[citation][nom]annymmo[/nom]They should really quit the pentium for their newer architectures.Crappy old stuff does not even support execute disable bit, a very useful safety feature even for the entrance level.[/citation]
[citation][nom]Omar Hxs[/nom]This would of been real exciting in 1999[/citation]
These Pentiums are Ivy Bridge i3s without Hyper-Threading and sometimes a few other minor differences. They aren't old and they will kick the crap out of even stuff such as Core 2 Duos. Also, they do support execute disable bit.
[citation][nom]hydac7[/nom]This is boring , too many low end models with irrelevant and confusing naming and numbering , how about making something interesting like selling Xeons for the price of an I5 or something ..[/citation]
Intel
does sell some LGA 1155 i7-like Xeons in the i5 price range of somewhat under $200 to somewhat over $200.
[citation][nom]wavetrex[/nom]Yawn.Dividing the low end market even more...I miss the days when you would choose a CPU by it's frequency number
entium III 600 was definitely slower than Pentium III 800Now ? The numbers are meaningless.[/citation]
Frequency doesn't mean performance, so marketing CPUs by their frequency wouldn't really matter, especially considering the confusion it would bring up in comparing CPUs of different performance at similar frequencies. The added complication of how Turbo frequency (especially different versions of it) functions would make this even more useless. So, marketing by frequency would be more meaningless than the current numbering system which at least usually gives the generation and a few other pieces of info (meaning that it is in fact not meaningless anyway).