Computer Configuration

Core i Family of Processors

by admin on 09/07/10 at 3:56 am

It’s been more than 11 months since Intel released its Nehalem architecture and they showed us the family of core i7 family of processor viz. the Core i7 920, core i7 940 and core i7 965 Extreme Edition. During this time interval not much have happened as the Core i7 processors are still undoubtedly the quickest and also costly.

Of all the members of i7 family, easily the most affordable option is the Core i7 920 starting at $280 and which is approximately how much it costs at present day time. Then, the next on in the family Core i7 940 has been substituted by the 950, providing a slight enhancement in the performance and at the very same range of approximately $550, where as the Core i7 965 Extreme Edition is outmoded by the more prospective 975 Extreme Edition at a price value of approximately $1,000.
In spite of all of this the processor front has been the very same and there is at present a wide range of the X58 motherboards available in the market with in excess of fifty products offered from more than half a dozen of manufacturers. If you are aware where to search for, it is even possible to buy one of them at a cost as little as $170, with a lot more luxurious models costing you in excess of $400.

One more big change has arrived with the decrease in the pricing of the DDR3 memory.

Leaving aside core i7, there are two more families of processors namely. Core i5 and core i3 are costing much lesser than i7 if you compare them. The newly unleashed Core i5 range has lately made a debut with the Core i5 750 processor. Early coming year one can easily expect the launch of the new brand of the Core i5 series of processors having a flagship Core i5 670 model functioning at a speed of 3.46GHz. The main difference between the 6xx and the coming 7xx series is the fact that the former will be carrying half of the L3 cache. There’s going to be one more distinctive change.

So, if you are planning to upgrade your PC, and then core i family is the perfect choice for you at this moment.