Intel Core i5 2300 LGA1155 CPU Processor Unboxing Linus Tech Tips
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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this is the core i5 2300 so right now of
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the I5 family chips on the new LGA 1155
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platform this one is the sort of value
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option so the I5 2300 I'm going to explain how it Stacks up compared to
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other I5 processors such as the 2500 K
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as well as i7 processors such as the
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2600 and the 2600k Intel's lineup is honestly a
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little confusing so pay close attention for this next little bit here okay so
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this is an LGA 1155 processor that means it works on p67 h67 and z68 motherboards
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okay on h67 it has onboard graphics on
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p67 you can overclock four speed bins above the max
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turbo speed so that should be up oh I'm
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guessing here but I think it's about 3.6 GHz on this particular chip please
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correct me if I'm wrong in the comments and guys thumbs up on that comment if I
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am mistaken about that one okay because it is not unlocked the turbo
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overclocking is slightly limited okay so you have that going for it 2300
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indicates the clock speed and also because it is an i5 it does not feature
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hyperthreading or the extra two Megs of cash for a total of six Megs for a total
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of eight Megs of cash on the core
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i7s okay so let's do side by side comparison with the 2500k for example
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which is more expensive okay to start
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with so the 2500 K is clocked faster 2.8
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versus 3.3 GHz the 2500 K because it is
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an i5 also has six Megs of cache does not
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feature hyperthreading okay and the I5 2500k
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because it has a k designation is unlocked for maximum overclocking
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whereas the 2300 is actually hard
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limited to only that maximum overclock that Intel specifies you can achieve
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these both use the oh rather sorry because of the K designation it also has
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slightly faster Intel HD graphics built in versus the HD graphics 2000 that is
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built into the 2300 okay I hope that was all clear they
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both have turbo boost and uh so yeah turbo boost goes as far as you want here
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and you Limited here next
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i72600 so neither of these are K
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processors which means they're not overclocking unlocked so you are limited
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you can do a little bit of overclocking but not to the max because this one is
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an i7 besides being clocked higher remember it's a 2600 versus a 2300 that
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means clock speed higher clock speed lower clock speed it has eight Megs of
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cash versus six Megs of cache because this is an i7 it also has hyperthreading
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which gives you four virtual cores to go with your four real cores and that is
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pretty much it because these are neither of them K series processors they both
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have HD graphics 2000 rather than the full-fledged HD graphics 3000 now let's
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get to the ruler of the roost the i7 2600 K which at the time of filming is
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the fastest CPU on the LGA 1155 platform
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and let's compare these guys so the 2600
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K is clocked at the same clock speed as the 2600 non K because that's what that
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number means that indicates clock speed because it's an i7 it has hyperthreading
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as well as an 8 Meg cache versus a six Meg cache on the
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2300 because it is a K series processor
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it has sorry about that guys batteries because it is a K series processor it
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has HD graphics 3000 versus HD graphics
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2000 and it is fully unlocked for maximum overclocking versus this one
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being locked down significantly now bear
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in mind that even though this I5 has
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limited overclocking potential compared to any CPU that does not feature and
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I'll show you guys where it says on the box Intel turbo boost technology 2.0 so
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this one has it and versus any processor that does not have that feature it can
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still do more overclocking because any chip that does not feature turbo boost
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is completely overclocking locked
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regardless of which platform you are using it on and and finally another
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thing on the h67 chipset you can use the Onboard video on here but not any
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overclocking features although turbo boost will work normally you can't go
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any further than the normal turbo on a p67 or z68 chipset you can do
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overclocking but on p67 the Onboard
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video is
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nonfunctional sorry I know very very confusing um okay we have it heat sink
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it has a copper Slug It has pre-applied thermal compound and it has 80 mm fan
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with a 4 pin pwm hookup we have a little
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thing here that says you have a three-year warranty it has an Intel Inside logo and it has installation
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instructions pay careful attention to those installation instructions they
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could save your life or if not your life then at least your CPU and
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motherboard next we have the Intel Core i5 2300 so it looks just like every
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other uh CPU on the LGA 1155 platform
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and for that matter it also looks like every other CPU on the LGA 1156 platform
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other than the fact that these two notches right here at right there can
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you see that and right there are in a slightly different location versus LGA
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