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Most of Intel's Core i5 and i7 CPUs lock out overclocking enthusiasts, which we hate. But the K-series chips win us back over with insane scalability. Would you believe that cranking the dial on performance doesn't necessarily tank overall efficiency?...
This article doesn't set out to look at the highest clock rate you can achieve on a Sandy Bridge-based processor. For that, we'd want to use more aggressive cooling, higher voltages, and generally throw the entire efficiency story out the window completel...
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Product Code: BX80623I72600K, CM8062300833908 The Intel Core i7-2600K 'Sandy Bridge' processor is a worthy successor to the i7-860 and i7-920 chips at default clock speeds. On balance, paying about the same amount for a higher-end processor and getti...
The Intel Core i7-2600K is a worthy successor to the i7-860 and i7-920 chips at default clock speeds. If Sandy Bridge permeates the entire market, the (relatively) lower-end LGA1156 motherboards and processors can walk away. In fact, even the X58 line...
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Note: This Intel Core i7-2600K review also reviews the Sandy Bridge architecture as a whole, as well as the mid-range Intel Core i5-2500K processor.Ready or not, here they come. Intel is rolling out a thoroughly overhauled range of PC processors based on...
Breathtaking performance at stock clocks, Massive overclocking headroom, Incredible new integrated video engine...
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If it wasn't for Intel's marketing goons, these could have been the best CPUs in history. Awesome, even so...
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After months of speculation and rumour, Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors are finally with us. In fact we’ve been testing them since mid-december, but Intel’s strict non-disclosure agreements have silenced us till this morning. Now, though, that Sandy Br...
An incredibly powerful processor, that’s also power-efficient and easy to overclock. However, most should go with the cheaper i5-2500K...
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The world’s fastest desktop processor is the 6 core, 12 thread, Intel Core i7 980 Extreme Edition which comes purring out of its box at 3.33GHz. Costing more than £800 from UK stores, it’s a monster in terms of raw processing power. Upon opening the...
Intel’s latest architecture stands alone. Price, performance and all round flexibility mean that the second generation Core processors are going to be every enthusiast’s first choice for a long time to come. The bar has been raised, the challenge made...
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The release of Intel’s second generation of Core Processors has been a hot topic of conversion among the enthusiast audience now for many months. They have a total of twenty nine new chips reaching retail and today KitGuru will be looking at the i5-...
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hardwareheaven.com Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:49
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On our test bench today we have an evolution of the Core architecture in the form of Intels “Sandy Bridge” components. These Include the P67 and H67 chipsets and two CPUs, one from the i5 range and the other from the i7.
Looking first to the build quality and design of the new generation of Core processors we have a set of CPUs which have the usual high level of quality we have come to expect from Intel. It is very hard to damage a Core CPU when installing due to the...
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digitalversus.com Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:49
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The Core i7 2000 range was launched in January 2011 and only features quad-core processors with Hyper-threading. They also have a Turbo mode which boosts the clock speed from between 100 to 400 MHz depending on how many cores are used. Based on the San...
Performance with applications, Performance with video games, Turbo mode and Hyperthreading, Reasonable energy consumption, Integrated graphics can improve decoding/encoding video and support Bluray 3D...
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Intel's latest generation of CPUs effectively picks up where the last one left off. Performance has been ratcheted up a notch and the energy consumption has gone down. This all-rounder is a real success...
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computeractive.co.uk Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:49
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Of all the Intel's new "Sandy Bridge" processors, this model is the most powerful. It runs at 3.4GHz, with a massive 8GB of cache memory built into the chip, and uses four processor cores, each using Intel's Hyperthreading technology to work with two q...
This topoftherange processor is ready to be overclocked for even more speed...
As usual, you get more for your money from the middle of the range...
Great for the basis of a super-fast overclocked PC, but for most users the new i5 chips are better value...
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uk.hardware.info Updated:
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On June 4 Intel is launching its next generation Core processors, also called Haswell. That means it's the perfect opportunity for us to retest all current processors and a number of older ones with a completely new test configuration. It will not only...
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With Intel still adhering to their tick / tock release strategy, it was only a matter of time until a new architecture was introduced and it’s name is Sandy Bridge. Today marks the launch of no less than eight new desktop processors based on a highly...
