Intel Core i5 750 Core i7 870 Review

ccokeman - September 7, 2009
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Intel® Core™ i7-800 Processor Series and Intel® Core™ i5-700 Processor Series
	Intel Core i7 870	Intel Core i7 860	Intel Core i5 750
Processor Frequency	2.93 GHz	2.8 GHz	2.66 GHz
Intel® Smart Cache	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology1	Single core performance up to 3.60 GHz	Single core performance up to 3.46 GHz	Single-core performance up to 3.20 GHz
Number of Simultaneous Threads	8 (with Intel® Hyper Threading Technology8)	8 (with Intel® Hyper Threading Technology8)	4
Processor Integrated Memory Controller	Yes	Yes	Yes
Number of Memory Channels	2 (DDR3 1333 MHz)	2 (DDR3 1333 MHz)	2 (DDR3 1333 MHz)
Intel® Express Chipset	P55	P55	P55
Socket	LGA1156	LGA1156	LGA1156
*Microsoft Windows* 7 Ready**	Yes	Yes	Yes

Intel® Extreme DP55KG Desktop Board (Black, 9.6” x 12”)
Form Factor	ATX
Max Memory Speed	DDR3 1600+MHz
Graphics Support	x16 or 2x8 Nvidia SLI and ATI Crossfire Support
Additional PCIe	x4, 2x1
PCI	2
Audio	S/PDIF in/out 10 channel audio Intel High Definition Audio with 7.1 Dolby* Home Theater
SATA	8
eSATA	2
USB 2.0	8+1+4
Overclocking Features	Full Third generation Watchdog Timer Back-to-BIOS switch Post Code LED VR heatsinks
Additional Features	LEDs Efficient ChiL* digital components On board Bluetooth
Planned exclusive software bundles	Intel® Desktop Control Center Third party applications

Features:

Quad-Core Processing: Provides four complete execution cores in a single processor package. Four dedicated physical threads help operating systems and applications deliver additional performance, so users can experience better multitasking and multithreaded performance across many types of applications and workloads.
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology: Dynamically increases the processor’s frequency as needed by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom when operating below specified limits. Get more performance automatically, when you need it the most.
8 MB Intel® Smart Cache: This large last-level cache enables dynamic and efficient allocation of shared cache to all four cores to match the needs of various applications for ultra-efficient data storage and manipulation.
Integrated Memory Controller: An integrated memory controller offers stunning memory read/write performance through efficient prefetching algorithms, lower latency, and higher memory bandwidth making the Intel® Core™ i5 processor ideal for dataintensive applications.
Intel® HD Boost: Includes the full SSE4 instruction set, significantly improving a broad range of multimedia and compute-intensive applications. The 128-bit SSE instructions are issued at a throughput rate of one per clock cycle, allowing a new level of processing efficiency with SSE4-optimized applications.
Performance
• Maximize speed for demanding applications with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology,1 which accelerates processor clock speed up to 20 percent2 to match your workload.
• Multitask up to 28 percent faster, so you can do more things at once
• Enjoy incredibly fast computing with fewer frustrating lags.
Digital Media
• Unleash an amazing digital media experience with up to 37 percent faster conversion of video for Web upload,4 up to 15 percent faster photo editing,5 and up to 17 percent faster conversion of CD music tracks to MP3.
Gaming
• Get a 32 percent improvement in artificial intelligence for game characters.7