Here a roundup of todays reviews of the new Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5/i7 platform

- Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7 2600 & i5 2500 Performance Review
- iXBT Labs Review: Intel Core i5/i7 LGA1155 Processors
- REVIEW: Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 2400, 2500K, and Core i7 2600K @ PureOverclock
- Intel Core i7 2600K - SandyBridge - Processor Review @Hi Tech Legion
- Intel Core i7 2600K and Core i5 2500K Review @ OCC
- Intel Core i7-2600K and i5-2500K Processors Debut @ HotHardware.Com
- Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' Core processors reviewed at TR
- Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge CPU @ Benchmark Reviews
- Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge CPU @ Benchmark Reviews
- Intel Core i7-2820QM Mobile Sandy Bridge Processor, Reviewed at HotHardware
- Intel Core i7 2600K & i5 2500K "Sandy Bridge" Review @ Neoseeker
- Intel's Sandy Bridge Revealed: Core i5-2500K & i7-2600K Reviewed @ Techgage
- Intel Unveils Sandy Bridge: Core i7 2600K, i5 2500K, i5 2400, i3 2100 CPUs @ Legit Reviews
- Intel Core i7 2600K and Core i5 2500K review @ KitGuru
- Intel Core i7-2600K and Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge) CPUs
- Can the Intel Core i7 2600k @ 5.1ghz slay its 980x Goliath?
- Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5-2500K & i7-2600K Review @ t-break
- Intel Sandy Bridge: Core i5-2500K and DH67BL Motherboard Review @MissingRemote
- Intel's Sandy Bridge Debuts: Core i5 2500K and Core i7 2600K CPUs Reviewed
- Intel Core i5 2500K & Core i7 2600K processor review
- Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge GPU Performance @ techPowerUp



Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7 2600 & i5 2500 Performance Review

Intel have wasted no time in making sure they are the stars of CES 2011. They decided to lift the wraps on their biggest CPU microarchitecture change since the Pentium Pro a few days before the event. Today we can share with you the performance results of a few of their desktop models the Core i7 2600K and Core i5 2500K.

There has been an incredible amount of hype behind this launch, so be sure to read on to see if it was warranted! Hint: IT WAS.

We'll be looking at GPU performance in detail later on, so for now check out our Sandy Bridge CPU Performance

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iXBT Labs Review: Intel Core i5/i7 LGA1155 Processors

Is the new lineup a success? Yes, it is. Even despite a different socket that will force you to buy a new motherboard - yet again. You might be tempted to upgrade, even if you have an LGA1366-based machine.

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REVIEW: Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 2400, 2500K, and Core i7 2600K @ PureOverclock

Hello, PureOverclock has published our latest review, it is of the Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 2400, 2500, and Core i7 2600K processors.

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Intel Core i7 2600K - SandyBridge - Processor Review @Hi Tech Legion

Times are changing; Intel has listened to its hard core users and has produced a totally unlocked processor. The 2nd Generation Intel Core Processor, codenamed "SandyBridge" (specifically the K- Series) offer a fully unlocked core multiplier, power and memory ratios (DDR 3), as well as an unlocked graphics multiplier. Graphics Multiplier? Yes you read correctly, the new "SandyBridge" processors come with Intel's newest DirectX 10 HD Graphics (3000) on the same chip, which can reach dynamic frequencies up to 1350 MHz.

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Intel Core i7 2600K and Core i5 2500K Review @ OCC

OCC has published a review on the *Intel Core i7 2600K and Core i5 2500K*

By using my standard testbed cooling, the Noctua NH-U12P, they never came out of the 60s Celsius. Fine tuning the voltage would reduce the temperatures even further. With that being said, the overclocks achieved on these two examples of the Sandybridge lineup were literally the highest overclocks I have gotten on air cooling of any kind on any processor. 4.62GHz on the 2600K and 4.77GHz on the 2500K are just amazing for a new architecture and my first run through with them. So what do you say now about overclocking being dead on Sandybridge? Dead? I think not!

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Intel Core i7-2600K and i5-2500K Processors Debut @ HotHardware.Com

Hello Everyone,

Today's pre-launch of Intel's Sandy Bridge-based processors should come as no surprise to anyone who even remotely follows the PC tech scene. We, along with Intel and numerous other companies and media outlets, have been slowly leaking Sandy Bridge and Sandy Bridge-related details for many months now. Heck, we've even showed off a number of Sandy Bridge compatible motherboards in the past, posted pics of actual processors, and discussed many of the microarchitecture's features already. We obviously weren't able to disclose all of the platform's specifics, however, and boy is there a lot still to cover.

We've had a few Core i5 and Core i7 Sandy Bridge based processors kicking around the HotHardware labs for a while now, along with a sampling of 6-series chipset based motherboards to go along with them. We've been poking, prodding, and testing them to get a good feel for what Sandy Bridge and 6-Series chipset is all about and we've amassed a boatload of data to share with you all here. In addition to putting a couple of Core i5 and Core i7 Sandy Bridge based processors to the test in our usual suite of benchmarks, we've also tested their new integrated graphics core and media encoding engine, tested various multi-GPU setups, overclocked Sandy Bridge, and even evaluated a few mainstream and enthusiast-class motherboards...

