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3.2Ghz Pentium G3258 Overclocked To 6.8Ghz

I'm glad to hear they got 4.4 Ghz on the stock cooler.

Still, I think future Intel unlocked dual cores should come with the 84 watt cooler as default:

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(I doubt it would cost Intel anything extra to do this, and any need for an aftermarket air cooler would be eliminated in > 99% of overclocking scenarios)
 
ln2 OC is not very useful,

but I've seen a few websites running benchmarks at 4.7GHz with a good cooler, so it's definitely a CPU with a lot of room left for OC.
 
If a Pentium can overclock so much, why is Haswell (refresh or otherwise) Core i3 held back? Is it intentional to protect higher profit i5 and i7 products?
 
meloz said:
If a Pentium can overclock so much, why is Haswell (refresh or otherwise) Core i3 held back? Is it intentional to protect higher profit i5 and i7 products?
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yes, without the locks they have implemented any haswell core would be great for OC, be it g1820, i3 4130...
 
meloz said:
If a Pentium can overclock so much, why is Haswell (refresh or otherwise) Core i3 held back? Is it intentional to protect higher profit i5 and i7 products?
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That is a good question.

However, I still think Intel made the right choice with putting the unlocked multiplier on Pentium (re: we already know the i3 is a good chip. This overclocking on 3258 finally brings Pentium up to "good enough" in a lot of people's eyes)

In fact, I would even say Intel should go a step farther and put an unlocked multiplier on Celeron next. (perhaps with some enhancements like 3MB cache and AVX for either a Broadwell or Skylake unlocked Celeron)
 
meloz said:
If a Pentium can overclock so much, why is Haswell (refresh or otherwise) Core i3 held back? Is it intentional to protect higher profit i5 and i7 products?
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Yes, they would have to price the k model of the i3 much higher. Unlocked i5s cost about $200 on newegg, the unlocked version is $40 more. The cheapest haswell i3 is $125.

Is it worth the hassel of another sku when you have to price the sku closer to around $175 to convince someone to go up to overclocking with 4 threads and avx. Hell if they already spent $175 on the cpu and who knows what on the computer they may go all the way for $240
 
Intel dual cores always o/c high, when they could o/c. Favorite video a few years back was a couple fellows sitting in a shed during the winter hitting high clocks on a e8400. I planning on opening the window this winter with one of these Anniversary Pentiums for some suicide runs. Just for the fun of it.
 
Roland00Address said:
Yes, they would have to price the k model of the i3 much higher. Unlocked i5s cost about $200 on newegg, the unlocked version is $40 more. The cheapest haswell i3 is $125.

Is it worth the hassel of another sku when you have to price the sku closer to around $175 to convince someone to go up to overclocking with 4 threads and avx. Hell if they already spent $175 on the cpu and who knows what on the computer they may go all the way for $240
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I don't think an unlocked i3 would be $175.

My guess is that Intel would price the unlocked i3 like they did with unlocked Pentium (ie, pick a lowered clock SKU and add a small premium to to it).

Although you may think this defies logic, Intel may view such a move as good for boosting the DIY channel. (re: Performance per dollar in the mainstream quad core K line-up has not improved much in the last 3 years since 2011's Core i5-2500K and i7-2600K/2700K were released. So improving performance per dollar in other segments, like the low end, probably makes more sense now that it ever did in the past)
 
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cbn said:
I'm glad to hear they got 4.4 Ghz on the stock cooler.

Still, I think future Intel unlocked dual cores should come with the 84 watt cooler as default:

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(I doubt it would cost Intel anything extra to do this, and any need for an aftermarket air cooler would be eliminated in > 99% of overclocking scenarios)
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It already comes with a copper core cooler that has previously been used on some 95W cpus.
Proof: http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-pentium-g3258-processor-review-quest-5ghz_145874
scroll down for the pic
 
PG said:
It already comes with a copper core cooler that has previously been used on some 95W cpus.
Proof: http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-pentium-g3258-processor-review-quest-5ghz_145874
scroll down for the pic
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Thanks for the review. Seems like this Pentium gets horrible performance / watt when overclocked. Kind of turns into an "AMD". LOL.

http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-pentium-g3258-processor-review-quest-5ghz_145874/15

As much power consumption as a 4770K, but if you look at the prior review pages, no-where near the performance of a real quad-core.
 
cbn said:
I'm glad to hear they got 4.4 Ghz on the stock cooler.

Still, I think future Intel unlocked dual cores should come with the 84 watt cooler as default:

bWFpbmltYWdlcy9wcm9kdWN0X2ltYWdlcy9vcmlnaW5hbC9pbnRlbC1zdG9jay1jcHUtY29vbGVyLmpwZw==.jpg


(I doubt it would cost Intel anything extra to do this, and any need for an aftermarket air cooler would be eliminated in > 99% of overclocking scenarios)
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Let's be realistic here: there won't be any "future Intel unlocked dual-cores." :/

I really wish there would be an unlocked i3, though, even if they were to limit it to like 4.5GHz
 
AtenRa said:
That is the standard 55W heat-sink fan, it comes with any 55W TDP Intel CPU. 95W TDP Heat-Sink is just taller (taller fins). Both have copper core base.
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No. I don't know where you get that from. The review says the Intel P/N is E97378-001. Now google that and one result is this page from Intel: http://click.intel.com/internal-thermal-solutions.html
It says it's good up to 95W.
Also go to cpu-world and search there. It turns out this was the cooler for many other 95W cpus including the i7 2600k.
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i7/Intel-Core i7-2600K CM8062300833908.html


Next, I found a review of the G3220.
They show the bottom and it's all aluminum, no copper.
http://extremespec.net/intel-pentium-g3220-review-testing-performance/

Here is a G1820 review. Same aluminum cooler.
http://benchmarks-tests.com/reviews/processors/intel_celeron_g1820/gallery.php


This Anniversary Pentium cooler is not the same as they use on other Pentium or Celeron cpus. It's the older i5 and i7 cooler with a copper core vs all aluminum, and works very well on the Anniversary Pentium, even with a moderate overclock.
 
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PG said:
No. I don't know where you get that from. The review says the Intel P/N is E97378-001. Now google that and one result is this page from Intel: http://click.intel.com/internal-thermal-solutions.html
It says it's good up to 95W.
Also go to cpu-world and search there. It turns out this was the cooler for many other 95W cpus including the i7 2600k.
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i7/Intel-Core i7-2600K CM8062300833908.html


Next, I found a review of the G3220.
They show the bottom and it's all aluminum, no copper.
http://extremespec.net/intel-pentium-g3220-review-testing-performance/

Here is a G1820 review. Same aluminum cooler.
http://benchmarks-tests.com/reviews/processors/intel_celeron_g1820/gallery.php
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Yea it seams i had something else in mind, ill re-check my heat-sinks
 
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