Intel 2011 CPU Lineup

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Originally Posted by BLindsay

Not really in games but if you do anything video encoding its noticable

Yeah, I do some of that sometimes. I'll keep an eye on the price and see if Microcenter has it cheaper any time soon.

also its 32nm vs 45nm for the other i7 chips so it actually consumes less power and for me 1 other bonus is that it should overclock better. im hoping to hit 5GHz with it

That's cool! I've never overclocked before, how do you learn how to do that? I know the basic idea is to raise the frequency and voltage for stability while still maintaining the temprature....or at least that's what I think it is lol, but what if you fry something and can't un-do what you did? Do you get a warning or some kind of safety measure when things get out of control?

Sorry for asking all these questions by the way, I'm just into this stuff.