Core i5-6500 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:24:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Core i5-6500 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Asus to install LGA1151 O.C. socket on new Intel Z170 mainboards https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/anton-shilov/asus-to-install-lga1151-o-c-socket-on-new-intel-z170-mainboards/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/anton-shilov/asus-to-install-lga1151-o-c-socket-on-new-intel-z170-mainboards/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2015 23:17:19 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=260971 In a bid to enhance overclocking potential of Intel Corp.’s upcoming Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K “Skylake-S” central processing units, Asustek Computer plans to install modified LGA1151 sockets on its Intel Z170-based mainboards. Intel’s default LGA1151 socket features exactly 1151 pins, but Asustek will use a different socket with higher amount of pins to improve …

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In a bid to enhance overclocking potential of Intel Corp.’s upcoming Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K “Skylake-S” central processing units, Asustek Computer plans to install modified LGA1151 sockets on its Intel Z170-based mainboards.

Intel’s default LGA1151 socket features exactly 1151 pins, but Asustek will use a different socket with higher amount of pins to improve power delivery to Intel “Skylake” central processing units, reports BenchLife. The more advanced “deluxe socket” is expected to noticeably improve overclocking potential of Intel’s new microprocessors. The new socket will not be compliant with Intel’s specification for commercial LGA1151 sockets since it will feature pins that Intel uses only for diagnostic and other purposes.

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Asus already installs its so-called “O.C. sockets” on its Intel X99 mainboards to boost overclocking potential of Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition microprocessors. Moreover, other makers of motherboards, including Gigabyte Technology, have introduced their LGA2011-3 sockets that improve overclocking capabilities of microprocessors and use additional pins.

The first range of Asustek’s motherboards to use LGA1151 “deluxe sockets” will be Asus Z170-K, Z170-Deluxe, Z170-AR, Z170-A, Z170 Pro Gaming, ROG Maximus VIII Ranger, ROG Maximus VIII Hero and ROG Maximus VIII Gene and so on.

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KitGuru Says: Since Intel does not exactly oppose usage of custom sockets, it is not surprising that Asus plans to install improved LGA1151 sockets on its Intel Z170 mainboards. It is obvious that Asustek’s rivals will introduce their own custom LGA1151 sockets over time. However, what is unclear is how significantly modified sockets will improve overclocking potential of CPUs.

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Online store begins to take pre-orders on Intel ‘Skylake’ processors https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/online-store-begins-to-take-pre-orders-on-intel-skylake-microprocessors/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/online-store-begins-to-take-pre-orders-on-intel-skylake-microprocessors/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2015 09:08:49 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=257058 An online store from the U.S. has started to accept pre-orders on yet-unannounced Intel Core i-series “Skylake-S” central processing units. The fact that a store lists the new chips along with their product codes indicates that they are already in Intel Corp.’s database for resellers and the chipmaker is ready to start their shipments shortly. …

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An online store from the U.S. has started to accept pre-orders on yet-unannounced Intel Core i-series “Skylake-S” central processing units. The fact that a store lists the new chips along with their product codes indicates that they are already in Intel Corp.’s database for resellers and the chipmaker is ready to start their shipments shortly.

PC Connection, an online store from the U.S., offers its customers to pre-order unlocked quad-core Intel Core i7-6700K as well as Core i5-6600K microprocessors for $401 and $279, respectively. The chips cost more than their predecessors because the store charges premium for the products, which have not been announced yet. In addition, the store offers to pre-order Core i5-6400, i5-6500, i5-6600 and i7-6700, also at a premium, reports CPU World.

It is important to note that while the store takes pre-orders on the forthcoming microprocessors from Intel, it does not reveal when it plans to ship the chips to its customers.