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Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' Core processors reviewed at TR

She's finally here. At last, Intel is taking the wraps off of one of the most anticipated bits of silicon we've seen in years: Sandy Bridge. We've known the architectural details of the processor code-named Sandy Bridge for months--they are formidable, new, and different--but we haven't known exactly how the changes would translate into performance and power efficiency, which is the big question about any product overhauled this extensively.

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Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge CPU @ Benchmark Reviews

Intel's processor development follows a regular "tick-tock" cycle. The "tick" is the refinement of an existing architecture; the "tock" is a new architecture. Proceeding at a roughly yearly pace, the "tick-tock" model brought us the 45nm Nehalem architecture processors (the original Core-i3, -i5, and -i7 CPUs) as a "tock", and the subsequent 32nm Westmere processors as the "tick" part of the cycle. Now, Intel introduces their new Sandy Bridge architecture as the latest "tock", and Benchmark Reviews checks out the new Sandy Bridge-based Core i7-2600K. This unlocked, 3.4GHz, Hyper-Threading, quad-core CPU is the top of the Sandy Bridge line, and we'll see how it performs against the best AMD processors and Intel's own as well.

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Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge CPU @ Benchmark Reviews

One of the processors in Intel's Sandy Bridge line-up that is being released in early January 2011 is the Intel Core i5-2500K. Intel is calling Sandy Bridge the 2nd Generation of Intel Core Processors. That also happens to be the significance of the 2 in the name of the Core i5-2500K. Sandy Bridge has promised to bring a lot of new ideas and technologies to the computer hardware industry, including improved media and gaming performance. The Intel Core i5-2500K is a quad-core, non-hyper-threaded, 3.3GHz processor equipped with the latest version of Intel's Turbo Boost. Set to be priced at $205 dollars, the Intel Core i5-2500K competes directly with the top end AMD Phenom-II X4 processors in price. In this article, Benchmark Reviews is bringing you the scoop on the Intel Core i5-2500K, including its performance against AMD's newest flagship quad-core, the Phenom-II X4-975BE.

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Intel Core i7-2820QM Mobile Sandy Bridge Processor, Reviewed at HotHardware

About this time last year, Intel offered us a complete processor revamp and architecture update for both the desktop and mobile markets. Intel called it their evolutionary "tick" step in their manufacturing process migration from 45 to 32nm. The "tock," as it were, follows along in cadence offering refinement and feature enhancement that completes the product evolution. So here we are, about 12 months or so later, and the "tock" cometh.

Intel's Core i7-2820QM processor is the vehicle that we'll be using as a means of evaluating Intel's new architecture. It's not the highest-end SKU in the line-up but it has all the bells and whistles enabled and about 90% of top-end clock speed that Intel will offer in their "Extreme" version mobile chip. In a 45 Watt power envelope, this is the Sandy Bridge chip you'll likely see in some of the more capable multimedia targeted notebooks coming to market in 2011. And we'd dare say, at this early juncture, it packs a healthy serving of beef-cake computing muscle for just about anything you could throw at it.

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Intel Core i7 2600K & i5 2500K "Sandy Bridge" Review @ Neoseeker

The next generation in Intel Core architecture is finally upon us in theform of the Sandy Bridge platform, leveraging the new LGA 1155 motherboard socket and Intel P67 and H67 chipsets. The new lineup of Intel Core i5 and i7 CPUs based on the Sandy Bridge architecture promise even better performance than Intel's current Nethalem CPUs, at no real extra cost.

We join in on the launch madness with an in-depth review of two special Sandy Bridge CPUs, the Intel Core i5 2500K and Core i7 2600K, priced at $215 and $317, respectively. Both are "K" edition processors, meaning they sport an unlocked CPU multiplier for easy overclocking. We certainly didn't miss out on the chance to abuse that! See how well Intel's next generation Core architecture fares against the Nethalem, as well as AMD's hexa-cores, in our latest review!

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Intel's Sandy Bridge Revealed: Core i5-2500K & i7-2600K Reviewed @ Techgage

We've posted our look at Intel's latest processors, the Sandy Bridge-built Core i5-2500K and i7-2600K.

The long-awaited launch of Intel's Sandy Bridge is here, and we have all of the details of what to expect, what you need to "upgrade", what models will be available at launch, and of course, their prices. We're taking a look at two of the higest-end offerings, the Core
i5-2500K and i7-2600K - both quad-cores and both fully unlocked.

