- 32nm Sandy Bridge 65W
- 3MB L3 Cache
- 2 x 256KB L2 Cache
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
Amazing for the price
04/22/2012
This review is from: Intel Core i3-2105 - Core i3 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Dual-Core 3.1 GHz LGA 1155 65W Intel HD Graphics 3000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I32105
Pros:
- Cheap
- Fast
- Reasonable graphics
Cons:
- Doesn't come with a bottle of unicorn tears like the i7 processors.
Overall Review:
I bought a bunch of these for some workstations that needed to be small and inexpensive for a small office. I was blown away at their speed... Can't tell a difference in real-world use between this and the i5-2405S in the server (the most visible difference is that the i3 sees about 0.2 more seconds of the Windows 7 animation on boot, so the dots are a bit closer together). These are built with DH67CFs and SATA III SSDs on the correct ports, which almost certainly helps. They cold boot with the right BIOS settings in about 3 seconds.
WEI: 5.9, with the low points the RAM and graphics.
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- Patrick D.
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