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Intel plans to introduce two enthusiast-oriented quad-core Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K processors with unlocked multiplier and 95W thermal design power in early August. Several weeks later – in late August or early September – Intel plans to roll-out its second wave of quad-core “Skylake-S” processors with 65W TDP designed for mainstream markets. Intel’s “Skylake” processors are based on brand-new micro-architecture and are expected to offer higher performance compared to existing central processing units. Platforms for Intel “Skylake” CPUs feature enhanced support for PCI Express 3.0 and provide better performance for multi-GPU and high-end solid-state storage applications.

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KitGuru Says: The first “Skylake-S” central processing units are about a month away and many enthusiasts are eager to get the new processors as soon as possible. It is not surprising that stores want to charge customers who want to have the hardware early extra $40 – $70 per unit.

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Launch date of Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K ‘Skylake-S’ revealed https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/launch-date-of-intel-core-i7-6700k-and-core-i5-6600k-skylake-s-revealed/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/launch-date-of-intel-core-i7-6700k-and-core-i5-6600k-skylake-s-revealed/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:29:32 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=255251 Intel Corp. will officially unveil its next-generation mainstream microprocessors for enthusiasts in early August at the Gamescom trade-show. The introduction of the code-named “Skylake-S” microprocessors at a games conference will emphasize that the new chips are designed primarily for systems used to play video games. Intel intends to formally unveil its quad-core Core i7-6700K and …

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Intel Corp. will officially unveil its next-generation mainstream microprocessors for enthusiasts in early August at the Gamescom trade-show. The introduction of the code-named “Skylake-S” microprocessors at a games conference will emphasize that the new chips are designed primarily for systems used to play video games.

Intel intends to formally unveil its quad-core Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K central processing units with unlocked multiplier along with its Z170 core-logic on the 5th of August, 2015. Mainboard makers among Intel’s partners will roll-out their Intel Z170-based platforms together with the new microprocessors, reports DigiTimes web-site.

The new processors featuring all-new micro-architecture promise to increase performance in games compared to existing offerings, whereas the new Intel Z170 chipset will significantly improve platform-related capabilities of Intel-based PCs. In particular, Z170-based motherboards will feature more PCI Express 3.0 lanes than existing mainboards, which will improve multi-GPU and storage performance.

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The second round of “Skylake-S” roll-out will occur on the 36th week (30th of August to 5th of September), when Intel unveils its mainstream H170 and B150 platforms in addition to Core i7-6700/6700T, Core i5-6600, 6500, 6400, 6600T, 6500T and 6400T central processing units.

The third round will conclude introduction of “Skylake-S” CPUs for desktops on the 40th week (27th of September – 3rd of October), when Intel and partners start to sell H110-powered motherboards as well as low-power Core i5 and dual-core Core i3 new-generation chips.

Intel is expected to introduce mobile versions of “Skylake” microprocessors for notebooks, high-performance tablets and other portable applications in late September or early October, 2015.

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KitGuru Says: Looks like all Intel “Skylake”-related plans have been finalized. Intel will roll-out the new chips in time for holiday refresh (HR) cycle.

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Intel Core i7-6700K ‘Skylake’ de-lidded: small die and NGPTIM found https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intel-core-i7-6700k-skylake-de-lidded-small-die-and-ngptim-found/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intel-core-i7-6700k-skylake-de-lidded-small-die-and-ngptim-found/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:15:49 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=255165 Although Intel Corp.’s upcoming Core i7-6700K “Skylake-S” chip will likely become overclockers’ new darling, it looks like it will have the same drawback as currently available mainstream microprocessors with unlocked multiplier: inefficient internal thermal interface. As reported, Intel Corp. started to ship production ready full-speed engineering samples of its next-generation desktop microprocessors code-named “Skylake-S” to …

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Although Intel Corp.’s upcoming Core i7-6700K “Skylake-S” chip will likely become overclockers’ new darling, it looks like it will have the same drawback as currently available mainstream microprocessors with unlocked multiplier: inefficient internal thermal interface.

