Awesome Upgrade

Strengths: Pretty fast and has been able to handle all of the tasks I've used it for thus far (video editing mostly).

Weakness: None thus far.

This was an upgrade from an Intel® Core™2 Duo Desktop Processor E4400, so to me the increase was tremendous. I didn't use the included cooling system with it for I have a better cooling system that I use. Not a bad price as well.

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