hardwareheaven.com Updated:
2011-07-31 17:25:03
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AMD is well known for producing a range of good value for money processors which often excel in different areas such as thermal performance and low power draw. Today we are going to look at three of...
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What does it mean to run face-first into a bottleneck? When we talk about bottlenecks here on Tom's Hardware, we're usually referring to a single component that's preventing the rest of a PC from reaching its full performance potential in any given ben...
While we've often seen so-called CPU bottlenecks impeding the performance of our multi-GPU systems, today's highest-quality gaming test has proven that when it comes to single-GPU systems, even a high-performance card like the Radeon HD 5850 can't outstri...
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itreviews.com Updated:
2011-07-31 17:25:44
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A dual core chip in 2010 may seem a little underwhelming but at its £90 price point the Core i3 530 offers unparalleled performance. Intel - Core i3 530 price Buy Intel Core i3 530 securely online at a bargain price £90 inc. VAT Intel: 0870 607 2439 w...
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The Core i3-530 is the most lightweight and affordable of Intel’s new 32nm Westmere CPUs for the desktop. Based on the Clarkdale desktop design, it fits into the familiar LGA 1156 socket, and (like all Westmere CPUs) incorporates two physical processor...
A capable and efficient processor, but launch prices aren't low enough to excite...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated:
2011-07-31 17:26:35
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The architecture of the first Core i5 processor, and its accompanying P55 chipset, required you to use a separate graphics card. Those wanting to build a PC with integrated graphics – traditionally a cheaper, simpler and usually quieter option – were f...
Not quite the bargain we'd been hoping for, but a decent choice for a powerful media centre PC...
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The CPU landscape is really complex. Both AMD and Intel offer tons of different models. But how would today’s processors perform if they didn't have multiple cores? We take 16 different CPUs and compare them all using a single core running at 3 GHz. Ev...
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Intel unleashed a new dual-core processor series in the market, armed with high clock frequencies and an integrated graphics unit for a good 2D experience on that monitor of yours. And sure, it can even handle a little gaming as well. Obviously we are...
It offers pretty good performance,efficient power consumption. Its temperature under load is very respectable even with a stock cooler. * Test Bed: Intel Core i3 530 processor, Intel H55 reference motherboard, 2Gb (1800MHz) Patriot DDR3 RAMPage(s)...
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While a comparable AMD system is a tad cheaper, AMD does not cripple it's chipset and CPUs as much as Intel does. By cost per performance the performance as you have seen is on par, even hyperthreading on the i3 does work well. What is surprising, AMD can cope with Intel even in idle power consumption. As you can see, Intel and AMD are pretty close, but wit...
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Our latest "How Much CPU Do I Really Need?" article pits the cheapest Core i3 and price-matched Phenom II series processors against the...
While we’ve often seen so-called CPU bottlenecks impeding the performance of our multi-GPU systems, today’s highest-quality gaming test has proven that when it comes to single-GPU systems, even a high-performance card like the Radeon HD 5850 can’t outs...
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In our first experience with Intel's Westmere architecture back in January, known now as the Core i5 and Core i3 lines of desktop processors, I found this 32nm shrunk dual-core version of the Nehalem architecture to be both adequate and reasonable in...
At the conclusion of my first Clarkdale article I stated this:The exception to this? Extreme low cost requirements. You can get aCore i3 processor for $113 that will give you similar levels of CPUperformance but without the Turbo Mode features. You sti...
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Editor's Note: Product not yet tested. The following description is from the manufacturer.Upgrade your system with the Core i3-530 and own the processor that speeds up when you do. This CPU features the "Intel graphics technology" with "Intel Clear Vid...
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I'll start the end of this review with the slower and cheaper Core i3 530. Looking at it from a performance point of view it does remarkably well against its competition and it does the job of replacing Core 2 E7000/E8000 series without errors. As for AMD's competition, Phenom II X2 550 is swept away, while triple core Phenom II X3 720 stays on par in most cases. Hyper Threading really gets the job done here for i3 530, enabling it to...
"Northbridge" module integration, New 32 nm process node, Low power consumption and heat output, Exceptional performance for a Dual Core processor, Overclocking potential...
