Intel Core i5 661 3.33GHz Socket 1156

The Intel Core i5 661 is the first CPU we've seen of a new series based on the new Intel Clarkdale design and for want of a better description it lies somewhere towards the top end of the bottom half of Intel's current CPU line-up. In other...

Even at its arguably inflated price, the Core i5-661 represents the sweet spot in the Clarkdale Core i5 lineup. The Core i5-670 adds fractionally more speed (3.46GHz vs 3.33GHz) and Trusted Execution Technology, but drops iGPU speed from 900MHz to...

So where do the Core i5 600 series processors fit into the scheme of things? Well, if it means anything, a quick look at my favorite online retailer found 20 H55 motherboards. Out of the 20, 19 were mATX boards. There was one H57 board, and it was...

– How Does Clarkdale 32nm Measure Up? The objective of the Dual Core i5 and i3 aren’t to compete with the stronger Quad Core processors per se. Their purpose is to take what we as consumers appreciate about Dual Core processors and almost...

The Intel range The Core i5 600 were introduced in January 2010. This series is solely made up of 2 core models with hyperthreading (see body of article). They also benefit from turbo mode that allows clock increases of 133 or 266 MHz depending on...

With the Core i5-661, Intel has released a CPU that can just about do it all: it’s a CPU, graphics controller, memory controller and PCI Express controller in one. It performed fast during our tests and its integrated graphics and reasonably cool...

Really low power, decent performance. Integrated GPU seems to affect overclocking initially, as...

By the way, to use the display output from the integrated GPU, you need the new Intel chipsets, the H55 or H57, the latter having storage acceleration. I used two new motherboards to try out the CPU. Intel's DH55TC is a decent well featured...