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Bman123 said:
A guy at work was talking about i5.I have no clue about this can you fill me in?
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Core i5 is the mainstream version of Intel's Core i7 CPUs. The Core i5 uses a different socket, LGA1156 (Core i7 uses LGA1366), so you cannot use them interchangeably with current X58 motherboards. The Core i5 is suppose to be the cheap mainstream while the Core i7 is suppose to be the high-end high performance enthusiast class CPU.

The Core i5 is suppose to be released in Q4 2009 IIRC along with the P55 chipset. Speculation so far is that its performance will be just a bit faster then current C2D/C2Q setups judging from the performance of Core i7 CPUs so far. In fact some rumors pegs the some of the Core i5 CPUs being almost as fast as a stock clocked i7 920 when OC'd while being slightly cheaper.
 
Well it looks like I am waiting on i5 then.
I dont need to do the build right now,I can wait ofr the i5.I am fine with it being as fast as i7 when overclocked.This way I can have a newer cpu and the prices should be good on this stuff.

Does anyone have any i5 info?
 
Bman123 said:
Well it looks like I am waiting on i5 then.
I dont need to do the build right now,I can wait ofr the i5.I am fine with it being as fast as i7 when overclocked.This way I can have a newer cpu and the prices should be good on this stuff.

Does anyone have any i5 info?
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i5 be lower than the i7 in terms of performance. When you say that it will be as fast as the i7 when overclocked, it seems as though you are referring to a stock i7. Once you overclock the i7...
 
From what I understand the I7 was designed to be a a multi processor server platform chip, which is the biggest reason it has more pins (LGA-1366) vs the i5 with (LGA-1156), The i7 also has the qpi buss which basically has untapped bandwith when used on a system that has only 1 processor (non server board). Also the i5 will only be duel channel not triple channel like the i7.

The i5 will be main stream, but I also think the i5 will be a favorite for many enthusiasts as well when released. It will be a cheaper platform than the i7 and it should perform as well as the i7 clock for clock.

Sorry for getting a bit off topic.

OP, I think all the builds recommendations in this thread are a big upgrade to what you are using now. But if I were building a pc today on your budget I would go with Danny's AMD recommendation and choose the Phenom II platform build over a Core2 platform, as it has already been said the lga775 is just about done. Its had a good run of about 5 years. But now is not the time to build a lga775 Core2 system from scratch if you want a descent upgrade path. Unless your dead set on Intel go with the AMD build.
 
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