Differnces between i5 & I5 Sandybridge and other questions

[drich290195]

I understand that the sandy bridge has a built in hd graphics controller but it has less l3 cache does this affect it in anyway also whats the major differnce between the I7 & i5 cant really see it. And the I3 is basically a core2duo with a hd controller am i right. Just trying to get my head around the new generation of cpu as im looking to upgrade from a conroe core2duo and want to get things straight in my head cheers

 

[drich290195]

cheers mate was just after key feautures really would a i3 be any better for gaming than my core2duo conroe

 

[drich290195]

so realistically you would want to buy a z68 chipset too use the graphics and clock the processor, and why have they not enabled the hyperthreading on the newer i5's it seems to seriously limit the processor i would ne inclinde to go for the lower i5 with hyper threading

 

[drich290195]

oh and no 64bit windows professional orcvader cheers for trying though think its due to the motherboard reserving some for systm probably time for a upgrade