As we enter the new year, hardware manufacturers are fiercely competing for the pre-spring festival PC building peak by offering heavy discounts on their products. Meanwhile, after a prolonged price war, Intel and AMD, the two major chip companies, have shifted to promoting newer generations of processors. Intel started by focusing its promotional efforts for entry-level dual-core processors on the Pentium E2160 and E2180, while the earlier E2140, having fulfilled its historical mission, will gradually fade from the market. On AMD's side, following the Athlon 64...