I dunno, I’ve never been impressed with Intel’s Core2 line of processors. I had a laptop with a Core2 processor that ran so hot it managed to completely desolder from the motherboard. This was with functional cooling and a clean case. It might’ve been partially the fault of the laptop case layout though.
I am, however, impressed with the haswell line of procs these days. Intel’s getting into the TDP reduction game, and I like that.
