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am i readin this correctly ???? 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FAST-HP-6-8Ghz-DUAL-CORE-4GB-WINDOWS-7-DESKTOP-PC-TOWER-SFF-COMPUTER-NEW-ATI-GFX-/400440470511?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item5d3c1cabef

is says 6.8GHZ 

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough it will be believed.

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It says in the description that it is a 3,4GHz dual core Pentium, so I guess they just added the two speeds together. By this logic my CPU is running at 28,2GHz

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I had a look at some of the computers this seller has a while back because it said like "Super Fast 16GHz" and I was like WHAT!?, then I looked closely and it was like an old amd 6 core @ 2ghz per core.....

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Following the pattern my CPU runs at stunning 13.6GHz :o

Nice marketing trick for noobs tough ;)

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I had a look at some of the computers this seller has a while back because it said like "Super Fast 16GHz" and I was like WHAT!?, then I looked closely and it was like an old amd 6 core @ 2ghz per core.....

 

6 x 2 would still be 12. looks like they did not finish their math class.

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