Intel’s launch of Sandy Bridge definitely comes at an interesting time since it has dropped at a time when many believe the CPU and GPU markets are at a crossroads. Each brings a number of strengths and weaknesses but combined, the potential of serial...
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This month for review we received two very eagerly awaited processors from CPU manufacturer Intel. Since AMD, its only real competitor, hasn’t been putting up a fight in this market for about five years now, interesting developments in CPUs have been f...
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Although the processing cores in Intel’s Sandy Bridge architecture are decidedly similar to Nehalem, the integration of on-die graphics and a ring bus improves performance for mainstream users. Intel’s Quick Sync is this design’s secret weapon, though...
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It's that time of year when the new technology start running out the doors and it becomes really interesting to see what has been brewing for the last year. For Intel, it has been cooking up a new processor line for the mainstream market that has been...
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A brand-new core design enables the chips to do more at a given clock speed than their predecessors. The humble Core i3-2120 runs at a slightly slower 3.3GHz frequency than the mid-range i5-660 from Intel's older 1156 platform, but it achieved higher benc...
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ocaholic.ch.english Updated:
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Especially gamer see themselves confronted with the question which is the best CPU for their system from a performance as well as a price perspective. This is meanwhile the sixth article in our CPU Gaming Performance series of articles, where we compare t...
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In this article we're going to check what's the difference in real life gaming performance between an Intel octa core, hexa core or quad core CPU. Furthermore in the system there is a Radeon HD 7970 graphics card form XFX. We're curious if there will be a...
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The CPU landscape is really complex. Both AMD and Intel offer tons of different models. But how would today’s processors perform if they didn't have multiple cores? We take 16 different CPUs and compare them all using a single core running at 3 GHz. Ev...
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In May this year, AMD officially launched its Trinity Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) that features the next generation APU architecture. It is built on a mature 32nm SOI process technology, using a second revision of the Bulldozer architecture. At its...
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In May this year, AMD officially launched its Trinity Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) that features the next generation APU architecture. It is built on a mature 32nm SOI process technology, using a second revision of the Bulldozer architecture. At its...
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3 weeks of no articles – it's a record for the site. Anyway before the month comes to a close, here's a short review on the new Core processors.I got tired of the usual benchmarking with numbers lay people don't understand, and even if they understand – i...
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The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held at the turn of the year in Las Vegas, Nevada, is usually the place to be for important technology launches. 12 months ago, Intel used the pretext of CES to launch the 2010 Core Processor family for both m...
Intel's Sandy Bridge processors represent a genuine step forward in chip evolution. Now packing in refined, efficient CPU cores and an improved GPU on to the same portion of silicon, Intel has done away with the need for chipset-based graphics for good...
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The Second Generation of the Intel Core Processor Family took off this past January with many early adopters pleasantly surprised by the abundance of speed, updated technologies, and better graphics integration. The high-end option in the 2nd Gen fam...
If you are on the fence between the i5-2500K and i7-2600K I would suggest pairing a Z68 chipset motherboard with the i7-2600K and wait a dozen or so paychecks to purchase your graphics card of choice. The inclusion of Intel Hyper Threading in the i7...
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itp.net Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:47
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Though Intel has been reigning supreme for the last few years, the chipmaker is maintaining an aggressive launch schedule. The latest microarchitecture is known as Sandy Bridge and it is the successor to the older Nehalem-based ‘Core i’ series. As a re...
The Intel Core i7-2600K CPU is a super fast performer which thanks to its unlocked multiplier can also be overclocked like a monster...
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xbitlabs.com Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:47
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So, in our opinion, those users who are looking to buy a high-performance system, have two possible options to consider. The first one is the following: they can decide on an LGA1155 platform and Core i7-2600K processor and spend the money they save in this case on a good mainboard, fast SSD and...
After we completed the first tests of Sandy Bridge processors, the verdict was extremely positive. Intel engineers did a great job on the new microarchitecture, so the actual products based on it ended up with a great combination of consumer features...
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tweaknews.net Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:47
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After several weeks testing and trying out Intel's Core i7-2600k Sandybridge processor, there isn't a whole lot to say other than it's relatively cheap, it's fast and it's extremely overclockable. When a processor comes in just over US$300 and is this...
