New Intel pentium SKT1155 Sandy Bridge out today??

clocka · 22 May 2011 at 17:46

New Intel Pentiums SKT1155 Sandy Bridge out today??

lots of places such as:

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_Dual-Core/Intel-Pentium G620.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)#Desktop_processors

are saying that Cheap pentium cpu's and updated core i3 and i5 cpu's are due out today for SKT1155.

Anyone know if this is true, its annoying that they release things on sundays as many places are shut so their websites aren't updated.

panyan · 22 May 2011 at 18:12

hmmm, interesting, the cpu code doesnt match the SB convention...

EDIT: oh, the G620 is pentium and the new i3 doesnt seem to be any better than 2100 :confused:

clocka · 22 May 2011 at 18:15

panyan said:
hmmm, interesting, the cpu code doesnt match the SB convention...

EDIT: oh, the G620 is pentium and the new i3 doesnt seem to be any better than 2100

the new core i3 2105 has newer HD 3000 graphics, the 2100 only has HD 2000 graphics

they are about half the price of core i3 yet only around 15% slower and still have integrated hd graphics so a great cpu for average users.

£35 for 4GB DDR3 ram
£45-50 for Pentium SKT1155 cpu
£60 for H67 board

so £150 ish for a very nice setup.

clocka · 23 May 2011 at 09:35

the pentiums are on sale at a few places now

no sign of the 2105 or other new ones yet, i'm sure they will be on sale later today. Hope ocuk sells these pentiums as they are only slightly slower than core i3.

Cleanthes · 23 May 2011 at 10:28

DragonQ · 23 May 2011 at 10:55

Yeah looks like they're just i3s without HyperThreading. Since even ffmpeg-mt only runs on two threads, it does indeed make perfect sense for an HTPC.

clocka · 23 May 2011 at 11:07

Cleanthes said:
So do the Pentiums have a HD 2000 graphics core as well - the same graphics as the i3? If so, a great choice for a HTPC...

yes they have HD 2000 graphics too but lack a few new technologies as described here: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_Dual-Core/Intel-Pentium G620.html

Hopefully benchmarks will be out soon.

andy_mk3 · 23 May 2011 at 14:38

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=6&subid=2037

They seem like very good value to me.

allday247 · 23 May 2011 at 14:43

are there any mini-itx boards for these chips that OCUK stock?

clocka · 23 May 2011 at 14:54

andy_mk3 said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=6&subid=2037

They seem like very good value to me.

Yep, core i3 is around £90, the was only 2 pentiums for SKT1156 and they were only £20 ish cheaper than the old core i3's.

Intel has had to release these as AMD's chips out out within 3 weeks which will be of similar performance, cost and power usage.

The prices should fall to £45-50 for the G620 over the next few weeks as the price in bulk is nearly exactly half of the core i3 which is around £90 so very little money for a quick cpu with hd video decoding, perfect for htpc's.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 23 May 2011 at 14:56

The Asus P8H61-I is a relatively low cost H61 mini ITX motherboard which would be ideal with the Pentium CPUs.

Cleanthes · 23 May 2011 at 14:58

clocka · 23 May 2011 at 15:04

now we just need ocuk to sell these that went on sale today:

Core i5 2405S (slower 2.5-3.3ghz 65W cpu)
Core i5 2310
Core i3 2105

the 2405S and 2105 have intel HD 3000 graphics, the 2310 only has HD 2000 but is 100mhz faster than the older 2100.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)#Desktop_processors

Garido · 23 May 2011 at 16:08

Are these as overclockable as previous pentium chips, IE, Pentium Dual Core E2xxx, E5xxx, E6xxx and G6xxx series? Because it's locked multi and 1155 these are near impossibe to clock right?

clocka · 23 May 2011 at 16:13

i'm pretty sure you can't overclock these even on P67/Z68 boards. They don't automatically overclock for single core tasks either, you need the core i cpu's for those i'm afraid.

The cheapest SKT 1155 that will overclock is the core i3 2120K cpu which isn't out yet, we don't know when it will be out, you'd need a P67/Z68 board to overclock it.

allday247 · 23 May 2011 at 16:22

hmmm should i get one of the G620T's or wait for Llano chip?
This is for a HTPC build where is was originally considering the Zacate platform but i would like the extra power on tap for general internet usage and light gaming.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 23 May 2011 at 16:32

allday247 said:
hmmm should i get one of the G620T's or wait for Llano chip?
This is for a HTPC build where is was originally considering the Zacate platform but i would like the extra power on tap for general internet usage and light gaming.

The quad core Llano CPUs will have a graphics chips as fast or even faster than an HD4670 DDR3/GDDR3 it seems.

An HD4670 is still fine for many games like WoW,DragonAge,Civ 5,StarCraft II,the various L4D games,Portal II and a few others.

Cleanthes · 23 May 2011 at 16:32

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 23 May 2011 at 16:36

Cleanthes said:
I'm in the same position. I haven't yet heard of a Llano below 45W though - so if low power is an issue (it is for me) then this might be better, especially since the Core i3's actually rival Zacate for real-world power usage, despite the higher TDP.

That review was done with an 880W PSU and used one of the worst Zacate motherboards for power consumption even by the reviewers own admission.

I would look at this review:

http://techreport.com/articles.x/20401/5

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 23 May 2011 at 16:41

I have a Core i3 2100 myself and the Core i3 2100T and G620T have a lower clocked version of the HD2000 IGP. IIRC, I could run L4D and UT3 at medium settings at 1280X800.