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    Solved! Core Duo vs. Intel Core i3/i5 with just 2 cores

    For me it makes no sense, I already have an Intel P45 / E8400 CPU overclocked @ 4.0GHz, in gaming the E8400 outperforms an i3 530 hands down and gaming is my main pastime. My next logical upgrade would be an i7 940 (Bloomfield) /X58 / triple channel DDR3 RAM, and that's a whole lot of cash...
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    Solved! Core Duo vs. Intel Core i3/i5 with just 2 cores

    Intel Core i3 530 - 2.93GHz - 512KB L2 - 4MB L3 vs. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00GHz - 6MB L2 hxxp://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=56&p2=118 (change hxxp in the url)