Very Fast, Overclockable, Turbo 2.0 Technology, Built in HD 3000 Graphics...
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After several weeks testing and trying out Intel's Core i7-2600k Sandybridge processor, there isn't a whole lot to say other than it's relatively cheap, it's fast and it's extremely overclockable. When a processor comes in just over US$300 and is thi...
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Most of Intel's Core i5 and i7 CPUs lock out overclocking enthusiasts, which we hate. But the K-series chips win us back over with insane...
This article doesn’t set out to look at the highest clock rate you can achieve on a Sandy Bridge-based processor. For that, we'd want to use more aggressive cooling, higher voltages, and generally throw the entire efficiency story out the window comple...
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With Sandy Bridge, Intel has set new standards in both performance and power consumption. Not only is the new hardware faster and more efficient, it is also not that expensive. These LGA1155 chips obliterate their comparably priced competition, with the Core i5-2400 and i5-2500K offering the best overall value. The i7-2600K offers a slight clock speed bump and Hyper-threading, but with most applications, the performance boost is generally not worth the US$100 extra over the i5-2500K. However as premi...
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Intel launched this month their new CPUs based on the “Sandy Bridge” architecture. Let’s check the performance of the new Core i7-2600K (3.4 GHz) and compare it to the CPU it came to replace, the Core i7-875K (2.93 GHz), and to the most expensive CPU f...
The Core i7-2600K (3.4 GHz) proved to be an impressive product for the user looking for a high-end CPU. Available for the same price as the Core i7-875K (2.93 GHz), the new Core i7-2600K (3.4 GHz) was faster in all programs we ran (except on 3DMark 11...
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Sandy Bridge is Intel’s next generation 32nm architecture processor adding to their already illustrious CPU genealogy. While Sandy Bridge is architecturally similar to the Core i3, i5, and i7 processors featuring an integrated memory controller and on-...
There’s so many good things about Sandy Bridge, I scarcely know where to begin. First off, it’s a new processor architecture that offers valuable performance enhancements that even the average user will enjoy. This includes the new Intel Turbo Technolo...
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The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held at the turn of the year in Las Vegas, Nevada, is usually the place to be for important technology launches. 12 months ago, Intel used the pretext of CES to launch the 2010 Core Processor family for both m...
Intel's Sandy Bridge processors represent a genuine step forward in chip evolution. Now packing in refined, efficient CPU cores and an improved GPU on to the same portion of silicon, Intel has done away with the need for chipset-based graphics for good...
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With the Sandy Bridge line of processors, Intel is not looking to so much introduce a new speed monster, as it is to provide near top-level performance at mainstream prices. As Intel's "tock" to the earlier "tick" by their Lynnfield, the SandyBridge p...
The Intel Core i7-2600K is a worthy successor to the i7-860 and i7-920 at default clock speeds. If Sandy Bridge permeates the entire market, the (relatively) lower-end LGA1156 motherboards and processors can securely walk into the sunset. In fact, eve...
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With the line of processors, Intel is not looking to so much introduce a new speed monster, as it is to provide near top-level performance at mainstream prices. As Intel's "tock" to the by their Lynnfield, the SandyBridge processors remain at 32nm fa...
3.4 GHz frequency, Unlocked multiplier for further overclockability, 2nd Generation 32nm processor, Improved performance/power efficiency, CPU onboard graphics...
Requires new motherboard, Intel's 3rd socket change in as many years, Base Clock is locked...
The Intel Core i7-2600K processor is a worthy successor to the i7-860 and i7-920 at default clock speeds. On balance, paying about the same amount for a higher-midrange processor and getting a 25 per cent increase in performance (besides overclockabil...
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hitechlegion.com Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:48
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When a door is unlocked you expect to have open access to everything that may be inside. You probably wouldn’t expect to have limited access to certain parts of the interior. This is something we happen to come across quite frequently. How many video g...
Quad Core Performance with HyperThreading, Turbo Boost Technology, Optimized for Windows 7, 8MB (Shared) L3 Cache, Unlocked, 32nm Processor, Choice of OnDie or Discrete Graphics...
