Do you think an Unlocked core i3 would be cool?

[GoodBytes]

Your benchmark shows a visible performance difference.

And that is only gaming. Under applications it gets nicely beaten.

[SkilledRebuilds]

I'd like to see Intel-Tri core CPU's released

3c6t with HT and 3c3t without HT.

Non-K Skew 3.2-3.8Ghz Base/Turbo

Unlocked K - 3.5-4.0 Base /w 4.0-4.3 Turbo + K-skew OC potential

 

Gaming top tier performance on a focused GPU orientated budget, with decent multithreading abilities and nice gains over standard i3+HT offerings.

[Polyvalent]

uhhhhh, sorry, where did I ever say that you had to overclock your processor? I said you could, it's not necessary at all. You can totally buy the $120 processor and use the stock heatsink, that's completely fine.

 

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i3-4340-4330-4130_5.html

 

 

your benchmarks basically show that for the same price as an i3 and expensive heatsink you can get an overclockable i5 which at stock speeds is not only faster in every single gaming application but also in basically every other application aswell

 

 

good one you really convinced me with those hot benchmarks

[itachipirate]

Intel would lose a ton of money if they released something that good. An unlocked i3 would be amazing for budget PCs and nobody would buy their overpriced i5s anymore

[ImBleu]

As far as I can see, someone willing to blow the money on an AIO or good air cooler to overclock their Intel CPU, can afford the increase to an i5.

[KemoKa]

your benchmarks basically show that for the same price as an i3 and expensive heatsink you can get an overclockable i5 which at stock speeds is not only faster in every single gaming application but also in basically every other application aswell

 

 

good one you really convinced me with those hot benchmarks

Hey, whatever, man. I was just showing the difference between what you can get and how much money you spend. the extra cost for a locked i5 is not indicative at all of how much of a performance increase you can expect. That was the point of the benchmark. Unlocked processors had nothing to do with it.

 

There seems to be a prejudice here against people who use i3s and I think based on price it's totally uncalled for. But that's just me. Everyone cheered when the G3258 came out because of its overclocking potential and the i3 users went ignored. Okay, sounds cool...

[kipper]

First gen i3 was overclockable... but now an i3 has HT... it would REKT i5.

[Guest]

*cough Pentium G3258 *cough

[GoodBytes]

Hey, whatever, man. I was just showing the difference between what you can get and how much money you spend. the extra cost for a locked i5 is not indicative at all of how much of a performance increase you can expect. That was the point of the benchmark. Unlocked processors had nothing to do with it.

 

There seems to be a prejudice here against people who use i3s and I think based on price it's totally uncalled for. But that's just me. Everyone cheered when the G3258 came out because of its overclocking potential and the i3 users went ignored. Okay, sounds cool...

I think there was a communication problem.

No one said that the i3 is a bad purchase. We are saying that an overclockable i3 (which we assume the same price, let's be honest, it is Intel, they'll charge more, but ignoring that), and is purchased to overclock (that means a good heating solution needed), is not a good buy.