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Intel's Core i5 6500 Shines As a $199 Skylake Processor, Works With Linux (phoronix.com)

Posted by timothy on from the there's-the-rub dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Intel has begun releasing more "Skylake" processors that are cheaper than the launch SKUs of the i5-6600K and i7-6700K. One of the new processors that is now widely available is the Core i5 6500 and it costs just $199 USD — that puts it just a few dollars more than the AMD FX-8370 and significantly less than the higher-end Skylake and Haswell CPUs. At least with Ubuntu Linux, the Core i5 6500 is showing competitive performance that for some workloads puts it faster than Core i7 Haswell/Broadwell processors and much faster than any AMD processors. The Intel Skylake CPUs are fully supported under Linux but the caveat is needing the very latest kernel otherwise there's no graphics acceleration or sound support.

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  1. Re:Penguins are for Cows by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1, Offtopic

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  2. Ubuntu by jeffmflanagan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just installed Ubuntu on a friend's XP laptop a couple of days ago, since XP is not safe to connect to the Internet. The laptop is now much faster, and comes with all the functionality that a non-gamer needs.
    The install process went very smoothly, much better than my Win 10 experience.

  3. Still waiting for prices to drop... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I want a $50 processor and a $50 motherboard, which I can easily do with the 1150 chipset. For the 1151 chipset, it's $300+. Of course, that doesn't include memory. Motherboards that uses a newer processor with DDR3 memory, or an older processor with DDR4 memory, cost $150. I might have to go with a transitional motherboard in the near future to bridge price gap.