Legit Processor Reviews
Intel Core i5-661 Clarkdale Processor Review
| Manufacturer: | Intel |
| Product: | i3 661 |
| Date: | Sun, Jan 03, 2010 - 09:00 PM |
| Written By: | Brian Wallace - |
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Intel DH55TC and Test System
The Intel DH55TC (TC is for Tom Cove) is the motherboard we'll be looking at today. With an expected street price of $100, this board supports any Corei3 or i5 (LGA 1156) CPU, though the i5-750 will need a graphics card installed. It has a single PCIe x16 slot with two PCIe 1x slots, and a single PCI. It is the high-range mATX board in what Intel considers the "Media Series" for the Clarkdale CPU's.
The DH55TC has 4 slots of memory with support up to DDR3 1333MHz. You can see in the photo above all six of the SATA 3Gb/s ports. With six available USB ports and six more available via expansion headers, you should have plenty of connectivity!
Finally we have our I/O. On the left we have a combined PS2 port for Keyboard/Mouse, with two USB ports under it. Next to it on the right there is the VGA and DVI ports. In the middle is the HDMI 1.3 interface. On the right we have the other 4 USB ports, the 10/100/1000 LAN port, and the analog audio outputs. The analog audio output supports 5.1 + 2-channels.
Test System
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core i5 661 |
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Motherboard |
ASUS P7P55D Premium |
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Memory |
Kingston HyperX DDR3
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Video Card |
XFX Radeon HD 4850 |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor 150GB |
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Cooling |
Cooler Master V10 |
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Power Supply |
Corsair HX620 |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit |
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Next Page - SiSoftware Sandra 2010c
| Review Index |
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Page 1 - Intel Core i5 661 Benchmarking
Page 2 - Clarkdale: A Closer Look Page 3 - Intel 5 Series Chipsets Page 4 - Media and Blu-ray Page 5 - Intel DH55TC and Test System Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2010c Page 7 - iTunes 9 Page 8 - Cinebench R10 Page 9 - x264 HD Encoding Page 10 - PC Mark Vantage Page 11 - Stalker: Call of Pripyat Page 12 - Colin McRae: Dirt 2 Page 13 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 14 - Overclocking & Power Consumption Page 15 - Conclusion |
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