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The mainstream user has been waiting patiently for a more affordable solution from the Intel family. The 2nd Generation Intel Core Series offers just that. The “SandyBridge” series offers both dual core and quad core processors which all include Intel...
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Enter the "Sandy Bridge" 32nm architecture, which marks the introduction of the 2nd generation Intel Core processors. Sandy Bridge is designed to be a two-chip platform consisting of a processor and Platform Controller Hub...
Although the new Sandy Bridge architecture may not be revolutionary, it is a much improved version of Nehalem as it seems to do everything a little better. When compared to the Clarkdale Core i5 661 processor which we reviewed exactly a year ago, the...
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Tonight Intel has pulled off the wraps on their new Sandy Bridge microarchitecture. The fact that they did so a few days ahead of schedule should tell you just how confident they are in what is .Officially branded “2nd Generation Core Processor Family”...
sWhat we are witnessing with the launch of Sandy Bridge is a paradigm shift in CPU design. I don’t throw out that phrase lightly either – Sandy Bridge is an improvement on every front over every other chip in its price range. And if anything, the $200-...
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vrworld.com Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:48
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It is a New Year and time for a new CPU. We have been hearing about this one from Intel for quite a while now and it is time for us to see exactly what it has to offer in terms of performance and power.Of course the CPU we are talking about it Sandy...
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hardocp.com Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:49
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We are lagging a little bit behind the official media embargo date for Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors and honestly, all of the information shown below on this page has been released or leaked previously by Intel, so there should be no real surpris...
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Intel never quite reached 4GHz with the Pentium 4. Despite being on a dedicated quest for gigahertz the company stopped short and the best we ever got was 3.8GHz. Within a year the clock (no pun intended) was reset and we were all running Core 2 Duos...
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Evolution is one of the most important things in the PC Hardware marketplace. The constant need to improve your product to be faster, more energy efficient, lower priced and more attractive to the audience is vital if you're to stay ahead in the techno...
So we have the replacement for the LGA1156 series of processors that just seemed to be finding their feet. With them coming it at three differing price points but not really for three different markets, we have to split this conclusion into three parts...
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Given the towering number of broken promises we've experienced over the years, we were naturally skeptical when Intel began giving us the hard-sell on its new "second-generation Core" processing platform (a.k.a., Sandy Bridge). Onboard graphics! Terrif...
Outstanding media-processing capabilities. Good overall computing performance. Unlocked multiplier for simplified overclocking.
Onboard video lacks DirectX 11 support, won't replace what you can get with discrete cards. Requires new motherboard. Bundled CPU cooler discourages tinkering.
Intel takes a giant step forward with the Core i7-2600K, one of its inaugural Sandy Bridge CPUs, in terms of both value and media processing. Its much-touted onboard graphics won't displace what you get with a discrete graphics card, but overall this...
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benchmarkreviews.com Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:49
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Intel's processor development follows a regular "tick-tock" cycle. The "tick" is the refinement of an existing architecture; the "tock" is a new architecture. Proceeding at a roughly yearly pace, the "tick-tock" model brought us the 45nm Nehalem archi...
Substantial performance improvement over existing Socket 1156 processors, New vector instructions promise even better performance down the road, Enhanced Turbo Boost, HyperThreading, and power management features, Low 95 watt TDP and low processor temperatures, even when overclocked, Overclocks very well with a P67 Express motherboard...
Requires a new Socket 1155 motherboard, Overclockability and features entirely dependent on motherboard, Cougar Point systems still limited to 24 PCIe lanes, Intel's introduction of 28 new CPUs and 10 new chipsets potentially confusing to the consumer...
" section. But remember that people who build and overclock their own systems are a minuscule fraction of the market; I suspect if every single overclocked defaulted to AMD, it wouldn't be more than a rounding error in Intel's bottom line. Reply #...
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Today’s pre-launch of Intel’s Sandy Bridge-based processors should come as no surprise to anyone who even remotely follows the PC tech scene. We, along with Intel and numerous other companies and media outlets, have been slowly leaking Sandy Bridge and...
There are a number of performance related aspects to summarize here, including CPU, graphics, and motherboard / chipset performance. First let’s focus on CPU performance relative to previous generation Intel processors. The Core i7-2600K is arguably t...
