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Intel Responds to Phenom II X2 BE with Pentium E6500K

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narrow views?

do some research on me man.

i've had TONS of hardware in the past 5 years.

my "opinion" is based upon actual hands on experience from using and OCing almost everything that is out there.

im not reading reviews and assuming that intel is better.... i WRITE the reviews.

FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE TRAMPLES 2ND HAND WORDS.
 
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wonder how fast it could encode my n0rp

“try intel cpu, amd is only good for going to nude sites”
 

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my "opinion" is based upon actual hands on experience from using and OCing almost everything that is out there.

I agree with you, Intel do offer great overclocking potential and possibly better than everything else out today, I 100% agree now that I've got an explanation, if you said this to begin with I would of thanked you. But if you say "I do not like x company" without explanation then you are opening yourself up for flame.
 

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i changed my post too... LOOOOOOOOOONG before anyone flamed
 

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I would buy this CPU just to mess around with a cheap unlocked Intel processor. Hopefully these make their way to the US. Intel would have a huge hit on their hands over here...
 

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find me one... i'll be the first to test
 
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Dang, this looks like an awesome chip!!! Makes me kinda mad that I went with my e6300 wolfdale. It overclocks pretty well also though and I only paid $55 for it.

Interested to see your results fit!
 

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But if you say "I do not like x company" without explanation then you are opening yourself up for flame.

To which, instead of being responsible and ignoring, you flame back. :rolleyes:

btarunr, so saying that you dislike AMD or any other company without a "valid expanation", correct without an explanation period isn't flaming too?

I objected to the part of the post I quoted, where you called out someone else. No more discussion on this issue, (no editing older posts to respond to this either).
 

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what enoyes me the most is that they went back on the E6XXX:shadedshu WHY INTEL WHY,it is just sooo confuseing:mad:
 
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I may very well be picking one of these up to play with.
 
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what enoyes me the most is that they went back on the E6XXX:shadedshu WHY INTEL WHY,it is just sooo confuseing:mad:

lol I agree they could have at least changed the letter prefix or gonna with a higher e5xxx number. Like e5700 for the e6300 and e5900k for this new e6500k chip.
 
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Wow, this is HUGE! The first unlocked dual-core CPU from Intel! And It's not ~$1k!
 
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Yes, it's a better chip than AMD's at that price range (except for the unlocking abilities with AMD's dual-core).

What's more important to me is that Intel just made another move to respond to AMD, not the other way around. :D
 

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Indeed its nice to see Intel react aggressively,

I hope this forces AMD to pursue the competitive route further in pricing, I'm looking forwards to AMD's Athlon II X4 series, they are rumoured to be priced sub $100 if this is true I feel that AMD will continue to hold their ground at low end and midrange segment.


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AMD's current offerings are already pretty damn competitively priced, don't know if they can go too much cheaper :p

I agree, they'll have to settle for less profit, in the UK the Phenom II X3 720 BE is already priced at £89.42 on Ebuyer.com, AMD might strategically price the Athlon II X4 below the Phenom II X3s because the Phenom II is of a higher tier by name and branding (we'll have to wait for reviews to see if the benchmarks reflect the name)
 
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Indeed its nice to see Intel react agressively,

I hope this forces AMD to persue the competitive route, I'm looking forwards to AMD's Athlon II X4 series, they are rumoured to be priced sub $100 if this is true I feel that AMD will continue to hold their ground at low end and midrange sigment.

AMD's current offerings are already pretty damn competitively priced, don't know if they can go too much cheaper :p
 
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If this chip comes to AUS and sells for around $130 then yes this chip will be competitive because the Phenom 550 sells for $120 here and beats the E8400 (from what ive seen in Benchmarks anyway) and costs literally double the price at $250 and the Athlon II 250 nips at the heels of the E8400 and costs $105 here.

So if this CPU comes in at that price point then yes intel FINALLY has a competitive CPU against AMD's offering at a low cost.
 

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Only 2m L2, might not be quite as fast. Unless they all do 4ghz+ with low voltage, I can't see them doing that well.
 
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I wouldn't gamble on unlocking. Despite what it seems like, it is rare to be sucessful. And even more rare to be sucessful and stable, especially on a chip with two of the cores disable. The chances of having a defective core are enormous.
True that no one can garrantee a sucessful unlock, but neither can anyone garrantee that the E6500K will all OC great either. On the other hand, you can get a decent am2/am3 mobo at the price of a cheap P45/43, so unless you already owns a 775 platform and buying this chip for fun, I wouldn't say this is the better choice.
 
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Saw a forum post on OC.net that claims 4.2ghz on air without raising the voltage. ES sample of course.
 
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Well, all retail processors are only garenteed to run at its stock setting.
ES almost always OC higher than anything you can grab off the shelf.
 

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It seems the box doesn't include a stock-cooler.
 
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Who OC with their stock cooler anyways? :laugh:
 

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Who OC with their stock cooler anyways? :laugh:

True. If we look back in time, the Athlon64 X2 5000+ BE didn't pack one either.
 
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