Intel's Core i5 750 spotted in the box, hastily removed and photographed
By Tim Stevens 
posted August 10th 2009 6:58AM
posted August 10th 2009 6:58AM
If you're itching to get your hands on Intel's latest mid-range supremo, here's another good sign. Last week it was a dual-retail listing of the so-called 570 entrant of the upcoming Core i5 line, now we have pictures of the 750's retail box and specs -- making us wonder if, perhaps, those two retailers don't share a case of mild dyslexia. This new source has a definite case of Русский язык, but from what we can glean from our high-school Russian lessons (and a little help from The Googles) this is, again, a 2.66GHz chip with 8MB of cache that's due in the very near future. This site mentions the price as "estimated at $196," a bit cheaper than we've seen so far and perhaps good tidings for bargains to come. Stay tuned for more info on that front, but go ahead and click on over for more pictures of this chip and its companion heat sink.
[Thanks, Doniyor]
i wonder how this compares to the i7 920
and if the overclockability is better.
It's...slower....
its for entry-level/mid level population.
if you buy it, you'll always be like a bitch to your friends owning an i7
Well if Intel is selling it @ $200 it would probably be competing with something with the same performance from ATi except with an extra $40 or so... So: x3 Phenom 720 amirite or amirite?
According to Anand, it should be fairly similar to the 920, with a lower TDP. The motherboard will also cost lest, but only 4 ram slots and no 6 core chips next year. You can the 920 at Microcenter for $200 right now.
I got my i7 920 and its gonna last me a looooong time. Not falling for no banana in my tail pipe.
considering this is an LGA 1156 ... even if is slower, is probably faster than an LGA 1366 ...
the fan is creapy)
the fan is fracking huge!
Actually I think the heatsink is quite small compared to the P4-era monstrosities...progress has been made!
its just a 120mm fan heatsink.
I've had one for the last 5 years.
stock intel fans give me nightmares :(
My collection of stock heatsink/fans? Last seen functioning as a desk fan :)
Mine's a paperweight.
They show be working on the i9 or whatever .. why step backwards .. Once they make the next one the i7 will be lower in price and be the low end model .. no need to spend money making a lower end chip it boggles my mind
agreed. Why not make them a bit more faster and bring newer stuff to the market.
Intel MINUS MINUS
for the i5
The i5 lineup will replace the current Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad chips entirely. It'll be the new budget and mainstream line, while Core i7 will be the high end, with 6 core CPUs coming next year.
i9 will be the best one, but don't count on getting one unless you want to drop 2K on it.
Have you seen a BMW 9 series? I guess not, so chances are Intel is working on the M7 to replace the i7.
Any idea if this is 45nm or 32nm?
45Nm 32 wont come till next year.
45Nm 32 wont come till next year.... "Westmere" i think is the codename google it.
I miss Conroe. :(
why do they keep shrinking the heatsinks for every new line...my Q9550 came with one that was half the size of my E6750 and was total shit
The i7 has the LGA1336 socket , which is much larger than LGA755. The i5, i3 socket is indeed smaller, so that is the reason. If you look at i7 socket boards and heatsinks youll OMGWTFBBQ to the floor...
I have a Scythe Mugen 2 on my i7 920, and its a beast cooler. Its also very large, but that is because it's beast!
yea i switched out mystock with a thermaltake v1, worked like a charm
@ProfessorKaos
thanks for the info, haven't really gotten a good look at the i7's, out of my price range for not enough performance gain
...because they probably know that anybody that builds their own pc knows that the stock intel heatsinks are HORRIBLE and replace them with an aftermarket. If you are one of those people that use the stock fan for your build, you probably shouldn't be building a pc in the first place.
Darwin, I'm going to be building a PC for my grandparents. Their 2001 (!) PC isn't cutting it anymore, so I'm building them a new one, and the stock cooler will do them fine. You only really need a better cooler for overclocking, and my i7 at 3.8ghz is being well cooled by my Mugen 2.
My one friend got the i7 920, just mentioning, and didnt notice anything gaming related improvement wise, even clocked at 3.2 Ghz. Same story should be here as well, so Ill stick with my 3 Ghz , 12MB cache, Q9650 for now, until I need to do more intense apps like photo / video / rendering etc. For now, a good graphics card and a nice Q series will do you fine. Please don't badger me about the other advantages, Ive read dozens of pages on i7, fact remains the Q series 45 nm quads are still fine for almost anything.
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Lol its true i have a Q6600 and that is not even as good as yours, but it still spanks everything i through at it, so as much as i'd love an i7 probably not REALLY worth it if your have an existing quad core.
However, an i7 is an excellent upgrade from a Pentium 4. The difference is obviously huge. I am quite happy with it.
ProfessorKaos, the Q9650 can't be hyper-threaded, meaning to match the speed of the 2.6GHz i7 you'll have to over clock you're processor to even meet the specifications of the i7 in normal mode, this is not intended to be badgering btw, you are right about there not being a real difference in gaming experience right now, but seeing that the industry did release games like Crysis and FarCry2, both games which had recommended system requirements but still gave the PC's that met them trouble at full resolution, I would suspect some game company out there will try releasing a game to push an i7 system to its limits in the near future.
I know the Q series can't be hyper threaded, I've built my own systems for quite some time. I mearly am stating the fact that the i series poses no significant advantage for the typical user or gamer at the current moment. What good is 8 logical cores if only 1-2 two of the physical cores are even being touched, let alone taxed lol. For now, on a gaming standpoint, its more hype than anything. But yes, there is amazing technology behind i7, most notably the QPI and on CPU-die memory controller.
I got an i7, since LGA 775 is being phased out, I decided to hop on the LGA 1366 train since it won't pass for a good 5 years.
Grandpa: "Back in my day we had one core that did eeeeeaaverything". Kid: "Ohz g-pa, uze der nutzeerz." Grandpa: "Whaaat? fetch me my metamucil deary, and pop in ma 2pac cassette please." Kid: "Zos g-par yon keme we der muik esso vilnt dyoana lito somnew?" Grandpa: "Whaaat?".
check out these two threads...
Lynnfield Motherboards
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=172881
Lynnfield Processors
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=172852
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