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it could be this one
http://ark.intel.com/products/52213
or this one
http://ark.intel.com/products/52214/Intel-Core-i7-2600K-Processor-(8M-Cache-3_40-GHz)
I did read somewhere that the processor is the 2600K but not sure.
the 3.4GHz is the base clock, up to 3.8GHz with turbo boost
Apple refurb site is full of small mistakes. It says sometimes under memory with some mac: 8GB DDR3 (2x2GB), supports up to 4GB (4x2GB)
google SandyBridge.
The 3.4 is the base speed for each core. Turbo takes place depending on how many cores are being used and on how hot the processor is. So you could get something like 4.3 ghz if one processor is used, 4.1 if two are being used, 3.7 if three are being used, and just the base speed of 3.4 if all are being used. It depends also on the software's using the processor to capacity.
The 3.4 is the base speed for each core. Turbo takes place depending on how many cores are being used and on how hot the processor is. So you could get something like 4.3 ghz if one processor is used, 4.1 if two are being used, 3.7 if three are being used, and just the base speed of 3.4 if all are being used. It depends also on the software's using the processor to capacity.
i7
The 2009, 2010 and 2011 i7 models all had 8 meg L3 cache despite the differences in speed and architecture of the i7 involved. FYI.
The 2009, 2010 and 2011 i7 models all had 8 meg L3 cache despite the differences in speed and architecture of the i7 involved. FYI.
Thanks to all for your replies. Before you buy something is when to ask your questions (at least the ones you can think of). I thought maybe Apple was trying to save a couple of bucks by selling a "reduced functionality" chip.
I think I'm going to go for the iMac. My MacBook Pro, 2.16 GHz,(5 1/2 yrs old) is starting to struggle with the newer apps cuz of the 2 gig memory limit. OWC says they tested this computer with 3 gigs and it worked fine, so I may upgrade that, also.
Again, thanks.
I think I'm going to go for the iMac. My MacBook Pro, 2.16 GHz,(5 1/2 yrs old) is starting to struggle with the newer apps cuz of the 2 gig memory limit. OWC says they tested this computer with 3 gigs and it worked fine, so I may upgrade that, also.
Again, thanks.
Oh yeah!! My old MacbookPro had only 2 gigs in it. I've put 12bg in the new iMac, but I ran it for three weeks with only the factory operated 4gb. What a difference 50 bucks of RAM from Crucial makes. Not only are things faster, but I don't have to worry about constantly watching activity monitor, and not having every app that I need always running and ready to go. Using activity monitor, I've found that using everything I normally use uses almost 8 gigs with nothing extra available for support.
Just as an example under SL, the kernal task is currently using a full gb, VM ware just idling 737mb, safari web content 521 mg, safari 412mb, window server 410, etc Total FREE: 4.87 gb, Required in RAM by SL: 1.85 GB, Total being used: 7.13 GB.