What's your opinion on Intel's Core i7 and Core i5 (Socket B)

[ArtVincent.Ph]

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Good Day Cebu

I just found out today that Intel has another type of socket to be release this Q4 of this year..not just the Socket B or LGA-1366...they gonna be releasing also releasing socket H1 or LGA 1156...for more details read below..

Intel Quietly Announces Core i5 and Core i3 Branding

Now that's pretty quiet. Intel, today, announced its Core i5 and Core i3 branding with very little detail. The post that inspired all of this is here, which I found from Cyril's summary on Tech Report

The important take away points are as follows:

1) The new brand is Intel Core. There will be three derivatives: Core i7, Core i5 and Core i3.

2) The Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad branding will eventually disappear.

3) Pentium, Celeron and Atom will remain.

4) Centrino will also go away and Intel's WiFi and WiMAX products will inherit the name starting in 2010.

But what separates a Core i7 from a Core i5 and Core i3? I may have some insight. Let's start with desktop processors:

Desktop Processor Cores Threads Turbo
Intel Core i7 4 8 Yes
Intel Core i5 2 or 4 4 Yes
Intel Core i3 2 or 4 4 No


Only the Core i7 is allowed to run in a LGA-1366 socket, however there will be LGA-1156 i7, i5 and i3CPUs . The number of memory channels and the presence of a QPI link does not determine branding. In other words, Lynnfield will be both a Core i7 and a Core i5 depending on the SKU.

The LGA-1156 Core i7s will be the 8xx series, while the LGA-1366 i7s will be the 9xx series. The i5s will be the 6xx series and the i3s will be the 5xx series.

Four cores and HT enabled with turbo mode yields you a Core i7 on the desktop. If you only have support for up to 4 threads then you've got a Core i5; take away turbo and you have a Core i3.

In mobile, things are a little different:

Mobile Processor Cores Threads Turbo
Intel Core i7 2 or 4 4 or 8 Yes
Intel Core i5 2 or 4 4 Yes
Intel Core i3 2 or 4 4 No

The mobile i7 can be 2 or 4 cores and support 4 or 8 threads, which makes sense since there will be more dual-core than quad-core mobile processors. The rest of the lineup follows the desktop rules; i5 and i3 are capped at 4 threads and i3 doesn't have Turbo.

I've got one more thing to report. Remember how I wasn't totally sure about the turbo modes for the top end Lynnfield processor in our preview? I think I've got it:

From what I've heard, this is going to be a Core i7 870 and the turbo modes are similar to what I estimated. With two cores active this thing will turbo up to 3.46GHz (4 speed bins). That's going to be a huge boon to performance in games and other apps that have difficulty using more than 2 threads. Combine that with Windows 7's superior thread handling and I believe we have a winner on our hands.

for more details..go to this link

AnandTech: Intel Quietly Announces Core i5 and Core i3 Branding


Unsa inyong opinion ani mga guys....mobarato kaha uban processor e.g C2Q and C2D..

[personalmgt]

Having multiple sockets is the way for intel to classify the performance, mainstream and entry level processors para di malibog ang consumers.

[ethzneuron]

murag mag marketing na kaayo..
dili man gud ka sayon2x og upgrade og procie ang user kay mag-change na pod siya og mobo. ang budget para sa procie lang ta, maapil napod ang mobo..

another idea, basig failing ra ng core i5 og i3 just like amd..
maghimo na sila og i7, if mo-fail na sila sa wafer test adto na sila padulong sa binning for i5 or i3.. then packed. makakwarta gyapon sila sa procs nga failed sa i7 test. just my 2 centavos.

[reishoto]

hapit ko nabuang as i go through the post, hehehe...

[centax error]

this move from intel make sense and a marketing strategy also used by any other companies to increase or secure more customer base . If i7 was targeted towards the enthusiast market the next move would be to create product for the mainstream and I guess there is a market next to mainstream hence i5 and i3.

[reishoto]

the problem with this is the confusion it might create, especially for those not-so-techy persons. compatability and errors in buying stuffs might give them negative feedbacks, just like when AMD proposed socket changes from K7. and even if compatability wasnt an issue with fresh start from AM2 to AM2+ to AM3, they still got numerous feedbacks and recalls from consumers. then again, its the least they should worry about.

its broadening market share. but this is a very expensive strategy, new set of technologies, new manufacturing details and procedures, so expect a not-so-good price difference from i7 to i5 and i5 to i3.

[centax error]

maghimo na sila og i7, if mo-fail na sila sa wafer test adto na sila padulong sa binning for i5 or i3.. then packed. makakwarta gyapon sila sa procs nga failed sa i7 test. just my 2 centavos.

i don't think that is possible...from 1366 to 1156 to 775 and not to mention the architecture alone

[centax error]

its broadening market share. but this is a very expensive strategy, new set of technologies, new manufacturing details and procedures, so expect a not-so-good price difference from i7 to i5 and i5 to i3.

they have to...as a rule you can not cannibalize your existing customer base else there is no money to make...they have to make it somewhere else

[lordango]

dalia maluma sa mga tech karon oi

[reishoto]

dili dali maluma bro oi, paspas lng gyud ang development. lga775 arent "old" tech, fighter pa ghapon kaayo na sila nga lineups such as Q9xxx series. karon lng jud, we are offered more and more and newer options, but that doesnt mean this one beats the "older-released" ones on per performance level. it may have the edge on some aspects, but that doesnt mean lga775 or AM2+ procies are not anymore an option.