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 little better. Take the Clarkdale based Core i5 655K processor that we featured in this review. In comparison the Core i5 2500K is a significantly more powerful CPU and GPU.
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ProX |
Posted on: 01/03/2011 06:45 AM
Awesome review well done. Plenty of good info and testing there. I have to say after reading the review I fail to see what the point of the LGA1366 platform is now?  These are awesome for anyone looking to upgrade from a Core 2 Dup/Quad system or older. |
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Crelm |
Posted on: 01/03/2011 06:22 PM
I've read half a dozen reviews on these chips today, and I must say, this is the best written of the lot. Fine review. Good work, author and editor. |
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Stuart |
Posted on: 01/03/2011 07:52 PM
What's up with the Ks lacking VT-d et al? I'm actually not going to OC the thing but I'd buy the K just for the heatsink. However, I use virtual machines pretty constantly, occasionally needing to get to the USB ports etc. |
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Stuart |
Posted on: 01/03/2011 08:21 PM
After further review, I don't have the usage requirements to want VT-d enabled anyway. (USB was a bad example anyway, but first that came to fingers). Basically, it looks like they turned off everything that would make the Ks serverroom/business friendly. All the remote management and imaging standardizations. Businesses aren't going to overclock anyway, but it kinda looks like protection for the future Xeons. A down clocked K might be interesting to compare to an S if it had the business stuff. |
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poldo |
Posted on: 01/03/2011 11:06 PM
Nice work LH guys. The application and IGP results are impressive. The best thing about these is the fact that you get $1000 CPU performance for $300 or less. |
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Minx |
Posted on: 01/05/2011 02:35 AM
Yeah these new Intel processors are putting the hurt on AMD. So when exactly is Bulldozer rolling into town? |
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Venom |
Posted on: 01/06/2011 04:38 PM
How about killswitch? |
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Steve Posts: 80 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 01/13/2011 08:43 AM
Thanks for all the feedback guys. I will be sure to keep you up to date with AMD releases this year  |
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Haiq |
Posted on: 01/18/2011 06:35 AM
A friend received his i5 2500k today. I thought the CPU box would look a little bigger cuz I heard there was a new heatsink inside the box, but it turned out it's the same old-lower-design heatsink from INTEL. |
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RaiDeR |
Posted on: 01/29/2011 07:26 PM
The 2600K is the only one right now that has the taller heat sink.For this series of cpu/gpus. |