this is the core i5 2300 so right now of
the I5 family chips on the new LGA 1155
platform this one is the sort of value
option so the I5 2300 I'm going to explain how it Stacks up compared to
other I5 processors such as the 2500 K
as well as i7 processors such as the
2600 and the 2600k Intel's lineup is honestly a
little confusing so pay close attention for this next little bit here okay so
this is an LGA 1155 processor that means it works on p67 h67 and z68 motherboards
okay on h67 it has onboard graphics on
p67 you can overclock four speed bins above the max
turbo speed so that should be up oh I'm
guessing here but I think it's about 3.6 GHz on this particular chip please
correct me if I'm wrong in the comments and guys thumbs up on that comment if I
am mistaken about that one okay because it is not unlocked the turbo
overclocking is slightly limited okay so you have that going for it 2300
indicates the clock speed and also because it is an i5 it does not feature
hyperthreading or the extra two Megs of cash for a total of six Megs for a total
of eight Megs of cash on the core
i7s okay so let's do side by side comparison with the 2500k for example
which is more expensive okay to start
with so the 2500 K is clocked faster 2.8
versus 3.3 GHz the 2500 K because it is
an i5 also has six Megs of cache does not
feature hyperthreading okay and the I5 2500k
because it has a k designation is unlocked for maximum overclocking
whereas the 2300 is actually hard
limited to only that maximum overclock that Intel specifies you can achieve
these both use the oh rather sorry because of the K designation it also has
slightly faster Intel HD graphics built in versus the HD graphics 2000 that is
built into the 2300 okay I hope that was all clear they
both have turbo boost and uh so yeah turbo boost goes as far as you want here
and you Limited here next
i72600 so neither of these are K
processors which means they're not overclocking unlocked so you are limited
you can do a little bit of overclocking but not to the max because this one is
an i7 besides being clocked higher remember it's a 2600 versus a 2300 that
means clock speed higher clock speed lower clock speed it has eight Megs of
cash versus six Megs of cache because this is an i7 it also has hyperthreading
which gives you four virtual cores to go with your four real cores and that is
pretty much it because these are neither of them K series processors they both
have HD graphics 2000 rather than the full-fledged HD graphics 3000 now let's
get to the ruler of the roost the i7 2600 K which at the time of filming is
the fastest CPU on the LGA 1155 platform
and let's compare these guys so the 2600
K is clocked at the same clock speed as the 2600 non K because that's what that
number means that indicates clock speed because it's an i7 it has hyperthreading
as well as an 8 Meg cache versus a six Meg cache on the
2300 because it is a K series processor
it has sorry about that guys batteries because it is a K series processor it
has HD graphics 3000 versus HD graphics
2000 and it is fully unlocked for maximum overclocking versus this one
being locked down significantly now bear
in mind that even though this I5 has
limited overclocking potential compared to any CPU that does not feature and
I'll show you guys where it says on the box Intel turbo boost technology 2.0 so
this one has it and versus any processor that does not have that feature it can
still do more overclocking because any chip that does not feature turbo boost
is completely overclocking locked
regardless of which platform you are using it on and and finally another
thing on the h67 chipset you can use the Onboard video on here but not any
overclocking features although turbo boost will work normally you can't go
any further than the normal turbo on a p67 or z68 chipset you can do
overclocking but on p67 the Onboard
video is
nonfunctional sorry I know very very confusing um okay we have it heat sink
it has a copper Slug It has pre-applied thermal compound and it has 80 mm fan
with a 4 pin pwm hookup we have a little
thing here that says you have a three-year warranty it has an Intel Inside logo and it has installation
instructions pay careful attention to those installation instructions they
could save your life or if not your life then at least your CPU and
motherboard next we have the Intel Core i5 2300 so it looks just like every
other uh CPU on the LGA 1155 platform
and for that matter it also looks like every other CPU on the LGA 1156 platform
other than the fact that these two notches right here at right there can
you see that and right there are in a slightly different location versus LGA
1156 so thank you for checking out my unboxing I really hope it wasn't too
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