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Ivy i3s

dma0991 said:
If they did, I'll gladly buy 3. First to be put through suicidal overclock, second in case the first died, third...because its cheap. 😉
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What do you mean "because it's cheap"? If they even made them they would cost at least what a base I5 did and then you would be back to complaining again wouldn't you...
 
birthdaymonkey said:
Rumours indicate that these should be available now. Are they just in notebooks, or can we expect desktop chips as well?
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There will be 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i3 released for the desktop market but both of them (desktop and laptop Intel Core i3's) are not being released for some time to come.
 
Well the Taiwan Intel rep only said "after june 24th". As impatient as we are, we quickly translated it into launch at june 24th.
 
lehtv said:
It'll never happen... i5 sales would plummet.

Pentium G620K or an IB equivalent thereof would be awesome though :awe:
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I doubt i5 sales would plummet. An i3 at ~5 GHz isn't going to rival a quad-core at 4.5 GHz. It would cost around $20-30 more than the top i3 model, which would place it only moderately lower than the current low i5 model. Only enthusiasts would buy it.
 
pantsaregood said:
I doubt i5 sales would plummet. An i3 at ~5 GHz isn't going to rival a quad-core at 4.5 GHz. It would cost around $20-30 more than the top i3 model, which would place it only moderately lower than the current low i5 model. Only enthusiasts would buy it.
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Are you kidding me? an i3 at 5ghz for $100 less, NO ONE would buy i5s
 
Puppies04 said:
What do you mean "because it's cheap"? If they even made them they would cost at least what a base I5 did and then you would be back to complaining again wouldn't you...
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It isn't about the number of cores, it will be slightly more expensive but I doubt it will ever come near an i5 K model. An i3 K model would be the cheapest alternative for those who wants to get a kick out of overclocking, easily replaceable as well.
 
Don Karnage said:
Yes they would. The I3 540 was unlocked and hit 5Ghz and people still bought 920's and 760's
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Um, no. i3 540 certainly was not unlocked.

Remember fsb/bclk overclocking? Yeah, that had nothing to do with an unlocked multiplier...

The difference today is that we cannot overclock the fsb/bclk anymore since they set everything (SATA, PCIe, etc) to run off that frequency - and those portions cannot be locked to a set value like we could do back in the 'good old days.'

It's only going to get worse going forward, with Haswell Intel will also be integrating the VRM on die - meaning we won't be overvolting anymore unless they decide to unlock that setting in the BIOS for us on the 'K' chips.
 
Denithor said:
Um, no. i3 540 certainly was not unlocked.

Remember fsb/bclk overclocking? Yeah, that had nothing to do with an unlocked multiplier...

The difference today is that we cannot overclock the fsb/bclk anymore since they set everything (SATA, PCIe, etc) to run off that frequency - and those portions cannot be locked to a set value like we could do back in the 'good old days.'

It's only going to get worse going forward, with Haswell Intel will also be integrating the VRM on die - meaning we won't be overvolting anymore unless they decide to unlock that setting in the BIOS for us on the 'K' chips.
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You are correct but the 540 could do 4.9Ghz+ with a good motherboard. I've seen it done as well as 5Ghz+ with a 550.

Not quite 5Ghz but you get the point

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