Sandy Bridge Pentiums/Celerons are strong CPU's

[lehtv]

^ AMD doesn't make Celerons, Intel does.

 

[Vesku]

I'm assuming there is no turboboost for chips below the i3 branding? Seems a shame the clocks were set so low considering how much OC headroom we've seen from the K series.

 

[GoStumpy]

Smart marketing for Intel, can't fault them for that! Low-Mid-High-Extreme levels of processors... If the Low-end encroached too far into the Mid range, too many Mid-range buyers might opt for the Low-end CPU!

At least that's how I see it :sneaky:

 

[VirtualLarry]

If only they could be overclocked. Sigh. Intel must really hate their customers.

 

[Vesku]

Smart marketing for Intel, can't fault them for that! Low-Mid-High-Extreme levels of processors... If the Low-end encroached too far into the Mid range, too many Mid-range buyers might opt for the Low-end CPU!

At least that's how I see it :sneaky:

Yeah, but it's a step back from their Nehalem dual cores in similar price brackets. They didn't seem very concerned about an overclocked i3-530 eating an i5-750 sale.

 

[gmaster456]

If only they could be overclocked. Sigh. Intel must really hate their customers.

They love their customers................money.

 

[GoStumpy]

If only they could be overclocked. Sigh. Intel must really hate their customers.

Isn't that a bit excessive? They in no way hate their customers, the customers buy their product. They do prefer to sell a product tailored to their customers price bracket, however.. If someone can afford and justify a $180 CPU, they want that customer to buy a $180 CPU. They don't want a customer that can afford and justify a $240 CPU to buy a $180 CPU, do they?

That is the reason they have such a variety of processors, making sure that all price brackets are filled!

I can justify and afford a $120 processor so I buy an i3-2100. If a G620 did everything I needed, I wouldn't be able to justify the $120 processor, and I would have bought a G620.

What we do here on places like AT and similar, is discuss as a community what our, your, and their needs and budgets are, to come to a conclusion on justification and affordability.

That is why we have such great discussions on the new Intel and AMD chips, and why I log onto AT 10+ times per day.

Umm... To recap... Intel does not hate their customers. No business hates their customers. Well, maybe some. But not most!

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Now, the advantage us as technical 'nerds' have, is that we can take last generation's product, overclock it, and have it still be useful for longer than the average layman. Case in point, I will be overclocking my brother-in-law's Q6600 because I feel that if it ran at 3.1ghz instead of 2.4, an upgrade isn't quite needed yet... We're the minority in the computer business, lets not forget that!

 

[jacktesterson]

haha... ended up swapping CPU's with a buddy's HTPC last night.

Said never uses it or needs that much power, so offered to trade.

Gave him the G620 + $75 for a i5-2400

Yeah stuff changes quickly. Very proud of this HTPC. I've picked up everything on Sale or Used and got it all cheap

 

[T_Yamamoto]

haha... ended up swapping CPU's with a buddy's HTPC last night.

Said never uses it or needs that much power, so offered to trade.

Gave him the G620 + $75 for a i5-2400

Yeah stuff changes quickly. Very proud of this HTPC. I've picked up everything on Sale or Used and got it all cheap

One heck of a deal

 

[Golgatha]

I still think the CPU in my 2nd HTPC was just a perfect balance of performance, thermals, and features. It is the 1156 i3 530, which is basically half of an i7 900 series socket 1366 CPU. It made no compromises and I picked it up for about half of what a new i3 21xx series would have cost me on the FS/FT forums. Sure the thermals are a bit higher, but I have decent cooling in my 1U server chassis and the power supply is way overpowered for the system anyway.

 

[Golgatha]

Yeah, but it's a step back from their Nehalem dual cores in similar price brackets. They didn't seem very concerned about an overclocked i3-530 eating an i5-750 sale.

Although I built it very late in it's life cycle, that's exactly what happened with me.