***Intel i5 Lynnfield Reviews Are In!***

Well no surprise here from Intel, its a beast and offers the best price/performance compared to the i7's AND the Phenom II X4's. It overclocks to 4.2Ghz on air and its clock for clock performance AND the performance/watt ratio is better than the PII X4's...i think once the price of motherboards drops a bit they are the best choice for new buyers that dont want to bust the bank!

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Generally we don't approve of the TardOCP and Toms here.....X360PS3AMD05

Well, their good review sites and I know them from SomeThingAwful, Extreme Overclocking Forum, HardForum.com, Bit-Tech.com and overclock.net

aghhhhhhhhh i bought the i7 2 months ago and now there is a better one and cheaper :( fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuSolid_Tango

Well if you already have an i7 there really is no reason to fuss, in fall 2010 or winter 2011 the i9 should come out so might as well start saving your money =p

As for me the new CPUs look pretty promising. Looks like i'll be saving some money for the spring for a nice upgrade

Hmm to get an i5 or wait for the 6 core i9's.....

Generally we don't approve of the TardOCP and Toms here.....X360PS3AMD05

When can we buy i5's and mobos? Anyone know about what price?

The inconsistent performance results when they were comparing an AMD Dragon system with Phenom II against an i7 machine. The performance numbers were drastically skewed in Intel's favor, leading us to believe they are willing to take bribes in order to skew results in the favor of one company (although the i7 machine would've won anyway, it discredits the actual performance level of Phenom II).Marfoo

When can we buy i5's and mobos? Anyone know about what price?

Nokanhav

Nevermind. i5's and mobos are showing up all around PC building sites like ibuypower.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-299-IN

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-202-CS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-204-GI

Still expensive.

Hmm to get an i5 or wait for the 6 core i9's.....

clyde46

f tat by may amd will release its amd phenom 64 x6 cpus codenamed Leo and Dragon intel ma rule now but come mid 2010 i can count there days left on a calendar.

also for those mobo questions MSI is leading the cheapskate charge withunder 60 pounds (currency not weight) boards comingsometimes later this week which they hope to have a micro-atxlittle brother mfor in the coming month after. these boards (omiting the yet to be seen micro-atx) will support crossfire/sli and be all we have come to expect of current non i7 high quality mobos (2 pci-e x16 2.0, lots of ram slots, improved piping, 1 button OC of ram and cpu)

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Hmm to get an i5 or wait for the 6 core i9's.....

aura_enchanted

f tat by may amd will release its amd phenom 64 x6 cpus codenamed Leo and Dragon intel ma rule now but come mid 2010 i can count there days left on a calendar.

also for those mobo questions MSI is leading the cheapskate charge withunder 60 pounds (currency not weight) boards comingsometimes later this week which they hope to have a micro-atxlittle brother mfor in the coming month after. these boards (omiting the yet to be seen micro-atx) will support crossfire/sli and be all we have come to expect of current non i7 high quality mobos (2 pci-e x16 2.0, lots of ram slots, improved piping, 1 button OC of ram and cpu)

Intel came out with their first 6 core a year before AMD did and it still runs faster than AMDs new 6 core. I doubt AMD will over take Intel any time this decade. AMD is still having money problems while Intel is solid. Intel is also close to releasing it's 8 core processors for servers probably in the next few months. The best AMD can do is lower their price to give their consumers a cheaper alternative. With Intel releasing chips like the I5 which costs less and give better value, I doubt AMD can do much.

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Hmm to get an i5 or wait for the 6 core i9's.....

sleepingzzz

f tat by may amd will release its amd phenom 64 x6 cpus codenamed Leo and Dragon intel ma rule now but come mid 2010 i can count there days left on a calendar.

also for those mobo questions MSI is leading the cheapskate charge withunder 60 pounds (currency not weight) boards comingsometimes later this week which they hope to have a micro-atxlittle brother mfor in the coming month after. these boards (omiting the yet to be seen micro-atx) will support crossfire/sli and be all we have come to expect of current non i7 high quality mobos (2 pci-e x16 2.0, lots of ram slots, improved piping, 1 button OC of ram and cpu)

