Core i5 2.66GHz vs i7 2.66GHz review!!

[Tom|Nbk]

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)?

I think some of the I5's will have the extra threads?

 

[JonJ678]

Oh well, I'm still not interested in i5. I hope it clocks like a demon for the rest of you

 

[bfar]

Which is fast enough for 2 GPUs in SLI, remember these are PCIe2 so the equivalent of 2x16 PCIe1.

Not only that but some of the higher end motherboards will include an nf200 chip, providing all the PCI-e lanes you'll ever want.

 

[zia]

Getting bits for my new build to be honest i ain't to bothered with waiting for i5,i know i7 is more than enough power for me, power saving is way down on my list of requirments
don't understand why anyone would want to switch over to i5 if they are currently on i7

zia

 

[bfar]

don't understand why anyone would want to switch over to i5 if they are currently on i7

zia

That would be madness, but if you're building a new system now, then 2 or 3 weeks isn't too long to wait and see if you can't get a cheaper s1566 i7 build.

 

[HighlandeR]

looking good dare I say it, just as fast as core i7, cheaper, runs more efficent...... perhaps what the core i7 was suppose to be

 

[bulldog147]

don't understand why anyone would want to switch over to i5 if they are currently on i7

zia

I do believe that i5 core can be easy to overclocking between 4.2Ghz and 5.2Ghz on water cooling while the air cooling can get around between 4.0Ghz and 4.5Ghz. Possible lower temperature than our current i7 core d0 stepping.

I shall wait until everyones try this out and IF PROVED to be huge sucess in great overclocking then I probably will buy i5 core.

 

[VaderDSL]

Awesome, I was wondering what to go, i7, AM3, think I'll go i5

 

[bulldog147]

Just curious, does i5 core will fit into our gigabyte ex58-ud5 1366 socket ?

 

[VaderDSL]

Isn't the i5 on the 1156 socket and i7 on the 1366?

 

[zia]

I do believe that i5 core can be easy to overclocking between 4.2Ghz and 5.2Ghz on water cooling while the air cooling can get around between 4.0Ghz and 4.5Ghz. Possible lower temperature than our current i7 core d0 stepping.

pardon my stupidity but other than benchmarking would you actually notice any difference between 4.0ghz and 4.5ghz or 5.0ghz

zia

 

[VoG]

Isn't the i5 on the 1156 socket and i7 on the 1366?

i7 is going to be on both sockets. how ever i5 is strictly 1156.

 

[gurusan]

pardon my stupidity but other than benchmarking would you actually notice any difference between 4.0ghz and 4.5ghz or 5.0ghz

zia

For encoding/rendering yes.

For gaming, absolutely not...but doesn't stop people from craving the clocks... I used to be a dual core clock junky til I ran out of money

 

[mdjmcnally]

Isn't the i5 on the 1156 socket and i7 on the 1366?

Unfortunately not, i5 will be found on 1156, whereas i7 will be found on 1156 and 1336. i7 on 1156 is supposed to have the hyperthreading still. Going to get confusing for people with i7 systems thinking that they can upgrade to i9 then realising that they have a 1156 system and so can't.

 

[gurusan]

pardon my stupidity but other than benchmarking would you actually notice any difference between 4.0ghz and 4.5ghz or 5.0ghz

zia

For encoding/rendering yes.

For gaming, absolutely not...but doesn't stop people from craving the clocks... I used to be a clock junky til I ran out of money At least a hardware addiction won't throw you on the streets...I could be selling myself for golden stepping q9650s.


heey wait maybe that's worth considering

 

[spudbynight]

Will an i5 clock to 4.0Ghz though?

And more importantly - WILL IT BLEND?

 

[bulldog147]

i7 is going to be on both sockets. how ever i5 is strictly 1156.

Ok, sound like a new motherboard of 1156 socket to fit new i5 core.

I think i7 1366 won't be hang around much longer now as intel had stopped the top two range of i7 leaving the i7 920 as a huge popular sell.

 

[VaderDSL]

Ah cheers guys that will indeed become a little confusing

 

[gurusan]

Will an i5 clock to 4.0Ghz though?

And more importantly - WILL IT BLEND?

Yes it will clock to 4ghz, and well beyond as long as you have sufficient cooling. I guarantee it!

Will it blend?

 

[spudbynight]

http://www.willitblend.com/

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