so today I'll be doing a quick unboxing and this is going to be pretty quick because I already did the core I3 540
but this is the core I3 530 so this one runs at 2.93 GHz it has hyperthreading
but no turbo boost functionality much like the other core I3 processors that
are available or processor the 540 now
the core I3 processors what is so unique about them as I did mention in the other
unboxing is that they do include an onboard Graphics chip so if you use this
in conjunction with an h55 motherboard or h57 when those are finally available
you will be able to take advantage of the onboard Graphics including HDMI out
DVI out some of them even have DisplayPort out which is kind of cool so the
first thing you'll find in the box is your core I3 processor installation
instructions your threeyear warranty information as well as your uh oh that's
actually like stickered shut for some reason as well as your Intel core I3
case sticker very cool and then the next thing you will find is nothing else in
the Box this plastic clam shell which includes your CPU which we'll have a
look at in just a moment as well as an incredibly weak looking CPU Cooler I
mean it really does speak for one thing
to how little heat output that you see from the core I3 processors but if you
look that like it it's not much thicker than my finger is wide actually here if
I hold that at the front there you can get a better perspective on it so
there's not a whole lot of metal involved there's no copper core on this
cooler it does come with pre-applied thermal compound so if you are just
buying the chip and you're just going to use the stock cooler you just plunk that right on this will spread itself out
from the mounting pressure and I really do recommend especially if you're going
to be actually okay if you're overclocking these chips buy a different
cooler if you're not overclocking them you can use it with this one but it's
not going to be the quietest it's not going to be the coolest etc etc so
here's the core I3 530 itself this is the lowest end core I3 as of the time of
doing this unboxing but there is a Pentium dual core variant available but
I wouldn't really recommend that one because the core i3s really do offer a
great price to Performance ratio this is an LGA 1156 chip so you can see there
are 1,156 pads on the back of this processor
which make contact with your motherboard it's supported by all of the h55 p55 and
h57 Boards like I said when those are available on the market at this time and
thank you for checking out my unboxing of the core I3 530