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[Ironman21]

Since a bunch of people on this forum know the answer to this question. What is an i5 or i7 core. How is it different than a Core Duo. Does it have like 7 different cores or what?

Ironman21

[Matthew]

I'll take a guess that they are series of intel processors?

[Sam]

I'll take a guess that they are series of intel processors?

that seems the best bet. I know you can get quad cores and am thinking the next step up will be a 8 core proccessor ( 2's the magic number )

[Ironman21]

I know they are an intel processor, but is there like 4 "cores" or 8, or 7 or something?

[Scott]

Core i5 is a brand name used by Intel for several new processors. It is positioned between the mainstream Core i3 & Core 2 and the high-end Core i7 & Xeon brands.

-Wikipedia

For more information go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i5

[Ironman21]

Thanks Scott

[Scott]

No problem

[sukispartan]

I've never heard of intel xeon. Now that we're talking processors, is the processor in the alienware m11x alright?

[Ironman21]

I've heard really good things about it, but I don't have one, so couldn't tell you from experience

[sukispartan]

If only I had money...

[Ironman21]

yeah, they definitely are not cheap

[mikill]

If you don't have the money just stick with AMD.

[sukispartan]

Or... I can save up. (Which probably wont work.)

[Scott]

...or overclock???

[Sam]

I just found this:

http://hothardware.com/News/Holy-Mega-M ... Core-Chip/

48 cores! Imagine the power that could bring...athough it probably will never become to desktops etc