Samael88
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As I asked about my sisters computer in the Tech help forum I promised ghan that I would post a review about the Intel I3 processor here, so here it goes
The specs:
Power Supply - Cooler Master Sileo 500, 500W PSU Svart, Fläktar: 1x 120mm Front, 1x 120mm Bak, ljudabsorberande, 500W PSU
CPU - Intel Core™ i3 Dual-core Processor i3-540, 3,06GHz, Socket LGA1156, 4MB, Boxed
Ram - Kingston ValueR. DDR3 1333MHz 2GB, CL9 Non-ECC, 1.5V, 256Meg x 64, 240pin
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H, H55, Socket-1156, 4xDDR3, m-ATX, GbLAN, VGA, HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, PCI-Ex(2.0)x16
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-300, 16MB, 7200RPM
I have installed windows XP on it and it works really well with that.
The thing is that it says that the I3 is a dualcore CPU, but when I check in the task manager under performance I see 4 core I am currently under the assumption that it is 2 CPU's and 2 GPU's I see there because of two of them only working hard when there is heavier graphics on.
As far as browsing with firefox goes there is no lag at all, she can have up to 10 pages on at any given moment without any trouble and 5 of them being videos that buffers.
I have not tried any games on it so far except solitiare and I can say that it does not lag^^ I am going to try warcraft 3 on it tomorrow or sunday if I have time for it
Is there anyone here who has tried the I3, I5 or I7?
If you have, please post your experiences with this new wave of Processors I for one am really optimistic about them
The specs:
Power Supply - Cooler Master Sileo 500, 500W PSU Svart, Fläktar: 1x 120mm Front, 1x 120mm Bak, ljudabsorberande, 500W PSU
CPU - Intel Core™ i3 Dual-core Processor i3-540, 3,06GHz, Socket LGA1156, 4MB, Boxed
Ram - Kingston ValueR. DDR3 1333MHz 2GB, CL9 Non-ECC, 1.5V, 256Meg x 64, 240pin
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H, H55, Socket-1156, 4xDDR3, m-ATX, GbLAN, VGA, HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, PCI-Ex(2.0)x16
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-300, 16MB, 7200RPM
I have installed windows XP on it and it works really well with that.
The thing is that it says that the I3 is a dualcore CPU, but when I check in the task manager under performance I see 4 core I am currently under the assumption that it is 2 CPU's and 2 GPU's I see there because of two of them only working hard when there is heavier graphics on.
As far as browsing with firefox goes there is no lag at all, she can have up to 10 pages on at any given moment without any trouble and 5 of them being videos that buffers.
I have not tried any games on it so far except solitiare and I can say that it does not lag^^ I am going to try warcraft 3 on it tomorrow or sunday if I have time for it
Is there anyone here who has tried the I3, I5 or I7?
If you have, please post your experiences with this new wave of Processors I for one am really optimistic about them