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Intel Core i5-2550K? Whats the deal?

BarBrawllin

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I noticed this CPU in the store and im just curious,it doesn't mention if it has iGPU and clocked slightly higher than the 2500K,does this mean that it overclocks a lot better than a 2500K? Is there no BCLK limit or does it still have this limit because the discrete graphics uses this BCLK to synch the PCIe? Has anyone here tried overclocking them?

I dont plan on getting one but id like to hear the differences about the chip and any advantages it has over the 2500K:)
 
Its just no graphics and an extra 100Mhz as I see it. Another marketing technique companies use.

"Oooo check this my i5 has an extra 5 in it. "
 
I believe they still have the BCLK limit, could possibly overclock SLIGHTLY better and have no iGPU.

Not really any advantages over the 2500K!
 
Hmmmm,im wondering if these were chips that had faulty iGPU's and Intel decided to release them with the iGPU disabled to make a profit off them? Seems a very strange CPU to release.Maybe it was just for marketing purposes like Hyburnate said(keeping their name in the spotlight/attracting attention away from AMD) but id still like to see somebody overclock one of them just to see what happens lol.
 
BarBrawllin said:
Hmmmm,im wondering if these were chips that had faulty iGPU's and Intel decided to release them with the iGPU disabled to make a profit off them?
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Yea, that's what a lot of the speculation has arrived at. Since intel has been making sandy bridge quad core chips for well over a year now, so it makes sense they have built up a large pile of chips that have faulty graphics cores, but are otherwise fully functional CPUs. So all they need to do is fully disable the graphics in the factory, set the default CPU multiplier to slightly higher than the i5 2500K and sell them in the millions. They are basically of no use to enthusiasts (as we would rather have the options of the graphics core and lower price, plus can just overclock to nullify the clockspeed difference), but for OEM PC makers they will be good as it offers a higher number (which = better) and they won't care about the graphics core if they are already using a graphics card.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Since intel has been making sandy bridge quad core chips for well over a year now, so it makes sense they have built up a large pile of chips that have faulty graphics cores, but are otherwise fully functional CPUs.
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Id love to walk into the intel factory just to see what kind of defective CPU's they have laying around and how many of them. They must have ones laying around with like 1 or 2 defective cores,ones with defective iGPU's etc...What happens to the ones they dont sell? Where the hell do they put their "rubbish"?LOL:D Im sure they could sell/donate a lot of the defective stuff to 3rd world countries for cheap if they are just going to bin them anyway,i mean even 1 core working on an i5/i7 is still pretty decent if your only browsing the web and playing crappy games. I'll just cut to the chase and admit it,im a nosey b@stard and want to snoop around in an Intel factory and have a chinwag with some of them lol:p
 
Personally I think they are taking the **** selling this CPU at a higher cost if it has a defective iGPU. And that's assuming that it is a defective iGPU and not a new chip which I very much doubt it is. An extra 100MHz on the base!! What is the point?


Im a big fan of Intel and have built hundreds of systems based on the 2500K and 2600K but I think this is pure greed.
 
I think its genuinely handy to have an on board gpu just incase you sell your graphics card or it fails etc etc. Don't see the point in buying one without now.
 
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