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How much do you think we'll be paying for the 2500 / 2600 K's?

So what exactly is the difference betwen the i7 and i5 version of sandy bridge chips, as previously i know the chipsets on the mobo was different but if they both use the same chipset is their any massive difference?
 
3vil Tom said:
So what exactly is the difference betwen the i7 and i5 version of sandy bridge chips, as previously i know the chipsets on the mobo was different but if they both use the same chipset is their any massive difference?
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No, there were I7 1156 chips too...

So basically, I7 = Hyper Threading.
 
The i7 SB chips have 8MB L3 cache, while the quad i5 SB chips have 6MB. How much this will effect performance in real-world applications remains to be seen, i'm certainly looking forward to the reviews on launch day.

And as previously mentioned, i7 quads have hyperthreading enabled, while i5 quads have hyperthreading disabled.
 
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