Okay so I wanted to kick off a small, yet very informative discussion for this new topic; didn't see any of these created, so here it is... Recently, Intel sas released their new Haswell "value" processors as they call it, and I wanted to see how they stacked up against the previous generations "value" processors. Here's a few from each generation to take a look at core speed and what not.
Ivy Bridge
G2020 - 2.9 GHz
G2030 - 3.0 Ghz
G2130 - 3.2 Ghz
G2140 - 3.3 Ghz
Haswell
G3220 - 3.0 GHz
G3420 - 3.2 GHz
G3430 - 3.3 GHz
(All of these processors have an L3 Cache of 3MB)
* From first glance, they look pretty similiar, however I did notice that some of the higher clocked Haswell processors supports RAM speeds up to DDR3-1600. They also utilize the new socket 1150 motherboards. Now I Haven't really done too much research, but I did notice that they're also available at Microcenter for pretty cheap (fortunate if you have one near you). The only thing is that being they're 1150 socket, the motherboards do have a slight price increase.
Anyways, just seeing what others have came across as far as these processors. I know they'll make a stout budget gaming rig paired with a lower end mainstream GPU. If anyone that HAS picked one of these newer processors up and may have had experience with last generation's, please also give in your two cents.
Ivy Bridge
G2020 - 2.9 GHz
G2030 - 3.0 Ghz
G2130 - 3.2 Ghz
G2140 - 3.3 Ghz
Haswell
G3220 - 3.0 GHz
G3420 - 3.2 GHz
G3430 - 3.3 GHz
(All of these processors have an L3 Cache of 3MB)
* From first glance, they look pretty similiar, however I did notice that some of the higher clocked Haswell processors supports RAM speeds up to DDR3-1600. They also utilize the new socket 1150 motherboards. Now I Haven't really done too much research, but I did notice that they're also available at Microcenter for pretty cheap (fortunate if you have one near you). The only thing is that being they're 1150 socket, the motherboards do have a slight price increase.
Anyways, just seeing what others have came across as far as these processors. I know they'll make a stout budget gaming rig paired with a lower end mainstream GPU. If anyone that HAS picked one of these newer processors up and may have had experience with last generation's, please also give in your two cents.