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04-Sep-2011

Core i5-2320 3.0GHz Review

Core i5 is a brand name used by Intel for several microprocessors, the first of which were introduced in late 2009. It is positioned between the mainstream Core i3 & Core 2 and the high-end Core i7 & Xeon brands. Core i5, like Core i7, is based on the Nehalem microarchitecture.
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Core i5-2320 3.0GHz Performance Specification

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3 GHz

4 cores

Sandy Bridge

95W

32nm

LGA 1155/Socket H2

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6Mb

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VictorSoeiro

12:08 Apr-11-2013

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I only play counter Strike Games, should i buy this processor?

Gordenfreeman23

20:41 Apr-15-2013

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I don't think you need to get it if the only thing is play counter strike.

themetalinvader

17:45 Jan-02-2013

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I found this for $145 but im not sure if i wanna buy it :/

prutut

11:30 Mar-09-2013

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buy it....:) it's worth it

Influx

22:02 Nov-16-2012

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Could someone please tell me how to overclock this a bit, not enough to strain my PSU really hard though ;)

XxSoultheKeeperXx

23:14 Mar-27-2013

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The multiplier is locked you could BLCK ocing

Aldokazer

09:57 Sep-22-2012

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Have an OC'ed 670 paired up with it nd guess wat, there's no bottlenecking!

Mazasrb

10:05 Sep-22-2012

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Of course i5 is great :D

Waowtie

21:16 Sep-17-2012

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It's really good but now I found out they dropped the price on FX 8150 so it's same as this i5. Wish I had 8150 it's just so good. Nothing wrong with this CPU though, it never let me down so far

Mazasrb

21:22 Sep-17-2012

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Hmm that FX 8150 is maybe just a slightly better than yours :D

racingtime

22:25 Aug-21-2012

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I bought this because i had budget and couldn't afford 2500k.
But so far nice performance and if i realy need more power, i can buy i7 in future and should be rocking again.

prutut

15:01 Jul-27-2012

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