Intel Core i5-650 Processor Full Review

Comes with an Intel Core i5-650 processor, a simple fan with a small, low-profile aluminum heatsink. This cooling system has no heat distribution over the entire surface. However, there is PWM support for the power mode. For maximum and long-term overclocking of Intel Core i5-650, there will be very little of such a cooler. In normal modes, he copes with his duties, completely cools the processor. Noise and hum is not audible at standard revs. Even at a frequency of 2000 rpm, the fan works quite quietly when the system unit is closed and does not irritate the owner who bought this hardware.

A three-year warranty with a user manual in different languages ​​is given to us on the Intel Core i5-650 with a cooling system. As a small bonus, a sticker with the Intel Core i5 logo neatly glued to the instruction booklet is given to the owner of this device, a trifle, but nice.

Intel Core i5-650 has dimensions of 3.8 cm by 3.8 cm. However, all other models that support socket 1156 also have such dimensions. On the cover of the CPU, which helps to distribute and dissipate the heat of the core, brief characteristics are written.

• CPU frequency 3200 Megahertz;
• 4 MB L3 cache memory;
• Power supply system PCG 09B.
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• Intel's Core i5-650 manufacturing technology was based on the Nehalem architecture. And all other Intel Core i5 families use s1156 connectors. The Intel company conventionally divides this family of processors into two categories: Low and Top. The first classes go to the Core i5-6x processors, the second class already belongs to the rest - Intel Core i5-7x.

The main characteristic of the Intel Core i5 family

The Intel Core i5-650 processor is designed with a 32nm core. This is its main difference from the Intel Core i5-7xx family.

But already on the Intel Core i5-661 processor, the improved Intel HD Graphics core reaches a frequency of up to 900 MHz, and the Intel Core i5-650 model boasts only a frequency of 733 MHz. Graphics cores have received changes for the better:

• Added two units of conveyors;
• Optimizing pixel shaders;
• The video buffer has grown to 1700 Megabytes of the largest amount of RAM;
• OpenGL 2.1 is now supported;
• The transfer of information simultaneously with several devices is implemented.

The only downside is that DirectX 11 is not supported. Nowadays, all applications are mostly released on DirectX 10. The integrated graphics card in the processor chip is sufficient for almost all modern tasks. The 32nm technological process makes the cost of the motherboard cheaper, reduces heat generation and power consumption.

Specification Intel Core i5-650:

The utilities show, without question, that the processor has a 24x multiplier. 32nm processor with Clarkdale core. The voltage is 1.168 volts at a nominal frequency of 3200 Megahertz. After activating Intel Turbo Boost technology, the frequencies will rise to 3300 MHz at high loads. With a single-threaded task running, the core adds one more multiplier, while the frequency is approximately 3460 Megahertz. There is one important factor - the official support for Intel Core i5-650 RAM with frequencies of 1333 MHz.

This hardware was taken to compare benchmarks with an Intel Core i5-650 GPU.

motherboards AMD:

Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe AM2 + ATX

Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AM3 ATX

Coolers for AMD:

Noctua NH-D14

DeepCool ICEEDGE 400XT

Intel systemicfees:

Asus MAXIMUS III FORMULA s1156 ATX

Asus P7H55-M LX / SI s1156 mATX

Coolers for them:

Cooler Master Hyper TX3

Zalman CNPS10X Performa

Operative:

Kingston DDR3 2048Mb PC3-10666 1333MHz

Kingston DDR2 2048MB PC2-6400 800MHz

Video Cards:

Asus Radeon HD5670

Gigabyte GeForce GTX460

Power supplies:

Chieftec CFT-750-14CS 750W

Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W

Optical drives:

Western Digital 1000GB 32MB

Seagate 500GB 16MB 7200rpm

Systemic block (body):

RaidMAX Sagittarius 928WS Black

At higher clock speeds, the Intel Core i5-661 processor outperformed its junior model by 2.7 percent. In games, the gap was only one percent. Quad-cores were great. With its Lynnfield core, the Intel Core i5-750 came off a whopping 18.6 percent and the Intel Core i7-860 by 31.6 percent. The competitor AMD Phenom II X4 965 showed us a figure of 19.1 percent, respectively.

The results were clear that multi-core always wins in terms of performance, although this was previously questioned. With new technologies, even many cores can now handle single-threaded programs with ease.

The Intel Core i5-650 processor overclocks to frequencies of 4676.1 MHz, which is a confirmation of the serious overclocking potential of the Nehalem platforms. We had to raise the multiplier to 25x, and the bus frequency to 187 MHz. Productivity has increased by a whopping 46.5 percent.

Energy consumption.

The effect of changing the frequencies of the graphics power consumption system. The measurement was made on an Intel BLKDP55WB motherboard with integrated graphics.

The table shows that the integrated video card in the processor is beneficial for those who need significant energy savings.

Bottom line.

Intel has created a human-made processor that delivers the performance level you need for any task. We recommend the Intel Core i5-650 processor to novice overlockers who will eventually switch to more solid copies.

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