[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

posting this from my $100 Amd Phenom II 555 running at 3.4 Gigahertsz on an MSI 770-C45 mouther board AM3 with DDR3 memory at 1600 .

See conclusion where 555 is the winner.

great to have large Cache for browsing....seems to help with Firefox, Linux Mint , compiz with 8 desktops available and multiple tabs...usually between 20 and 50.

[astyanax]

See conclusion where 555 is the winner.
True, in the $100 range.
The i5 750 is clearly the overall winner at $180.
And considering you can pick up an i7 860 for $200, I'm beginning to think it may be time to start phasing out my Core 2 Duo machines...

[Marine_Uncle]

Thanks Ernest for the ping. I shall bookmark this post for later use.