Testseek.co.uk have collected 224 expert reviews of the Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 and the average rating is 91%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155.
January 2011
(91%)
224 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(96%)
1604 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Breathtaking performance at stock clocks
Massive overclocking headroom
Incredible new integrated video engine
Performance with applications
Performance with video games
Turbo mode
Reasonable energy consumption
Integrated graphics can improve decoding/encoding video and support Bluray 3D
Impressively quick
Integrated graphics ideal for watching Bluray discs
Small and quiet cooling fan
The editors didn't like
Infuriating marketing-driven restrictions
Integrated graphics don't support DirectX 11 which would have improved the bitrate in some games
Abstract: With Sandy Bridge, Intel has set new standards in both performance and power consumption. Not only is the new hardware faster and more efficient, it is also not that expensive. These LGA1155 chips obliterate their comparably priced competition, with the Core i5-2400 and i5-2500K offering the best overall value. The i7-2600K offers a slight clock speed bump and Hyper-threading, but with most applications, the performance boost is generally not worth the US$100 extra over the i5-2500K. However as premium Intel processors go..
Great performance, 1.2GHz overclock, Overclocking is made easy with a P67 motherboard, 95W TDP and low CPU temperatures
Cannot be overclocked on a H67 motherboard, Consumers need to buy a new motherboard on top of purchasing the CPU
The long awaited Sandy Bridge architecture is here and I really think that it was worth the wait. Intel is very excited about this new line of processors and they want you to be too. It is always great to see companies improve on existing products an...
There’s so many good things about Sandy Bridge, I scarcely know where to begin. First off, it’s a new processor architecture that offers valuable performance enhancements that even the average user will enjoy. This includes the new Intel Turbo Technolo...
Abstract: So, no matter how attractive the price of new Core i5-2500, Core i5-2400 and Core i5-2300 processors looks like and how appealing their performance is, you should be reasonable and understand very well that you can’t get off cheap if you decide to move to a new platform. It is quite possible that it would make..
Abstract: Finally, a moment anticipated by many: test results of Intel's new LGA1155 platform are available. This resembles the situation with LGA1156, because the new processors will be rolled out in several steps. Today we'll get to know the details of quad-co...
Abstract: Intel is launching this month their new CPUs based on the “Sandy Bridge” architecture. Let’s check the performance of the new Core i5-2500K (3.3 GHz) and compare it to its main competitor from AMD, the new Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition (3.6 GHz) that ...
New Sandy Bridge Architecture, Blazing Fast Cache Speeds, Intel HD Graphics 3000, New AVX Instruction Support, Improved Productivity, Intel Quick Sync, InTru 3D, Improved Turbo Boost, Fully Unlocked (CPU and GPU),
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Sandy Bridge has arrived with a bang. There has been much talk and speculation since we got a little peek back in 2008. The Nehalem architecture has been extremely successfull over the past 2 years, showing insane multimedia capabilities. Sandy Bridge ...
Abstract: It is a New Year and time for a new CPU. We have been hearing about this one from Intel for quite a while now and it is time for us to see exactly what it has to offer in terms of performance and power.Of course the CPU we are talking about it Sandy ...
Abstract: We are lagging a little bit behind the official media embargo date for Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors and honestly, all of the information shown below on this page has been released or leaked previously by Intel, so there should be no real surpris...
Abstract: Intel never quite reached 4GHz with the Pentium 4. Despite being on a dedicated quest for gigahertz the company stopped short and the best we ever got was 3.8GHz. Within a year the clock (no pun intended) was reset and we were all running Core 2 Duos...