Intel Core i7 875K Unlocked Overclocking LGA1156 Processor Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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599 words · ~2 min read
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So, the cameraman suggested that I unbox these two processors together because
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they're very similar, but I said no. This is going to be the unboxing of the
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Intel Core i7 875K LG 1156 processor.
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This is, as I mentioned in my NCX tech tips episode about overclocking this
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chip, one of the coolest things out of Intel in probably forever. This thing is
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so sweet because it is unlocked. Now,
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unlike AMD, Intel hasn't really figured out the performance cool looking box.
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They've still got their standard blue and gray box, but that's their corporate
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colors. No, no, there are scissors here. Cameraman's trying to hand me a pen to
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open the box, but I had a plan already. I was I was checking over there for the
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scissors actually while I was doing the introduction for this video. So, okay,
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here we have a look at what it features. So, Intel Turbo Boost technology, Intel
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hyperthreading technology, smart cache, integrated memory controller, dual
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channel DDR3, LG 1156 socket, and this
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this is a new one. I haven't seen this on a retail chip from Intel except their
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mobile processors. Thermal solution required. This tiny box does not include
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a heat sink. You have to get your own heat sink. Oh, graphics card required.
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That's a cryptic thing for them to put on the uh side of the processor box, but
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I guess their their dual cores do include a graphics core if you have an
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H55 board. Okay, fine. Touche, Intel.
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Touche. So, let's see what we've got included here. We got a regular Core i7
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badge. I wouldn't have minded seeing like an unlocked edition or something on
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there, but it is what it is. Three-year limited warranty. Now, this is a cool
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one, too, because it used to be you had to use a standard Intel OEM heat sink in
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order to even qualify for their 3-year warranty on a retail chip. Now, you
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don't because they're requiring you to use a different one. Um, yeah, a little
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bit more on Intel not including a uh a heat sink. This is the standard LG 1156
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heat sink. This thing sucks. This thing is designed for overclocking, and this
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is not good for overclocking. So, as far as I'm concerned, you're not losing out
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on anything by them not including this thing because you just throw it away
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anyway. So, here is the CPU itself.
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Okay, it is a quad core. It runs at 2.93
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GHz. It has 8 megs of cache. And I'm going to go ahead and take it out here.
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Other than the fact that Intel's worked their magic special sauce into the
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inside to make it unlocked, which means you can adjust the multiplier up and
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down, you do not have to adjust the base clock in order to overclock this chip.
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It is the same as the i7870.
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So, it has 1,156 pads on the bottom and it has turbo
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boost and all that good stuff. Now, the one really, really cool thing about this
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besides just regular overclocking, unlocked overclocking, which we've had
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on AMD Black Editions as well as Intel Extreme Editions for quite some time is
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the fact that you can overclock using turbo boost. And you should check out my
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my uh video on my NCIXCOM channel to show you exactly how to do that. So,
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thank you for checking out my unboxing of the i7875K.