The Best CPU for $39 in 2020!
The Core i5 3470S was launched by Intel on June 2012. It is a part of the Intel's 3000 Core i5 series and is based on the Intel's Ivy Bridge microarchitecture. It was launched at the maximum retail price of $184 which is equal to that of the Core i5 3470 and now it costs just $39.
Also, this CPU was mostly similar to the i5 3470 which had same number cores, same lithography process, turbo speed Clock, equal L3 cache, same microarchitecture, etc but the i5 3470 had more base Clock (3.20 GHz) than i5 3470S (2.90 GHz). So why was this CPU even need? That was because it had a lower TDP of 65W as compared to 77W of 3470. This means that less heat is produced in the i5 3470S.
As for specifications, this third Generation CPU is based on Intel's Ivy Bridge Micro-architecture which was fabricated on 22 nm lithography technology. It comes with 4 cores upto 3.60 GHz. It has a Base Clock Speed of 2.9 GHz and 6 MB of shared L3 cache.
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Processor |
Core i5 3470S |
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Cores |
4 |
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Threads |
4 |
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HT |
YES |
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Base Clock |
2.90 GHz |
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Turbo Boost Clock |
3.60 GHz |
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Unlocked |
NO |
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Microarchitecture |
Ivy Bridge |
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Lithography process |
22nm |
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TDP |
65W |
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L3 cache |
6MB |
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Socket |
LGA1155 |
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Bus speed |
5 GT/s |
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PCIe support |
Upto 16 PCIe 3.0 lanes |
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Memory |
Upto 32GB |
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Memory speed |
Upto 1600 MHz |
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Memory bandwidth |
25.6 GB/s |
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Integrated Graphics |
Intel HD 2500 |
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Graphics Base Clock |
650 MHz |
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Dynamic Graphics Frequency |
1.1 GHz |
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Launch date |
2 June, 2012 |
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Launch Price |
$184 |
Just as i said it has a TDP of 65W, Bus speed of 5 GT/s and supports DDR3 Memory Frequency upto 1600 MHz (base is 1333 MHz) and total memory of 32GB which has a bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s. This CPU supports the LGA1155 motherboard socket and can be paired with motherboards like z77 and H61. This CPU comes with integrated Intel HD 2500 graphics which has Base Frequency of 650 MHz and Max Dynamic Frequency of 1.1 GHz.
The integrated graphics HD2500 is ofcourse not for modern gaming but can play old titles. You can watch videos and do stuff on maximum 4K resolution, it supports upto 3 displays at a time. It also supports upto 16 PCIe 3.0 lanes.
This CPU was paired with the Radeon RX 570 which is a good combination with it and 16GB 1600MHz RAM. The tests are shown below:
Processor | Core i5 3470S |
Graphics Card | Radeon RX 570 8GB GDDR5 |
Memory | 2x8GB 1600MHz |
Motherboard | Zebronics H61 |
PSU | Corsair RM850 |
Storage | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB |
