New Intel Core i5, i7 Processors Product Matrix
Today's the big debut for Intel's Lynnfield processors. To learn all about what's so great about these new chips, check out our full coverage. All the reading, thanks to the hard work of our Managing Editor Chris Angelini, should keep you occupied for some time.
For a quick summary, however, of what's new today, clock speeds, cache sizes, cores and how much they'll cost, peep the table below:
Check out the following guides and reviews to Intel's new chip below. All three articles were published today!
Intel Core i5 And Core i7: Intel’s Mainstream Magnum Opus
Core i5, Core i7, CrossFire, And SLI: Gaming Paradise, Redux?
In Theory: How Does Lynnfield's On-Die PCI Express Affect Gaming?
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depends if you have your heart set on tripple channel. but if its the same price or cheaper than the 920, I think u'd be crazy not to go for the 860, hell, even the i5 is the same clock speed as the 920, and it turbos higher, you don't get hyperthreading, but especially for gaming, i'm not a big fan of hyperthreading anyway, don't think it makes much of a difference (i have a 920), will be interesting to see the 920 and the i5 compared in games.
Yep, I don't know why Intel even bothers with the 870 if it's going to end up being more than twice the cost. Pretty stupid really.
The Q6700 was the same was as were the Q9550 then the Q9650 and the i7 940 and 950 when they all first came out
The moral of the story is buy the 2nd best and OC the shizzle out of it
And I am still VERY happy with my i7 920 ($200) and Rampage II GENE ($230) even with the prices of the new parts, I didn't pay that much more and it will pay off in the long run for sure
Correct! LGA 1156-based board are all going to be dual-channel.
Sure, but you still need to know the maximum. IIRC AM2+ boards can have a limit to which phenom II processors can be used depending on the TDP.
Besides that everything's got some kind of clock down type stuff that saves power, and that kind of thing is best left to indepth articles rather than a chart.
I know they're not the same platform, and technically may not be aimed at the same market, however it would be very hard to pass up i7/ddr3 etc for only a couple bucks.
It says the i7-870 has only 2 cores... hmm... reported to Intel...
Awesome to see that they are finally public. ^_^
i5-750 $209.99
i7-860 $299.99
i7-870 $579.99
In Canadian dollars. Newegg.ca. No free shipping.
i7-750 $239.99
i7-860 $329.99
i7-870 $659.99
Current exchange rate:
1 USD = 1.06979 CAD
1 CAD = 0.93476 USD
(Newegg once again shows little love for its Canadian counterpart.)
Newegg.com is not yet stocking the Xeons.
On Newegg.com and Newegg.ca when you buy a Intel i5/i7 and Intel LGA 1156 motherboard combo, you get a free gift. The gift includes a sweet t-shirt, a aluminum water bottle, a mouse pad, two fake tattoos, all of which have a skull on them, and a copy of Windows 7 RC.