Quad core price tag for dual core processor, Memory and PCIE controller not in processor core, Older generation memory controller, No IGP control on P55 boards, Half of the Clarkdale chip is pure waste for gamers...
Core i3 540 is logically faster, but the additional 130 MHz come with a $15 price tag, and that brings this processor into the upper market class, ruled by quad core processors. There's little room here for Core i5 600, let alone Core i3 540, which is...
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Intel made significant waves last month when it released its Clarkdale and Arrandale lines of desktop and notebook processors. The chips, the latest mainstream revision of Intel's Nehalem architecture (which was introduced in 2008), were the first to i...
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insidehw.com Updated:
2011-07-31 17:25:54
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Intel continues the tradition of releasing of weaker models of their current CPU generation right after a serie of the most representative models, so now we finally have Core i3, the weakest but the most attractive CPU of the Nehalem architecture. As b...
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computershopper.com Updated:
2011-07-31 17:25:58
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Intel's new entry-level chip in the Core series, the Core i3-530, offers much of the processing power of the more expensive Core i5 series at a significantly lower price. But while the Core i3-530 is much faster than the Core 2 Duo chips...
Speedy for the price, Decent on-chip graphics, Inexpensive...
Not as fast as AMD's similarly priced offering, Requires newest motherboard chipsets to enable on-chip graphics...
The Core i3-530 can't keep up with AMD's similarly priced, quad-core Athlon II X4 635, but it does offer good performance and an opportunity to upgrade to Intel's faster chips down the road...
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Intel's Core i3 530 is an interesting, low to mid-range processor. Intel's Clarkdale family was just introduced earlier this month, but it will work with recent Linux distributions and should work particularly well with the distributions coming around...
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A couple of weeks ago Intel unleashed a new dual-core processor series onto the market, armed with high clock frequencies and an integrated graphics unit for a good 2D experience on that monitor of yours, and sure it can even handle a little gaming...
When we reviewed the Core i5 600 series processors we felt that they are really great dual-core processors. However we had a bit of a weird underbelly feeling due to its price level (which is a tad high we feel). That actually might be hindering the C...
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It’s about time we got an interesting value processor to review from Intel. I simulated one in our Clarkdale review, but today I’m bringing you a full review of the most interesting dual-core Westmere for the desktop - the Core i3 530.Priced at $113 (...
I like the Core i3 530. It's the first real alternative Intel offers to AMD's Phenom II X2 and Athlon II X4 processors. And dare I say that it's perfectly competitive? With Clarkdale I get the feeling that Intel is actually trying to compete with AMD, ins...
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It's been awhile since Intel introduced any kind of "Extreme" edition CPU's. The new Core i7 980X represents just that - a new CPU that's supposed to be the fastest, the meanest, the conqueror, the benchmark for all others.
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Core i5-661: Around £150 (inc VAT), Core i3-530: Around £85 (inc VAT) Core i5-661: Around $195 (ex tax), Core i3-530: Around $120 (ex tax)As soon as , its amazingly successful range of Core 2 processors was living on borrowed time. With and now Core...
The Clarkdale Core i5 and Core i3 CPUs are worthy successors to the Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo and if you're looking to buy a new Intel system, there's really no way you ought to be looking at Core 2 chips any more, especially as the i3-530 expect...
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This time we'd like to offer you the summarized test results of as many as 71 processors. This generally marks the end of the year, not the end of another test method's life cycle (like the last time). We believe this summary contains all important pro...
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Benchmarking 86 CPUs takes a while. After long last, though, we have 51 models from AMD and 35 from Intel tested in our current suite. If you want to know how your processor sizes up to its competition, you'll find plenty of comparison data inside! 86 C...
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If you have between USD 115 and USD 120 to spend on a CPU, you have two choices, the Athlon II X4 640 (which is a quad-core CPU running at 3 GHz) or the Core i3 530 (which is a dual-core CPU running at 2.93 GHz). Which one should you buy? That is what...
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The CPU landscape is really complex. Both AMD and Intel offer tons of different models. But how would today’s processors perform if they didn't...
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Intel, aka chipzilla, has been ruling the performance desktop processor market for what has been an age. Ever since the debacle that Pentium IV was (at least all Pentium IVs beyond Northwood), Intel has not looked back. It check mated AMD with its Core ar...
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