1 00:00:00,719 --> 00:00:06,960 Today on my video blog, we're going to be demystifying the new Intel 2 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:11,120 Sandybridge processors and the chipsets that go with them a little bit, or at 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:14,960 least we're going to be attempting to do so. Now, there's a few new features on 4 00:00:13,519 --> 00:00:20,160 these chips, or a few important features, let's say. So, let's start 5 00:00:17,119 --> 00:00:22,560 with Intel Turbo. So turbo, as we're 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:26,720 familiar with already from the Core i7 original processor, allows the chip to 7 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:32,399 overclock itself if you have enough cooling and you're not uh overstepping 8 00:00:29,199 --> 00:00:35,360 the thermal design power. So turbo 9 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:40,079 processors such as the Core i5 2400 are allowed to turbo themselves up up to 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:45,280 four speed grades above their stock frequency if you're using only one core. 11 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:51,039 They also Okay, so here let's uh let's let's start sort of working our way 12 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:56,239 along here. So they are also allowed to 13 00:00:51,039 --> 00:00:59,280 turn up the multiplier and OC up to four 14 00:00:56,239 --> 00:01:01,520 speed bins above that four speed bins. 15 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:08,799 So up to eight speed bins 16 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:11,680 or multiplier levels on the P67 chipset. 17 00:01:08,799 --> 00:01:18,799 This is also the same as over here. Okay. On the H67, it can only use turbo 18 00:01:16,799 --> 00:01:24,720 mode. That's it. No additional overclocking. So, four speed bins, 19 00:01:23,119 --> 00:01:29,200 turbo there. So, that is a regular turbo 20 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:35,040 processor. Then there are completely non-turbo processors. In terms of 21 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:39,040 overclocking, we have no support on H67, 22 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:42,000 no support on P67, and no support on 23 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:46,240 Z68. Nothing. You can overclock probably about 5% if you turn up the base clock, 24 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:50,560 but it's really not recommended because you can do all kinds of nasty stuff like 25 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:54,880 corrupt your hard drive and just don't do it. Okay, so then we've got unlock. 26 00:01:52,880 --> 00:02:00,159 So yeah, example would be like a low-end Core i3. All right, unlocked. So these 27 00:01:58,079 --> 00:02:04,320 ones have turbo because all the unlocked chips are already reasonably high-end 28 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:09,920 chips and they also have a suffix K. So the example we're using is the Core i7 29 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:12,319 2600 K. All right. So, you cannot 30 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:17,200 increase Oh, well, okay. I guess you got support 31 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:21,760 for the four-speed regular turbo. 32 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:23,360 Okay. You have completely up to whatever 33 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:30,560 the heck you want in terms of overclocking on P67, and you have up to 34 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:32,239 whatever you want on Z68, which isn't 35 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:36,160 out yet. So, these guys, you can overclock as much as you could possibly 36 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:43,360 want. Well, until the chip reaches its limit. 37 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:45,599 So, okay. Right. So, if Z68 is exactly 38 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:49,200 the same as P67, then what's going on here? So, let's 39 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:54,319 talk about the other important feature of these new Core i processors, and that 40 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:57,680 is their onboard graphics. So, there are a few different kinds of onboard 41 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:01,680 graphics built into these chips. The K series chips actually have the highest 42 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:10,080 end onboard graphics, which is pretty funny because uh no 43 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:11,360 onboard graphics on P67. So on the 44 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:17,200 platform where you can actually overclock these K series chips, you have 45 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:20,720 no support for onboard video. Uh here we 46 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:22,560 have onboard video enabled, but we 47 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:26,879 actually can overclock the chip. So you have the best possible graphics core on 48 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:30,799 the one that is only supported on the one where you can't overclock it and it 49 00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:36,879 has the overclock. So here we have onboard graphics enabled. That is the 50 00:03:33,519 --> 00:03:39,040 difference between Z68 and P67. It has 51 00:03:36,879 --> 00:03:43,760 sort of the best of both worlds, but it isn't out yet. So these ones don't have 52 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:48,720 quite as powerful an onboard graphics card. So same thing here. No onboard 53 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:52,640 graphics supported. Here it's supported. Here it's supported. And same thing 54 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:58,159 here. These ones have the lowest end onboard graphics and here is no and here 55 00:03:55,599 --> 00:04:02,480 is okay. So that is the difference between all these different chips and 56 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:07,200 all these different chipsets. So in summary, if you are not using onboard 57 00:04:04,879 --> 00:04:13,599 graphics and you are overclocking, then your choice is going to be a K series 58 00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:16,320 processor and a P67 motherboard. If you 59 00:04:13,599 --> 00:04:20,720 want to use onboard graphics and you don't really care quite as much about 60 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:25,520 performance, you do not need a K series processor, you can get either one of 61 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:30,639 these and an H67 motherboard. If you want the best of both worlds, I guess 62 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:33,680 you'll just have to wait until Z68 63 00:04:30,639 --> 00:04:35,440 launches at some point in the future. 64 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:39,600 Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and 65 00:04:37,919 --> 00:04:42,600 other videos about computers and whatnot.