Intel Core i5 750 (up to 3.2GHz) Computer system with Gigabyte / Intel P55 series motherboard with GeForce 1Gig Video card for High end games

Intel Core I5 750 (up to 3.2GHz)
Computer system with latest LGA 1156 socket, - Upgradable to CoreI7
Gigabyte GA-P55 / Intel P55 series motherboard or similar with
4x DDR3 Slots up to maximum 16Gig Memory, PCIEx16 slot, GbLAN, 8 SATA ports, 8+4 (Total up to 12 USB ports. RAID support for data protection or higher performance. 2.1/ 5.1 /7.1 Channel audio.
4 gig DDR3 1333MHz - Memory,
22x Pioneer, Sony or LG DVD Burner
1000gig 7200RPM SATA II 32Meg Cache hard drive and
nVidia GeForce 9600GT 1024 Meg 3D Video card
Gigabit Networking

MS WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION SP3 OEM CD.. $118.93 -

Windows 7 Home Premium (OEM) - Sold with computers.. $114.4 -

Windows 7 Professional 32 bit (OEM) - sold with computers.. $179.3 -

WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE 32 or 64 (with new computers *).. $257.3 -

MICROSOFT OFFICE HOME AND STUDENT 2007 ,.. $109.56 -

Extra 4 GB DDR3 - Memory upgrade with computer system.. $133.4 -

Broadband internet ready, Assembled, tested and ready

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PCMARK05 ® Benchmark for this computer is 7964

Intel CoreI7 / CoreI5 Quad Core Computer upgrade package

Performance of the new Core I5 (Lynnfield) processor is expected to be similar to the Core I7 range of processors. There are several benchmarks on some websites. See www.pcgameshardware.com . You can see some of the orginal benchmark results of Core I5 processors at www.expereview.com as well. If you like to know more about the technical side of the Intel® Core I5 Processor visit www.anandtech.com Anandtech experts say "The 2.80GHz Lynnfield should also be able to outperform the i7-920 without a problem.. "
Performance of Core I5 (Lynnfield ) in most applications will be similar to Core I7 systems. Sysmark 2007 is a performance benchmarking tool for computers . This benchmark is based on most of the office productivity applications and it is recommended for measuring the performance of computer systems around the world for office applications. You can see most applications will perform better with HT disabled. This may be due to the fact the most current applications are not designed to scale will across 8 processing threads, but more targeted toward 4 core (Quad core) or 4 threads. In time to come applications will catch up to the technology and take full advantage of the Core I5 .
Core I5 system will out perform the Core 2 Quad 3.0 GHz Q9650 and also the AMD Quad core 3.2GHz Phenom II. If you need top performance without breaking the bank, go for the latest Core I5 systems based on Intel Core I5 processor. Adobe PhotoShop is a popular business and graphics applications used by professionals and this benchmark compares how your new computer system perform compared to the other.
Most gamers will enjoy the out standing performance of the new Core I5 range of processor. You can see Crysis Warhead outperform all other processors in the range with Core I5 2.66GHz model . You need to know the overall performance will also be determined by the Video card used.
Windows Media Encoder seems to enjoy the extra performance of the Core I 5 processor.