iNTEL cORE I3 540 ¿65w?

[cesariuth]

Hi guys,

I no remember and i not have any informacion of this model of 65W...but a I have some pics:





(images courtesy of Dahaka)

Any idea for this model of 65W???

[sniper_sung]

hm this is interesting. is this an improved stepping? for higher stable clocks?

[Dahaka]

Hi sniper, it's very weird because this CPU's doesn´t start on the MB that i test, all of them H55 like Gigabyte H55M-S2V, Asus P7H55-M/USB3, Asus P7H55-M LX in fact the Giga S2V makes a big bang and one of the power phases blow up :/.

[Ket]

Most likely have to wait for a BIOS update to support the new stepping. I'd email some manufacturers and make them aware of the stepping.

[Dahaka]

hi Ket, it's the same suggestion that i do. But it's strange that a new CPU it's on the market without Manufacturer support.

Regards.

[sniper_sung]

Google'ing the batch number doesn't return any results yet. I have noticed that the TDP of Sandy Bridge i3 is indeed 65W. If these i5 540's @ 65W are not fake Shanzhai products made in China, then I think they are most probably a new stepping, or even just rebranded from Sandy Bridge i3, which could easily reach 5GHz. If this is true I'd definitely like to have one of these gems!

[minpayne]

It is highly possible that this is SNB inside one. I mean for marketing purpose it is reasonable to produce SNB i3 compatible with older mobo chipsets.

[sniper_sung]

any further news about this?

[rocketr2]

Yes, any updates? are these really sandy bridge 1156s?

[LagunaX]

Nice - might swap out my old i3-540 if these prove to be better clockers - it would be an easy switch and Asus/Gigabyte are fairly quick about bios updates.

[LagunaX]

Actually kinda weird because SLMBQ is the older 73w C2 stepping, not even the newer K0 stepping. Hmmmm....

[sin0822]

impressive if real