WOW, I am so glad I held off on a new PC until now. Those overclocked power consumption numbers made my jaw drop... and prompted me to register just to post this comment.
Thank you for the early review, bit-tech staff! Can't wait to start my build! =)
WHAT! ....No ....No ...No, it can't be?!! I've been dreading this moment, I'm looking at my SR2 with a raised eyebrow! How long has my red & black beauty got doctor?!! :(
I've been out of the CPU market for a few years and never knew that much about them in the first place other than how to install them but is this going to be another case of Intel kicking the crap out of AMD or are AMD's new APU's going to be able to seriously compete? I realize there are differences (the DirectX issue for one) but, in terms of overall performance, what's the best guess as to whether AMD is going to be able to compete in a real way and not just have "decent" APU's at a lower cost?
Just for the record, I am a not a fanboy of either company. ATM, I have one Intel based machine and one AMD based. If the AMD APU's are going to be close performance-wise, I would like to support them (if for no other reason than to help keep them in the game overall) but I don't want to wait only to be disappointed either.
Without doubt the new range of Intel CPUs are incredible - we show you why.
Now this is a bit of tech news I've been eagerly waiting for ;).
Intel Core i5-2500K (4.9GHz)
Hell yes :D & the power usage is even more impressive , very glad I held out since socket 775 & ddr2, saved up & spent a tenner in the steam sales so I might be able to jump over to p67 at launch if prices for other parts are nice :D.
BTW Bindi your bann hammer avatar is speeded up all hyper like a giddy Bindi :D.
Honestly, for people who read bit-tech it does not matter at all. Everyone here runs a discrete GPU. And for people who don't game the integrated GPU's offer enough power, and way more than the terrible and old Intel integrated graphics. Although, these numbers are amazing I kind of agree it's a shame we probably won't see amazing OC potential from the successors of the G6950 and the i3 540... Still, can't complain about the numbers for OC'd CPU's. I wonder what Intel is going to do when the K series will start outselling all the others combined.
Well I for one am happy to have held off the q6600 upgrade until these reviews appeared. Excellent performance/price ratio - someones going shopping soon :)
Originally Posted by rickysio I still can't decide between an i5-2500S or a standard 2500 for my mITX H67 based build...
I'm just going by my knowledge on Intel's previous gen 'S' CPUs, might not apply here.
I'm not sure exactly what Intel locks down in their non 'K' chips, but if you can undervolt and underclock the normal 2500 then it's not worth getting the 'S'.
Originally Posted by wuyanxu does P67 boards have graphics IO? i was under the impression that it doesn't, making the graphics parts inside the CPU completely worthless.
loving its power consumption though, that's a real step forward.
Yep, it says in the review that you need an H67 board to make use of the graphics side of the chip.
Originally Posted by docodine I'm just going by my knowledge on Intel's previous gen 'S' CPUs, might not apply here.
I'm not sure exactly what Intel locks down in their non 'K' chips, but if you can undervolt and underclock the normal 2500 then it's not worth getting the 'S'.
In theory the 'S' parts are supposedly chosen chips which take a lower performance hit at a lower TDP compared to their big brothers. Though tbh that all sounds like marketing crap intended to push overpriced CPU's.
Since you plan a micro-ITX I am guessing this will be an HTPC. In that case why not just go for for the i3 2100. Should easily have enough performance at stock for anything you can throw at an HTCP unless you have a truly amazing home cinema setup.
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ReplyThank you for the early review, bit-tech staff! Can't wait to start my build! =)
Just for the record, I am a not a fanboy of either company. ATM, I have one Intel based machine and one AMD based. If the AMD APU's are going to be close performance-wise, I would like to support them (if for no other reason than to help keep them in the game overall) but I don't want to wait only to be disappointed either.
Now this is a bit of tech news I've been eagerly waiting for ;).
Intel Core i5-2500K (4.9GHz)
Hell yes :D & the power usage is even more impressive , very glad I held out since socket 775 & ddr2, saved up & spent a tenner in the steam sales so I might be able to jump over to p67 at launch if prices for other parts are nice :D.
BTW Bindi your bann hammer avatar is speeded up all hyper like a giddy Bindi :D.
oh, wait.
No 4.9GHz £80 G6950 any more though :(
I'm just going by my knowledge on Intel's previous gen 'S' CPUs, might not apply here.
I'm not sure exactly what Intel locks down in their non 'K' chips, but if you can undervolt and underclock the normal 2500 then it's not worth getting the 'S'.
When are these new cpu's out???
loving its power consumption though, that's a real step forward.
Yep, it says in the review that you need an H67 board to make use of the graphics side of the chip.
after recently buying one of them it would be a shame to waste !
In theory the 'S' parts are supposedly chosen chips which take a lower performance hit at a lower TDP compared to their big brothers. Though tbh that all sounds like marketing crap intended to push overpriced CPU's.
Since you plan a micro-ITX I am guessing this will be an HTPC. In that case why not just go for for the i3 2100. Should easily have enough performance at stock for anything you can throw at an HTCP unless you have a truly amazing home cinema setup.
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