550, and she's been using a mobile i5 for a while, which is about the same speed as this. If it doesn't work... well, I still have the old E6550...
With the Wolfdale core, Intel pours more power into the Core 2 Duo package! They also packed more features into the chip. They also boosted memory access and execution speed.
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