Core i5 2.66GHz vs i7 2.66GHz review!!

[gurusan]

http://en.hardspell.com/doc/enshowcont.asp?id=6804&pageid=5443

Looks quite good...as expected i5 is pretty much just as good as i7 for gaming, and not quite as good at rendering/other multithreaded stuff.

Also massive power savings, probably down to the P55 chipset I expect.

 

[unknownsock]

If there good overclockers, this might just get put on my xmas list from myself

 

[deuse]

I wonder what the i3 Vs the i5 will be like.
If the i3 is not to far behind the i5 things are looking good for us P35\45 so on people.

 

[ray liotta]

What will price difference be though, we talking a very small saving?

 

[SfnX]

tbh if this is the case il sell my current pc and make a behemoth i5 machine

 

[HazardO]

The i5 system is using less power at full load than the i7 at idle. Wow, just wow.

 

[ray liotta]

I can't keep up with all this movement

Seems now best to wait for I5, when i had thought for months to get a I7.

Any idea when they will be released?

 

[HazardO]

September release IIRK.

 

[ray liotta]

Cheers, so new GPU's, New CPU's & Windows 7 in october. Exciting times with so much to choose from

 

[OrphanBoy]

The power savings thing is kinda hard to quantify - performance per watt would have been better, since the i7 machine might have gotten more work done despite taking more power. It'd be interesting to see how the version with HT gets on.

 

[jak731]

I wonder what the i3 Vs the i5 will be like.
If the i3 is not to far behind the i5 things are looking good for us P35\45 so on people.

I think i3 might be rebadged core2 quads.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2#Discontinuation_and_Rebadging

 

[reflux]

All this shiny new kit is making me want to downgrade to Core i5 when it's released

 

[toxicredcat]

Wish I waited a few weeks for i5 before upgrading -.-

 

[nightmare99]

http://en.expreview.com/2009/08/20/intel-core-i3-540-vs-core-i5-750-tested.html

i3 vs i5 bear in mind the i3 here is an ES with turbo boost which the retail version will not have.

 

[jbloggs]

I'm glad now that I didn't go ahead a while ago and buy i7 (920) 1366...the 860 is probably is what I'll go for now (with all things considered).

 

[HazardO]

http://en.expreview.com/2009/08/20/intel-core-i3-540-vs-core-i5-750-tested.html

i3 vs i5 bear in mind the i3 here is an ES with turbo boost which the retail version will not have.

The i5 did well in the overclocking IMO, at least as well as an i7 920 by the look of things.

 

[Dark_Angel]

I will be honest - I haven't kept up with the CPU news recently. What are the main difference between this and an I7?

*EDIT*

Ah, it seems the socket and memory controller are the differences?

 

[HazardO]

I will be honest - I haven't kept up with the CPU news recently. What are the main difference between this and an I7?

*EDIT*

Ah, it seems the socket and memory controller are the differences?

Also the LGA1366 i7s have hyperthreading and PCIe lanes are provided by the x58 chipset, the LGA 1156 i5 has no hyperthreading and 16 lanes of PCIe2 on chip.

 

[madindehead]

Think I'm still going to go down the i7 route. Need my PC to do loads of processing of circuits next year at uni. Also, gives me a better upgrade path to eventual i9 I feel.

Looking good for the i5s however.

 

[Dark_Angel]

So basically you don't have the "fake" extra four CPU's that the I7 gives you (in other words you press CTRL+ALT+DEL and look at performance, and in I7 there are 8 CPU bars, in I5 only the four)?

If that is so, I assume video rendering would be far slower in I5? But maybe because of the few less cores I5 will clock a little higher? I am trying to decide if it is worth considering saving up and replacing My Q6600 + 4GB of ram rig I currently use.