Zambiezi or whatever the forget it is was a loving huge let down.
"oh yea it'll outperform sandy bridge olol" only stuff that came decent was their integrated graphics.
Looking forward to Ivy Bridge so hard. Will be damn lovey. Also buying a 60 GB SSD this Christmas to load Win7 and favorite games on :D
So glad I found this thread.
What does a processor core look like?
You can't really define a single core, it's in one part, the processor. The processor usually looks like a shiny aluminum cheez-it. Like this:

If you're referring the it's architecture then here's an example of a Sandy Bridge architecture:
wait, could i put this in my computer?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148366
We'd need to know the frequency your motherboard supports. Post your motherboard.