Do you have a Micro-Center around? I just picked up an i5-3570K for $169, plus they have a promotion for an additional $50 combo credit when purchased with Z77 motherboards. I picked up a Asus P8Z77-V LK. Didn't look at the specs on the board much; I primarily just needed 3 PCIe x16 slots and the Realtek NIC is fine because I'm using a PCIe 10Gbit NIC anyway. That's $244 total. I'll pay with the platform for a bit, then it'll probably replace the 2500K+P67 in my HTPC.
Also got an AMD FX 8350 to test with--at my brother's urging. Really, though, any of those i5's would be fine. They're all quite tremendous upgrades from the C2D. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Ivy Bridge Processor? Greg, Thanks. Amazed how complicated/segregated these cpus are. Spending Saturday at the Intel site checking out: i5-3570, i5-3550, i5-3470, i5-3450, i5-3300 Thoughts? Spent 2 hours looking at Asus and Intel Z77 m/b's. So confusing! How does anyone remember all these specs and features???? Duncan On 10/26/2012 19:41, Greg Sevart wrote: > K - Unlocked, allows for easy overclocking. > S - Low power - Usually a lower clock speed and/or binned at the factory to > run the rated speed at a lower voltage, reducing power draw > T - Lower power - Same as above, just, err....more > P - Does not include any on-chip graphics, requiring you to use a third > party video card (all other i5's have a GPU built in if you wish to use it - > you don't have to, but it's available) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 6:18 PM > To: HWG > Subject: [H] Ivy Bridge Processor? > > Can anyone define whatthe 'K', 'P', or 'S' in the Intel I5 processor m/n > indicates? > > I am getting ready to buy 3 new Core I5 cpus. Should I be living on the > Intel > website now? > Thanks, > Duncan > > > >