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hardwareunboxed.com Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:49
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Today Intel is launching their 2nd generation Core processor series which has become well known as Sandy Bridge, the architectures codename. This new architecture is exciting because it takes the Core design to the next level, providing a level of perf...
The Sandy Bridge architecture is very exciting as it incorporates so much into such a small package. While the architecture may not be revolutionary, it is a large step forward from the Nehalem/Westmere architectures, as it does almost everything a lit...
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Intel based processors, whether they are Nehalem, Clarkdale, Lynnfield, or Gulftown based, enjoy a strong core-for-core performance advantage over the competition from AMD. Today Intel looks to increase that performance gap even further with the releas...
When the Sandy Bridge processors first entered our labs we were anticipating a substantial performance increase over the previous generation Core architecture, and to that end the 2500K and 2600K managed to not only meet our expectations, but also gre...
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of processor graphics to the Sandy Bridge architecture brought a focus on energy efficient performance and media capabilities. No longer a multi-chip package as we saw in the Nehalem-based CPUs, the 2nd generation Intel Core processor family fully in...
Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture is finally here and I was impressed at nearly every turn. The Core i7-2600K should quickly become the mid-range processor of choice for gamers and enthusiasts alike with a combination of performance and value we haven't...
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Processor/Motherboard Overview After much nail-biting, the Sandy Bridge processors have arrived, and we can finally reveal the performance info that everyone has been anxiously awaiting since last summer. Sandy Bridge was first introduced this Septem...
32nm Architecture, Low Power...
Must have a K series processor to have full overclocking potential...
The launch of the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture today proved to be a big success for Intel. With the K-series processors' full overclocking potential, users can finally tune their PCs to levels where the processor is limited by performance, not the...
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computershopper.com Updated:
2011-07-31 18:06:50
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Intel is touting its new-architecture processors, code-named “Sandy Bridge,” as the second generation of the Intel Core series. With significant performance increases, updated graphics cores, miserly power-saving features, and surprising l...
Major speed boost over previous-generation Core i7 chips in this price range, Highly overclockable, Inexpensive for the performance...
Chipset requirements mean you'll need a new motherboard, Integrated graphics still slow compared to cheap dedicated cards...
With significant speedups in both single- and multi-threaded applications, a low price, and excellent overclockability, this new high-performance chip is a performance enthusiast’s dream...
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Intel has launched a new Central Processor Unit family every year for the last few years with Tick/Tock regularity. Each Tick is a new architecture with the Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium MMX, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV, Prescott...
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Intel seems to have struck gold once again with their new Sandy Bridge architecture, which they introduced in early 2011. Intel calls them the 2nd Generation Core processors and although it may appear to be using the similar formula that we saw in...
At Rs.13,800, the Core i7 2600K isn’t exactly cheap, but for the kind of performance it delivers and its feature set, it’s not bad. Just a year ago, if you wanted an Intel CPU with an unlocked multiplier, you’d have no choice, but to go with their Ext...
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Looking at the Core i7-2600K processor reveals that it's not visually different from any other CPU on the market as they all basically look the same. They all look identical because all they have to show off is the IHS (Integrated Heat Shield) which prot...
For where the Sandy Bridge based Intel Core i7-2600K is marketed towards, the mainstream crowd, the Core i7-2600K is a fantastic package. I think this is due to the competitive price point. It’s value is noticeable as one does not need to break the...
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Ivy Bridge is the codename for the third generation of Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 processors from Intel, manufactured using the new 22 nm process. For the desktop market, five CPUs are being announced today: the Core i7-3370K, the Core i7-3370, the...
The new Core i7-3770K is a no-brainer if you were considering buying the Core i7-2600K; it costs the same and is faster.It is, however, very important to understand that this processor is targeted to users who will really benefit from additional proces...
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Today we're going to compare the perfomance of the three Intel Core architechtures—Nehalem, Sandy Bridge, and Ivy Bridge—in as equal conditions as possible. Testbeds For tests, we shall have only Intel Core i7 processors, since the 1st Gen Core i5 had...
