I’ve been hearing so much buzz about the Intel i7 processor series here in our school so I decided to do some research and tried to look for some i7 processor units in stores to understand why nerds and gamers alike are so excited about it. After taking down some notes and harsh deliberations I finally made myself a review of it.
The said processor, popularly known for the name “Haswell-E” has an 8 core design
and has a built in GPU which allows it to process possibly more things at once
quickly and with better quality. It is also compatible with the first DDR4 RAMs
that are very visually appealing especially for people who treat System Unit
building as an art. It has more cores, more cache and high speed I/O ports.
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This was made possible because of Haswell-E’s
microarchitecture which fits two Ivy bridge-E processors into one little
bomb. It can process 5-10% more
instructions that the previous processor models and have better voltage
regulation. Shirking the cores also gives more space for the cache and more
fire power. It has PCI 3.0 with a maximum of 16 lanes dedicated for graphics cards
which make it possible for you to have 5 high powered graphics cards at once!
But there are still some flaws in this series. The i7-5960
for example has traded its clock speed to accommodate the maximum capabilities
of a Haswell-E chip; which has 8 cores and 16 PCI lanes. i7-5930k was almost
perfect but it has 2 cores less than his big brother mentioned earlier. The
i7-5820k was the worst of the bunch. It has lost two PCI lanes for the sake of
clock speed and X99 chipset compatibility making it lose its dual graphic card
capabilities.
I personally think that Intel should stop pushing the
capabilities of the Haswell-E design and start moving forward. Although the i7-3820
up to i7-4790 core were the best processors made by Intel so far in the i7
series. They should still consider the limits of their latest chip microarchitecture.
That’s all for now, I still have to enjoy my i5-2500. GEEK
OUT!
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