Intel came out with their first 6 core a year before AMD did and it still runs faster than AMDs new 6 core. I doubt AMD will over take Intel any time this decade. AMD is still having money problems while Intel is solid. Intel is also close to releasing it's 8 core processors for servers probably in the next few months. The best AMD can do is lower their price to give their consumers a cheaper alternative. With Intel releasing chips like the I5 which costs less and give better value, I doubt AMD can do much.

wtf is intel thinking with the naming? its seriously a mess

wtf is intel thinking with the naming? its seriously a mess

washd123

Whats confusing about it? i5 are for more mainstream audience and the i7 is for hardcore pc users more or less. The only problem i have is that these have a new socket so some people might purchase the wrong mobo for the new i7/i5 which use 1156. The "older" i7 use 1366. Maybe they should have named these i6? I dunno.

Dangg. These sound really awesome.

I might be looking into one of these real soon!

so would u guys say the i5 750 is better (performance) than the i7 920?

so would u guys say the i5 750 is better (performance) than the i7 920?

DJ8WORK

In many gaming circumstances, yes, but it's main point is it's price/performance.

so would u guys say the i5 750 is better (performance) than the i7 920?

DJ8WORK

i would say overall, no. But it comes rly close.

The inconsistent performance results when they were comparing an AMD Dragon system with Phenom II against an i7 machine. The performance numbers were drastically skewed in Intel's favor, leading us to believe they are willing to take bribes in order to skew results in the favor of one company (although the i7 machine would've won anyway, it discredits the actual performance level of Phenom II).Marfoo

Damn these things make me want to build a new rig even tho it's unecessary for my needs. Good ol' oc'd e6600 going strong for almost 3 years now, on my 3rd vid card for this build already tho haha.

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so would u guys say the i5 750 is better (performance) than the i7 920?

halokillerz

i would say overall, no. But it comes rly close.

Try checking the benchmarks :D

Darn you TC for posting this info. I'm trying to hold off from building a new pc until later next year, but the temptation to fold is almost too great. :P

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wtf is intel thinking with the naming? its seriously a mess

spektor_21000

Whats confusing about it? i5 are for more mainstream audience and the i7 is for hardcore pc users more or less. The only problem i have is that these have a new socket so some people might purchase the wrong mobo for the new i7/i5 which use 1156. The "older" i7 use 1366. Maybe they should have named these i6? I dunno.

the new socket is whats confusing. they should have called it core i7 and kept the lga1366 socket and used the socket 1156 for the core i5 only or soemthing

the new socket is whats confusing. they should have called it core i7 and kept the lga1366 socket and used the socket 1156 for the core i5 only or soemthing

washd123

[QUOTE="washd123"]the new socket is whats confusing. they should have called it core i7 and kept the lga1366 socket and used the socket 1156 for the core i5 only or soemthing

kilerchese

it kinda makes a little sense i guess i didnt see the long run. but still the core i7 should be one socket only. they should have just made the newer ones lga 1366

it kinda makes a little sense i guess i didnt see the long run. but still the core i7 should be one socket only. they should have just made the newer ones lga 1366

washd123

The on-die chipset is also what helps decrease the manufacturing cost for the motherboards and for the CPUs somewhat.

Darn you TC for posting this info. I'm trying to hold off from building a new pc until later next year, but the temptation to fold is almost too great. :P

StrawberryHill

Yeah it is tempting to go and buy these new shiny toys when they come out isnt it. I think i'll be fine with my rig for another year maybe two? my plan is just to upgrade my gpu with a new Nvidia/ATI card coming this fall.

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[QUOTE="washd123"]the new socket is whats confusing. they should have called it core i7 and kept the lga1366 socket and used the socket 1156 for the core i5 only or soemthing

washd123

it kinda makes a little sense i guess i didnt see the long run. but still the core i7 should be one socket only. they should have just made the newer ones lga 1366

thanks for this

maybe after ive finished school next summer il treat myself to an upgrade, but my q6600 is doing just fine. not to mention one would have to buy a new heatsink, mobo and ram as well!!

Darn you TC for posting this info. I'm trying to hold off from building a new pc until later next year, but the temptation to fold is almost too great. :P

StrawberryHill

i would wait. there is also usb 3.0 to consider, that will be pretty big when it arrives.