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Finally, a moment anticipated by many: test results of Intel's new LGA1155 platform are available. This resembles the situation with LGA1156, because the new processors will be rolled out in several steps. Today we'll get to know the details of quad-co...
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Benchmarking 86 CPUs takes a while. After long last, though, we have 51 models from AMD and 35 from Intel tested in our current suite. If you want to know how your processor sizes up to its competition, you'll find plenty of comparison data inside! 86 C...
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3 weeks of no articles – it's a record for the site. Anyway before the month comes to a close, here's a short review on the new Core processors.I got tired of the usual benchmarking with numbers lay people don't understand, and even if they understand – i...
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overclockershq.com Updated:
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Well it is that time again Intel has launched a new Unlock kit and this one is sporting some serious hardware. For starters we received the new Intel Core Intel® Core™ i7. As with all Intel® Core™ i7 processors, this one has four cores. The full n...
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We do a quick runthrough of benchmarks tests @ 4.8GHz on the new 22nm...
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Intel's Core i7-3770K (ES) vs i7-2600K vs i7-3960X, nuff said!We have also included a brief USB 3.0 controller shootout inside, involving the new Z77 (Panther Point) Native USB implementation and other popular solutions.Prior Reading Disclaimer / Warning:...
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From £479 to £839 inc VAT From $555 to $990 ex taxSandy Bridge E is a monster in every regardThere’s been plenty of rumour and speculation surrounding Sandy Bridge E since we first heard about the new CPU series back in . Initially we were under th...
While we don't want to give the impression that the i7-3930K is a slow CPU for consumer applications and games, it isn't significantly faster than the Core i7-2600K. This is a problem for Intel, as the i7-3930K is almost exactly double the price; LGA20...
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tbreak.ae Updated:
2014-05-09 01:26:27
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Tock- that’s where Intel is with the launch of their second generation Core CPU aka Sandy Bridge. For those who are unaware, Intel’s been following their Tick Tock model for the past few years where TOCK introduces a new generation of CPUs while TICK r...
Excellent performance, Great Price, Runs very cool...
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It seems that we’ve been hearing about Intel’s next-gen CPU architecture, codenamed , for the past year, and previewing motherboards and revelling in the leaks for at least four months. In fact, it reached the point where we’d said ‘Sandy Bridge’ so of...
We were surprised to see so much performance and overclockability from this supposedly low-end and multiplier-locked quad-core CPU. However, it's not that much cheaper than the incredible so we struggle to see the point of it. It might be very fast an...
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It seems just like yesterday that Intel launched the Core 2 Duo series of CPUs and re-established itself as the king of the hill for x86 CPUs. As hard as it may be to believe, that was four and a half years ago. Since then Intel has been following...
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Exactly one year ago today, we posted our biggest (in terms of wordage) launch article ever. The product at hand? Intel's Clarkdale processors, which at the time, were the most sophisticated offerings on the market. They were also the first to bring a...
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Although the processing cores in Intel’s Sandy Bridge architecture are decidedly similar to Nehalem, the integration of on-die graphics and a...
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Behardware.com Updated:
2014-05-15 01:37:21
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In November 2008, Intel introduced the Core i7 LGA 1366 processors, the first CPUs based on its new Nehalem architecture. After rolling them out on Socket LGA 1156 in September 2009, Nehalem was then released on 32nm dual core and six core CPUs in Jan...
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Today Intel is launching the Xeon E3 series CPU line as part of the Bromolow platform alongside the C202, C204 and C206 chipsets. This is a much anticipated release where Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture moves to dominate the UP market for the near futur...
Overall, this is a big win for Intel. The new processors are faster and offer lower processing power than their Lynnfield counterparts and those are positive developments in the server space. Processors like the Xeon E3-1260L will be very popular in the u...
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Let's show the basic specs of all Core i7 processors released to date in a series of quick-reference tables. The Core i7 was the first Intel processor to bring an integrated memory controller, feature available on AMD processors since the Athlon 64. In...
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Hey all and welcome to the new year! We've mentioned in some other reviews that 2011 is going to be a very significant year in the processor industry as we'll be faced with two changes. The first being a new architecture for both Intel and AMD, chang...
