the dreaded S chip.
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the dreaded S chip.
I know everyone here warns the S chip is "just an underclocked regular chip that costs more!"
-But if a;
i5-3470s @ 2.90 GHz (3.60 GHz Turbo ) is $198
and a;
i5-3470 @3.2 GHz (3.60 GHz Turbo ) is $212
then wouldnt the S chip be a better deal, with turbo enabled?
-But if a;
i5-3470s @ 2.90 GHz (3.60 GHz Turbo ) is $198
and a;
i5-3470 @3.2 GHz (3.60 GHz Turbo ) is $212
then wouldnt the S chip be a better deal, with turbo enabled?
Last edited by xan_user on Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:25 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Re: the dreaded S chip.
Isn't Max Turbo Frequency 3.6GHz for both?
http://ark.intel.com/products/68315/
http://ark.intel.com/products/68316/
http://ark.intel.com/products/68315/
http://ark.intel.com/products/68316/
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yes, thanks. i had pasted the wrong stats. (was just editing op)Vicotnik wrote:Isn't Max Turbo Frequency 3.6GHz for both?
http://ark.intel.com/products/68315/
http://ark.intel.com/products/68316/
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AFAIK Intel Turbo Boost isn't as straight-forward as the GHz is labelled. The 3.60 GHz Turbo doesn't mean that all 4 cores will be able to reach that frequency; there's a certain calculation based on the base clock frequency, which the non-S version here obviously is higher (faster).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost
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Re: the dreaded S chip.
The exception being Asus motherboards that would allow both CPU's to run at 3.6GHz on all four cores (set by default I think). This would probably make change their effective TDP values to be nearly identical.
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It used to be like that, and maybe it is for some CPUs + Mobos, but on my i7 4770K + MSI Z87-GD65 i can reach 3.9ghz on prime95 and sustain it on all cores, ill leave you HWinfo with the loads and the ghz per core,yakuman wrote:AFAIK Intel Turbo Boost isn't as straight-forward as the GHz is labelled. The 3.60 GHz Turbo doesn't mean that all 4 cores will be able to reach that frequency; there's a certain calculation based on the base clock frequency, which the non-S version here obviously is higher (faster).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost
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That would be great then, because that would merit the S series CPUs since they would be more efficient on lighter loads and achieve the same max GHz on load. That would also make the lower price on the S version strange.
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thanks all/
well it looks like im getting an S-chip. its $175 on amazon...seems like the best bang for my buck right now.
well it looks like im getting an S-chip. its $175 on amazon...seems like the best bang for my buck right now.