1
00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:07,680
so with the release of the new core I3 and core i5 dual core processors Intel

2
00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:11,160
has made their product line potentially one of the most confusing out there

3
00:00:09,639 --> 00:00:15,639
today but I'm going to try and clear that up a little bit so today I've got

4
00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:22,199
the I3 540 so this is the faster of the two i3s that are available at launch and

5
00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:26,359
what the I3 540 is is it's very similar

6
00:00:22,199 --> 00:00:28,800
to the socket 1156 core i7s and core i5s

7
00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:34,520
with a couple key differences first of all an i

8
00:00:30,679 --> 00:00:38,040
3500 series is a dual core processor

9
00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:39,879
with hyperthreading okay so it has four

10
00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:43,160
logical processors even though it only has two physical processors this

11
00:00:41,719 --> 00:00:46,600
actually provides some real world benefit in terms of any sort of

12
00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:51,239
multi-threaded tasks that you're going to be performing like video editing

13
00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:58,239
stuff like that okay what it doesn't have compared to the new dual core Core

14
00:00:53,760 --> 00:01:00,359
i5 600 series is turbo boost and turbo

15
00:00:58,239 --> 00:01:05,799
boost is an incredibly important feature for the core I series processors because

16
00:01:03,879 --> 00:01:10,799
it takes that stock frequency which in this case is 3.06 GHz and in some case

17
00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:15,080
it boosts it up as much as three speed bins depending what you're doing with

18
00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:23,280
the processor okay so that's one reason to go for a core i5 500 series versus an

19
00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:26,040
I3 or sorry 600 series versus an I3 500

20
00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:30,880
series now when you step up to the Core i5700 Series the difference you're

21
00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:35,759
looking at is you lose hyperth threading but you gain two physical cores so

22
00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:40,159
that's a quad core processor so even though it doesn't have hyperthreading

23
00:01:37,079 --> 00:01:42,560
it's a much faster multi-threaded

24
00:01:40,159 --> 00:01:45,560
machine compared to the Core i5 600 series which are dual cores with

25
00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:51,280
hyperthreading and compared to the core I3 I think I've rambled enough now I

26
00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:54,960
think the point should be pretty much

27
00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:58,280
this the core I3 is a Core Series

28
00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:00,600
processor that has hyperthreading but no

29
00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:05,119
turbo boost okay there we go let's just open this thing and be done with it okay

30
00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:09,520
so inside we're going to find our Intel warranty card installation instructions

31
00:02:07,079 --> 00:02:12,480
and Intel Inside logo label so there's your little core I3 sticker that you

32
00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:17,280
want to stick on your case or wherever it is you want to put it then inside we

33
00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:22,560
will also find a CPU we'll have a look at that later and a heat sink now I

34
00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:27,680
can't believe how wussy Intel has made these heat sinks I mean like seriously

35
00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,519
for reference here's the heat sink on a

36
00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:34,480
on a 5750 like low-end video card you look at

37
00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:38,000
that that's like the same size pretty much might even be bigger on the video

38
00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:43,440
card so I mean something that I've recommended to a lot of customers who

39
00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:45,319
are buying uh low-end core i5s and i3s

40
00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:48,239
that come with this heat sink is to just grab an aftermarket heat sink just grab

41
00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:52,159
a cheap one like an Arctic cooling freezer 7 Pro rev 2 it's a great little

42
00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:57,840
heat sink and it'll outperform this especially if you want to do overclocking now that's not to be down

43
00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:01,560
on the Intel engineering team because a big part of why you can use such a small

44
00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:06,920
heat sink on this processor is because it is so efficient it uses very little

45
00:03:04,519 --> 00:03:11,720
power it outputs very little heat and it will not die under the cooling of this

46
00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:16,040
little tiny fan heat sink it's just that if you want the best temperatures and

47
00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:19,080
again if you are overclocking or pushing the limits of your processor then you

48
00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:23,080
want to make sure that you throw some better cooling on it that's all so here

49
00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:28,920
you can see the core I3 itself like I said before this is a socket 1156 chip

50
00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:30,480
or LGA 1156 I should say so that means

51
00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:36,200
that on the bottom of the ship you'll find 1,156 little pads that will make contact

52
00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:40,920
with your motherboard okay now also launching with the core I3 and the new

53
00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:47,760
Core i5 dual cores are the h55 motherboards now the biggest difference

54
00:03:43,959 --> 00:03:51,200
okay between an h55 and a p55 is support

55
00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:53,519
for Onboard video but the Onboard video

56
00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:57,640
is not actually on the motherboard it's on this chip so the new dual cores all

57
00:03:56,599 --> 00:04:03,120
have integrated video processing units right

58
00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:07,159
under the heat spreader there so that means that if you take a core I3 or a

59
00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:13,840
new Core i5 dual core and you install it on a p55 board it will work but the p-55

60
00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:18,759
board won't have support for the integrated Graphics chip that is on this

61
00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:22,880
processor so you won't actually have a VGA port to plug your monitor into or a

62
00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:28,400
DVI port or whatever else you need likewise if you take a core i7 1156 chip

63
00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:32,880
or a core i5 quad core and plug it into an h55 board you'll have those ports on

64
00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:38,160
the back of the motherboard like a DVI port but you won't actually have a

65
00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:41,720
graphics processor on the CPU to drive it so it won't actually work so that's

66
00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:45,120
another tidbit that is really interesting about the new core i3s and

67
00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:50,680
core i5 dual course thank you for checking out my unboxing of the core I3

68
00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,680
540