* * * * These CPU’s Have Been Succeeded By The Ivy Bridge Chips * * * *
Intel have just released (Jan. 2011) their latest generation of CPU chips on to the market, this new family of chips is codenamed ‘Sandy Bridge’ and they are pretty amazing.
The new chips are confusingly badged up as i3, i5 and i7, the same as the previous generation of chips, however you can identify the new ones as they have 4 numbers in their designations rather than 3.
I.E. i5 2500 = New generation – i5 750 old generation.
One other thing to note is that some of the new chips have a K at the end i.e. i7 2600K, this K indicates that the chip can be overclocked which is a method of achieving faster performance by manually changing settings on your motherboard.
The standard performance of the i7 2600 and the i7 2600K is the same though so the majority of users will not need to pay the extra premium for this overclocking ability.
Performance Increases
We have put the new i5 2500 and the i7 2600 CPU’s through their paces in our workshop and have found them to be phenomenally quick compared with the older chips they are replacing.
To give a quick example, the new i5 2500 chip beat the old top of the range i7 980X CPU in many of our tests, this is unbelievable as the cost of the new i5 is 5 times less than the i7 980x making it well over £550 cheaper.
The new i7 2600 CPU takes performance even further and is comfortably the fastest consumer CPU on the market today.
Graphs and Charts
Whilst we have conducted our own tests it is probably easier to link to the more in-depth analysis and coverage provided by experts in this field:
You can scroll through the various different tests which clearly show how quick these new processors are in various scenarios.
Note, check out how fast they are compared with not just the old i5 and i7 chips but also to the AMD CPU’s, it really does highlight how good they are.
Multi Screen Computers
Due to the impressive nature of these chips we have moved all* our Ultra and Extreme level PC’s across to them.
We find many of our customers are either traders or professional types who are demanding of their systems and technology as a whole. These new spec computers are perfect options for them and you.
If you want to run 3, 4 or 6 screens then chances are you will be running a few different programs across them, as such a base computer which has great individual and multi-tasking performance is crucial.
The new Sandy Bridge chips are the best thing available right now and for the foreseeable future so make sure your new PC has one in!
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Written by Darren @ Multiple Monitors
Last Updated: January, 2011