Intel Targets AMD With Affordable Unlocked CPUs

Posted by kdawson on Friday May 28, 2010 @02:23AM from the overclock-at-will dept.

EconolineCrush writes "For years, AMD has catered to gamers and enthusiasts with mid-range Black Edition processors whose unlocked multipliers make overclocking easy. Intel has traditionally reserved unlocked multipliers for its ultra-expensive Extreme CPUs, but it has now brought the feature to affordable models that compete directly with AMD's most popular processors. The Core i5-655K and Core i7-875K have two and four cores, respectively, and they're priced at just $216 and $342. It appears that both will easily hit speeds in excess of 4GHz with air cooling. Surprisingly, even at stock speeds, the i7-875K offers better performance and power efficiency per dollar than just about any other desktop CPU out there."

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4 GHz, eh? by Pojut · 2010-05-28 02:34 · Score: 5, Funny

I thought we learned that, like sex and the Pentium 4, faster isn't always necessarily better...

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1. Re:4 GHz, eh? by ch-chuck · 2010-05-28 02:45 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  sex and the Pentium 4
  Is that the new TV show for geeks?
  
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Goes to 11 by wjousts · 2010-05-28 02:42 · Score: 5, Funny

It appears that both will easily hit speeds in excess of 4GHz with air cooling.
Nigel Tufnel: These go to eleven.
4GHZ by clinko · 2010-05-28 02:47 · Score: 5, Funny

The cards! they bounce TOO FAST!!