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The CPU landscape is really complex. Both AMD and Intel offer tons of different models. But how would today’s processors perform if they didn't...
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techreaction.net Updated:
2015-03-31 08:38:19
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IntroductionToday we’re facing the launch of a brand new architecture from Intel dubbed “Sandy Bridge”. If you haven’t seen the leaks around the net over the past few months, you haven’t been paying attention. Everyone is excited about the potentia...
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When Intel released their Nehalem architecture based on the 45nm process in 2008, AMD knew that they would once again be left trailing behind Chipzilla in their race to secure x86 performance dominance. A year later, AMD went ahead to release their own 45...
You may wonder why it took us so long to review the FX-8150? We received the processor last month and had to cover the Haswell Core i7-4770K first along with Computex 2013 which had put alot of load on me. But here we finally have the Bulldozer review and...
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As you may know, a while back, we came to some difficult realizations about the validity of our methods for testing PC gaming performance. In my article Inside the second: A new look at game benchmarking, we explained why the widely used frames-per-second...
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This time we'd like to offer you the summarized test results of as many as 71 processors. This generally marks the end of the year, not the end of another test method's life cycle (like the last time). We believe this summary contains all important pro...
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Today we shall focus on Intel Core i7 processors, in particular those outperforming Core i7-880. Firstly, we need to retest them with our new test method. Secondly, the new LGA2011 platform is to be announced very soon, and we'll need these test result...
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Article Indexi3 vs i5 vs i7 Sandy Bridge comparison Packaging Differences Our Test Rig Our Testing Procedures Aida64 Cinebench Passmark Sandra WorldBench WPrime X264 HD Overall Synthetic Benchmarks In Game Overall All Pages Page 1 of 15Intel started 20...
All Pages Page 1 of 15Intel started 2011 off with the official introduction to their highly anticipated Sandy Bridge processors. We had the chance to take a look at their mid-range i5-2500k and we loved it. The i5-2500k isn’t perfect for everyone, tha...
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After so much postponing, AMD is finally releasing its new processor series based on the “Bulldozer” architecture, the FX, featuring models with four, six, or eight processing cores. Let’s test the top-of-the-line, the eight-core AMD FX-8150 (3.6 GHz)...
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In our first part of our Broadwell coverage , we rushed to test both the i7-5775C and the i5-5765C in our new benchmarking suite against the previous generation of Haswell processors as well as AMDs Kaveri lineup. In Part 2, we have spent more time with t...
Since then, despite the perseverance of (or soon to be mildly delayed) Moore's Law, performance is measured differently. Efficiency, core count, integrated SIMD graphics, heterogeneous system architecture and specific instruction sets are now used due to...
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Intel's tick-tock clock work like release schedule has given its main rivals quiet a lot of headaches. Intel's clock is running on time (mostly) and despite a scare (the p67 sata bug) or two its keeping time.Earlier this year Intel unleashed a salvo of ne...
The performance gains seen here are reminiscent of those seen when Intel launched its core2 architecture with the core2 duo series of processors. The 2nd generation of core processors does things faster, while guzzling less energy. They run cooler and ove...
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The Core i7 2600K - Re-tested Sandy bridge tested Against Ryzen 7 1800X and Core i7 8700KBack in 2011, Intel released a new processor series based on what is referred to as the Sandy Bridge architecture, to date many people are still on a platform using s...
This funny little review derived out of the fact that many of you guys in the forums often debate CPU bottlenecks, and refer to the fact that you are still playing games on a dated PC, like the one shown today. Back in the days, the Core i7 2600K was a ho...
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One of the most popular processors of the last decade has been the Intel Core i7-2600K. The design was revolutionary, as it offered a significant jump in single core performance, efficiency, and the top line processor was very overclockable. With the next...
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The Intel i7-2600K is arguably one of the most iconic products released by Intel in the last decade, following-up the seminal Nehalem CPUs with major architectural improvements in Sandy Bridge. The 2600K was a soldered CPU with significant performance upl...
Yes, it's still good – just the extent of its usefulness will depend on your use cases, as always. First of all, for anyone with an i7-2600K and trying to stretch it a bit longer, we can strongly recommend considering an overclock attempt. It's not too di...
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