I remember some article here mention that the S variant intel cpus aren't worthwhile, but didn't show any numbers. Well, techspot did a quick comparison with an i7 S variant. Basically, the lower average TDP is a meaningless wash. Avoid.
http://www.techspot.com/news/59696-inte ... mance.html
Why the "lower TDP" S variants don't help.
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Re: Why the "lower TDP" S variants don't help.
Interesting test
Mechanics of it is really crude. You will definitely get more result by manual undervolting.
One hope was that S models are selected to need less default voltage (and would consequently undervolt and overclock better). Still the difference isn't worth the asked price
Mechanics of it is really crude. You will definitely get more result by manual undervolting.
One hope was that S models are selected to need less default voltage (and would consequently undervolt and overclock better). Still the difference isn't worth the asked price