New Intel PCU explanations

the i3 an i5s would be using the same tech as the i7 but it would be a total new build from the ground up the top i5 would be bout 15% to 20% under the i7 an the i9 would be a hexa core but it only has bout 30% over the i7 975

i believe that the 1156 socket is the lower end one and the 1366 is higher end, the core i9 will work with the 1366 socket, and it will be 6 core with hyper threading, there for making it 12 threads. the core i5 and core i3 will run on the 1156 socket, and also upcoming i7s, as for the i9 on the 1156 im not sure. the core i5 i think will be in dual core and quad, though i believe it will not have hyper threading and should be seen in laptops as well, and as for the core i3 i think intel is trying to get it to be the new lower end budget possessor, something like the successor to the pentium dual core today

That makes sense, but why would they make a lower end motherboard socket?

1156 = i5/i3
1366 = i9/i7. (Note for those that have i7: Current i7 boards will need BIOS update for i9. Hope that your motherboard manufacture ships out a BIOS update )

I see...

So if the 1156 series is going to be less powerful, then would the i7-860 be less powerful than the i7-920? Even though it has .14 faster clock? I mean according to this chart..

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/C [...] ,8448.html

i get what ur saying, but i take it it may be the case that the 1366 socket can provide more power, but that the i7 860 maybe hasn't maxed out what the 1156 can provide, which is y the fastest i7 on the 1156 is 2.93 GHz were on the 1366 its 3.33 GHz, that and u will also have to take into consideration overclocking, one socket might be better for over clocking , or more power efficient that and realize that 1366 came first and is higher end, but 1156 might be enough power for those lower end i7s and that those lower end i7s may not include things like intel's visualization technology or turbo boost, or wtv its called, that and its possible there different sizes in nm

the i7 920 will win overall once you overclock it since it has a higher IPC.

but the i7 860 and 870 will win overall when all the CPU's are at stock clock speeds.

But in the end the 920 will be more powerful than the 860 correct? Unless the 920 is not overclocked?

i suppose it could, but crysis requires a good GPU, were its not hard on the CPU, so either i7 should play it well as long as u have a good GPU

LOL damn i was just using Crysis as an example of high memory usage...

Okay, lets say i'm running a ridiculously memory intensive program, the 920 would out perform the 860 correct?

yeah, for sure, but i think if u have enough ram, it would work just fine, unless ur doing hundreds of things at the same time

Will the lowest end i9 be more powerful than the i7-975?

well, u'd have to look at the clock speeds, and im nto sure what the speeds of the lowest end i9 will be, but if its lower than the i7 ur comparing it to then it will not necessarily be faster, but multitask a lot better