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Intel Unveils Sandy Bridge: Core i7 2600K, i5 2500K, i5 2400, i3 2100 CPUs @ Legit Reviews

Intel Unveils Sandy Bridge: Core i7 2600K, i5 2500K, i5 2400, i3 2100 CPUs

It seems just like yesterday that Intel launched the Core 2 Duo series of CPU's and re-established itself as the king of the hill for x86 CPU's. As hard as it may be to believe that was four and a half years ago. Intel has just released their 2nd generation Intel Core Processor family and you might be shocked to see just how well these 'mainstream' processors tear up many of the processors on the market today. You also need to look at how well they overclock!

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Intel Core i7 2600K and Core i5 2500K review @ KitGuru

The release of Intel’s second generation of Core Processors has been a hot topic of conversion among the enthusiast audience now for many months. They have a total of twenty nine new chips reaching retail and today KitGuru will be looking at the i5-2500k and the i7-2600k, both of which have fully unlocked cores.

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Intel Core i7-2600K and Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge) CPUs

Back in the days of the Conroe CPUs, I compared Intel to a charging rhino. They are a big company that has a lot of weight and momentum behind them. Often there are times it can be hard for them to change direction, but once they are on a course they can build up quite the momentum. If you have ever seen a rhino charge and hit something squarely (even on TV), you will also know they can have quite an impact. Ever since the launch of Conroe Intel has been building up momentum behind their CPU designs and just like that rhino they have hit the market with quite an impact. On the heels of Conroe came Nehalem, then Lynnfield, then Clarkdale, and now we have a new name to drop on the market.

Sandy Bridge brings a few new things to the table along with a new socket and chipset. Some may be annoyed at the need for a completely new motherboard to support the new chip (AMD will especially like to point this out), but others will see it as a continued evolution in the process. No matter where you sit on this one, you will be looking at a new P67 or H67 if you plan to pick up a Sandy Bridge CPU.

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Can the Intel Core i7 2600k @ 5.1ghz slay its 980x Goliath?

The world’s fastest desktop processor is the 6 core, 12 thread, Intel Core i7 980 Extreme Edition which comes purring out of its box at 3.33GHz. Costing more than £800 from UK stores, it’s a monster in terms of raw processing power. Upon opening the latest shipment of second generation Intel Core processors, KitGuru was fascinated to know just how far the £250 model would clock and, once clocked, how would it fair against the world’s fastest chip? Sirens were sounded, blast-proof lab doors shut and another 75p dropped in the electric meter.

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Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5-2500K & i7-2600K Review @ t-break

We have posted a new article, 'Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5-2500K & i7-2600K Review'

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Intel Sandy Bridge: Core i5-2500K and DH67BL Motherboard Review @MissingRemote

When Intel gambled by packaging its graphics processing unit (GPU) with the central processing unit (CPU) in last year’s Clarkdale the home theater PC (HTPC) niche benefited immensely from the power saving, performance gain and features like HD audio bit streaming provided by the new platform. The bet obviously paid off, because this year’s Sandy Bridge melds the GPU and CPU on the same die promising significant performance improvements for both units, dedicated transcode hardware, further reductions in TDP and frame sequential 3D Blu-ray (BD)/HDMI 1.4 support. As good as Clarkdale was it was not perfect however, with issues in the level of refresh rate precision used to playback video content - most notably using 24Hz instead of 23.976Hz to handle 24p. Today we are fortunate to have an Intel Core i5-2500K CPU/GPU and BH67BL motherboard on hand to find out if Sandy Bridge is a worthy successor and viable competitor to the last twelve months of progress in our marketplace.

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Intel's Sandy Bridge Debuts: Core i5 2500K and Core i7 2600K CPUs Reviewed

Enter the Sandy Bridge 32nm architecture, which marks the introduction of the 2nd generation Intel Core processors. Sandy Bridge is designed to be a to-chip platform consisting of a processor and Platform Controller Hub (PCH). It incorporates an Integrated Display Engine, Processor Graphics, and Integrated Memory Controller. The debut of Sandy Bridge will result in the replacement of almost the entire Intel desktop CPU lineup and an important segment of their mobile line as well.

All in all, 14 new desktop CPUs are being launched today spanning the Core i , i5 and i3 series, in addition to 15 mobile processors and several more supporting chipsets. Although we will focus on the desktop side of things on this review, there's still a lot to cover. Before jumping into performance benchmarks we will detail the inner workings of the Sandy Bridge architecture and how it differs to its predecessors. We are also putting special emphasis on the improved integrated graphics logic, Turbo Boost and the new 6 series chipsets.

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Intel Core i5 2500K & Core i7 2600K processor review

Sandy bridge is here, today we'll put the Intel Core i7-2600K and Intel Core i5-2500K processors to the test, we will pair the 2600K processor with the Intel Desktop Motherboard DP67BG and also run a test with the Intel Core i5-2500K processor on a Intel DH67BL motherboard.

And in advance let me already state, It's not often that I am as impressed with hardware as what we've just reviewed.

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Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge GPU Performance @ techPowerUp

Intel's new Core processors based on the Sandy Bridge Architecture have been released. They bring a new integrated graphics core that effectively doubles rendering power compared to the last generation. It also includes numerous new features geared to both the gamer and consumer.

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