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today's unboxing will be a relatively simple one probably one that I should

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have done long ago but I just haven't really gotten around to it this is the

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Intel core I3 2100 it is a dual core oo

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there you go dual core hyperthreading processor it's clocked at 3.1 GHz which

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is pretty darn good considering the price point and the reason that I'm

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unboxing it today let me just grab my knife here the reason I'm unboxing it

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today is that I needed one because for my coming good enough gaming guide I

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will be using this processor to as the

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backbone of my good enough gaming PC

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now a lot of people asked me why did you

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go with the I3 2100 when I did my initial video where I showed the entire

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specifications of the rig that I'd be using for good enough gaming and my

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answer is that dual core is still going

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to perform the best in most games that are on the market right now at the price

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point it delivers a killer value and

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yeah I don't think I really have to just justify myself beyond that it's a it's a

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pretty pretty uh impressive little chip

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so that's pretty much everything oh yeah it's got three Megs of cache which you

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can see here it has a 65 watt TDP which means a lower uh low power consumption

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compared to some of the more high-end chips uh in Intel's own lineup Here We

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Go hyperthreading technology HD graphics 2000 so that is the lower end of the

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Sandy Bridge onboard graphics integrated memory controller no turbo boost please

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do note that you guys there is no turbo boost on this particular

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processor although hyperthreading is present as I mentioned before so that

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means you'll have two physical cores four active threads here is the

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integrated box Intel cooler which sucks

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but it's going to be more than adequate for a dual core 65 watt chip like this

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however if you were okay see this is something I would normally say I was I

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would normally say if you're going to be doing any overclocking then you're going to want a better thermal solution but

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you will not be doing any overclocking the I3 2100 is not overclocking ready

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even if you put it on a p67 chipset board you will not be able to overclock

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this chip more than about a couple percent so bear that in

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mind guys this is a clock lock chip you cannot increase the multiplier and on

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the p67 and while h67 and h61 platforms

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you cannot increase the multiplier on or you cannot really increase the base

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clock so it comes with the sticker 3year warranty guide well it's not really a

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guide but threeyear warranty documentation and then in the environmentally friendly cardboard

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packaging you will find acpu it looks just like this it is

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for the LGA 1155 platform which means it fits in a socket with

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1,155 pins let's go ahead and take that out have a look at it so you can see the

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heat spreader has kind of a brushed Metal finish to it which is pretty

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typical for the last I don't know 100

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billion years that that's this is what a processor has pretty much looked like if

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we go back as far as even the Northwood chips they kind of look like this all

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right there's all your pins on the bottom this is not backwards compatible

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with LGA 1156 as I've mentioned numerous

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times in my previous videos so don't try and jam it in an 1156 socket you will

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damage the processor motherboard or both so thank you for checking out this

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unboxing and stay tuned for my good enough gaming PC where I Target $600 to

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build a decent gaming machine and then what I'm going to do is I'm going to

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compare it against the system you can get for just over $11,000 to find out

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how close to that performance we can get on a budget thanks for checking out this

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