As reported, Intel Corp. started to ship production ready full-speed engineering samples of its next-generation desktop microprocessors code-named “Skylake-S” to its partners in early June. Thanks to the fact that the new chips are now available relatively widely (but not commercially), more information about them is getting revealed these days. According to a recent discovery by a Coolaler forum member, the new Intel Core i7-6700K processors will allegedly continue to use thermal paste as their internal thermal interface between die and heat-spreader (if the blurry photo below is to be believed), a bad news for overclockers.

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In the last 15+ years virtually all desktop microprocessors from Intel featured metallic heat-spreaders (which many call lids) on their dies to protect the latter from damages and enable more efficient heat dissipation. For many years, Intel soldered dies to heat-spreaders using an exceptional Indium-based alloy, which enabled very efficient transfer of heat from silicon to metal. However, starting from the code-named “Ivy Bridge” central processing units Intel replaced the solder with a layer of thermal paste, which is considerably less efficient than the previously used alloy. For high-end desktop (HEDT) microprocessors, such as Intel Core i7 Extreme “Haswell-E”, the world’s largest chipmaker continues to use solder, thus providing exceptional thermal conductivity.

Many overclockers complained that in order to unlock maximum overclocking potential of the Core i7-3770K and the Core i7-4770K microprocessors they had to remove the heat-spreaders (de-lid the chips) and change thermal interface. To improve overclocking potential of its Core i7-4790K and Core i5-4690K “Devil’s Canyon” processors last year, Intel started to use its next-generation polymer thermal interface material, which is not bad, but is not as efficient as commercially available high-end thermal compounds.

As it appears from the blurry photo published at Coolaler forums, Intel will not solder heat-spreaders to its mainstream processors for enthusiasts, even if such chips are aimed at overclockers and are designed to run at high clock-rates. Apparently, if one wants to overclock Intel’s new chips to the max, he or she will need to switch Intel’s NGPTIM thermal interface first.

The blurry photo also reveals that the die size of Intel’s “Skylake-S” microprocessor is not large at all, which is means that it will be easy to overclock it; but its thermal density will be high, which means that it will not be easy to cool it down.

Intel Core i7-6700K central processing unit integrates four cores with Hyper-Threading and features 4.0GHz frequency, 4.20GHz maximum Turbo Boost clock-rate, 8MB last-level cache, a dual-channel DDR3L/DDR4 memory controller with 1600MHz or 2133MHz support, 95W TDP, Intel HD Graphics 6000-series integrated graphics core as well as LGA1151 packaging. The chip is expected to hit the market in August.

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KitGuru Says: As it appears, Intel simply does not want to enable maximum overclocking potential for its mainstream microprocessors. Enthusiasts can now only hope that Intel will use some kind of second-generation NGPTIM to maximize overclocking potential. Unfortunately, large corporations are usually pretty conservative with their choice of materials…

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Intel ‘Skylake’ launch schedule revealed: CPUs to arrive in August https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/complete-intel-skylake-launch-schedule-revealed-chips-to-be-showcased-in-august/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/complete-intel-skylake-launch-schedule-revealed-chips-to-be-showcased-in-august/#comments Thu, 21 May 2015 02:45:49 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=250397 Intel Corp. has reportedly finalized its launch schedules for the upcoming code-named “Skylake” central processing units. According to a timetable published by a Chinese web-site, various “Skylake” chips are set to arrive to the market between August and November. Intel plans to demonstrate its next-generation “Skylake” microprocessors at its Intel Developer Forum, which takes place …

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Intel Corp. has reportedly finalized its launch schedules for the upcoming code-named “Skylake” central processing units. According to a timetable published by a Chinese web-site, various “Skylake” chips are set to arrive to the market between August and November.

Intel plans to demonstrate its next-generation “Skylake” microprocessors at its Intel Developer Forum, which takes place from the 18th to the 20th of August in San Francisco, California. At the trade-show the company will disclose peculiarities of the micro-architecture, reveal innovative PCs powered by the new central processing units and may even talk about its future CPUs.

