The Skylake i5 is the 6th generation Core micro-architecture that has a lot of gaming power by default, especially the K series of CPUs. But, with only 4 cores and no hyper-threading, they are just not the right fit for some scenarios, especially video encoding. So, other than buying a new CPU (and board and maybe even RAM – as intriguing as it sounds), what can you do to get more performance? Overclock it! That’s what the K stands for, right? OverKlocK.Read More »
Tag: Core i5
Intel Haswell-E Core i7-5820K vs. Ivy Bridge Core i5-5370
This one’s been bugging me for some time, mostly because I’m an enthusiast and even more so since I started transcoding my Blu-Rays to mp4. But I’ve never pulled the trigger. The reasons are simple:
- The GPU is not fast enough.
- It’ll only be good for this one thing, transcoding.
- I reasoned myself into not needing one.
- I am a penny-pincher.
Until recently…
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