i5 750 cpu's

i7 range on LGA1366 platform is overkill for me on my home PC. If you're a serious "enthusiast" go for LGA1366/i7 and show off all the pretty benchmarks, while we wait for more software to be developed to fully use the hardware :)

i5 and future i7's on the LGA1156 platform are cheaper, lower power consumption and from the benchmarks released so far, it delivers pretty good value/performance. I'm just waiting on overclocking performance, but so far it's looking like it overclocks pretty well.
 
Necuno said:
i see.

what i meant was is the i5 QPI or the "fsb" one, actually i'm just looking for a decent comparison between i7, i5 and i3 i guess. whats this turbo business that some i5/7 has ?
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It uses PCI-e lanes instead of QPI if I remember correctly.

Turbo involves increasing the base multiplier. For example, the Core i7 920 runs at 20 x 133MHz = 2.66GHz at stock, while under load it runs at 21 x 133MHz = 2.8GHz.
 
The_Techie said:
It uses PCI-e lanes instead of QPI if I remember correctly.

Turbo involves increasing the base multiplier. For example, the Core i7 920 runs at 20 x 133MHz = 2.66GHz at stock, while under load it runs at 21 x 133MHz = 2.8GHz.
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thanks that is what i wanted to know :)
 
TheRift said:
That i5 is being listed under R2K right now. Either goes up or down when they have an official price for it. Just hope that either way they have to make the AMD compete. I'm holding off a few weeks already to see this happen.
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Where is that price from? I'm seeing it at a bit over R2K wherever I look.
 
Just got the note from Frontosa for the LGA1156 processors (i5/i7), so I think they can finally be ordered. Meh... price no change from what was indicated before. Around R2.2K for the i5 750. :P
 
Necuno said:
stupid Q, is the i5 "FSB" or DMi (i think)
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The LGA 1156 socket allows the following connections to be made from the processor to the rest of the system:
* PCI-Express 2.0 x16 for communication with a graphics card. Some processors allow this connection to be divided into two x8 lanes to connect two graphics cards. Some motherboard manufacturers use Nvidia's NF200 chip to allow even more graphics cards to be used.
* DMI for communication with the Platform Controller Hub. This consists of a PCI-Express 2.0 x4 connection.
* Two memory channels for communication with DDR3 SDRAM. The clock speed of the memory that is supported will depend on the processor.

With LGA 1156, the features that were traditionally on a northbridge are integrated onto the processor.
 
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And soon too, I hope. I think it will only happen once the market shows its interest in this new i5 and LGA 1156 socket.

I wonder if there will also be some price drops in the motherboards because that's really where the big change is happening.
 
TheRift said:
And soon too, I hope. I think it will only happen once the market shows its interest in this new i5 and LGA 1156 socket.

I wonder if there will also be some price drops in the motherboards because that's really where the big change is happening.
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Not to mention DDR3 is still rather pricey. That i5 750 looks a beauty of a chip though! Can imagine the demand for it to sky rocket. I'll just silently wait to see what unfolds in the CPU War:D
 
Exchange rate is currently at lowest in a year, so it's more likely due to that, than anything else at this stage.
 
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