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The first “Skylake” products to hit the market will be desktop “Skylake-S” chips for enthusiasts, the Core i7-6700K and the Core i5-6600K, according to a timetable published by BenchLife web-site. The new quad-core processors with unlocked multiplier could hit the market already in August.

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The RTS [ready to ship] milestone for low-power Core M “Skylake-Y” as well as mainstream and high-performance mobile Core i-series “Skylake-U” and “Skylake-H” is scheduled on September, 2015. Highest-performing laptop chips as well as the first Xeon processors for single-socket servers featuring “Skylake” microarchitecture will arrive in October or November. Intel will also update the mobile CPU lineups in January, 2016, with improved models.

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KitGuru Says: Intel’s “Skylake” microprocessors are on the home straight. Expect early benchmark results and more details in the coming weeks and months.

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Specifications of Intel Core i5/i7 ‘Skylake-S’ desktop processors revealed https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/specifications-of-intel-core-i5i7-skylake-s-desktop-processors-revealed/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/specifications-of-intel-core-i5i7-skylake-s-desktop-processors-revealed/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2015 01:02:25 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=246654 A web-site has published what it claims to be specifications of Intel Corp.’s next-generation desktop microprocessors code-named “Skylake-S”. If the information is correct, then the initial “Skylake-S” family will hardly be truly broad and will not impress with high clock-rates. The upcoming Core i5 and Core i7 “Skylake-S” product lineup will consist of 10 microprocessor …

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A web-site has published what it claims to be specifications of Intel Corp.’s next-generation desktop microprocessors code-named “Skylake-S”. If the information is correct, then the initial “Skylake-S” family will hardly be truly broad and will not impress with high clock-rates.

The upcoming Core i5 and Core i7 “Skylake-S” product lineup will consist of 10 microprocessor models, according to data published by China-based BenchLife web-site, which allegedly obtained an Intel document with specifications of the central processing units. Surprisingly, the initial range of “Skylake-S” microprocessors for desktops will not include any Core i3, Pentium or Celeron offerings, which means that Intel will only target premium market segments with its new chips this year.

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There will be three types of Intel “Skylake-S” processors for desktops: with 95W, 65W and 35W thermal design power (TDP) aimed at different classes of PCs. The highest-performing tier of “Skylake-S” with 95W TDP will include only two models with unlocked multiplier: Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K. The mainstream “Skylake-S” range with 65W TDP will include four SKUs: Core i7-6700, Core i5-6600, Core i5-6500 and Core i5-6400. The low-power “Skylake-S” family for desktops with 35W TDP will also include four models: Core i7-6700T, Core i5-6600T, Core i5-6500T and Core i5-6400T. Eventually the line of “Skylake-S” products will add more processors, including more affordable Core i3, Pentium and Celeron offerings.

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All Intel Core i5 and Core i7 “Skylake-S” processors feature four  x86 cores with or without Hyper-Threading technology, a new integrated graphics processor with improved multimedia capabilities, a dual-channel DDR4/DDR3L memory controller and 6MB or 8MB of last level cache (LLC). The chips will feature LGA1151 form-factor and will be compatible with mainboards based on the Intel 100-series chipsets, including Z170, Z150, Q170, Q150, B150 and H110.

It is noteworthy that despite of the fact that the new “Skylake-S” microprocessors are made using 14nm process technology, their clock-rates are rather low. Sometimes they match frequencies of comparable “Haswell” products available today, sometimes they are a tad lower.

The code-named “Skylake-S” central processing units for desktops are projected to hit the market in October.

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KitGuru Says: We do know that microprocessors based on “Skylake” micro-architecture have higher IPC [instructions per clock] performance than chips powered by “Haswell” technology. Therefore, there are no doubts that new CPUs will be faster than the previous-generation products. But will performance gap be wide enough to stimulate users to upgrade?

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