today's unboxing will be a relatively simple one probably one that I should
have done long ago but I just haven't really gotten around to it this is the
Intel core I3 2100 it is a dual core oo
there you go dual core hyperthreading processor it's clocked at 3.1 GHz which
is pretty darn good considering the price point and the reason that I'm
unboxing it today let me just grab my knife here the reason I'm unboxing it
today is that I needed one because for my coming good enough gaming guide I
will be using this processor to as the
backbone of my good enough gaming PC
now a lot of people asked me why did you
go with the I3 2100 when I did my initial video where I showed the entire
specifications of the rig that I'd be using for good enough gaming and my
answer is that dual core is still going
to perform the best in most games that are on the market right now at the price
point it delivers a killer value and
yeah I don't think I really have to just justify myself beyond that it's a it's a
pretty pretty uh impressive little chip
so that's pretty much everything oh yeah it's got three Megs of cache which you
can see here it has a 65 watt TDP which means a lower uh low power consumption
compared to some of the more high-end chips uh in Intel's own lineup Here We
Go hyperthreading technology HD graphics 2000 so that is the lower end of the
Sandy Bridge onboard graphics integrated memory controller no turbo boost please
do note that you guys there is no turbo boost on this particular
processor although hyperthreading is present as I mentioned before so that
means you'll have two physical cores four active threads here is the
integrated box Intel cooler which sucks
but it's going to be more than adequate for a dual core 65 watt chip like this
however if you were okay see this is something I would normally say I was I
would normally say if you're going to be doing any overclocking then you're going to want a better thermal solution but
you will not be doing any overclocking the I3 2100 is not overclocking ready
even if you put it on a p67 chipset board you will not be able to overclock
this chip more than about a couple percent so bear that in
mind guys this is a clock lock chip you cannot increase the multiplier and on
the p67 and while h67 and h61 platforms
you cannot increase the multiplier on or you cannot really increase the base
clock so it comes with the sticker 3year warranty guide well it's not really a
guide but threeyear warranty documentation and then in the environmentally friendly cardboard
packaging you will find acpu it looks just like this it is
for the LGA 1155 platform which means it fits in a socket with
1,155 pins let's go ahead and take that out have a look at it so you can see the
heat spreader has kind of a brushed Metal finish to it which is pretty
typical for the last I don't know 100
billion years that that's this is what a processor has pretty much looked like if
we go back as far as even the Northwood chips they kind of look like this all
right there's all your pins on the bottom this is not backwards compatible
with LGA 1156 as I've mentioned numerous
times in my previous videos so don't try and jam it in an 1156 socket you will
damage the processor motherboard or both so thank you for checking out this
unboxing and stay tuned for my good enough gaming PC where I Target $600 to
build a decent gaming machine and then what I'm going to do is I'm going to
compare it against the system you can get for just over $11,000 to find out
how close to that performance we can get on a budget thanks for checking out this
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