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The Intel Core i5-2405S is probably best described as a schizophrenic CPU.Normally CPUs fall into two categories. There are those that exist solely to power the mighty gaming rigs of the enthusiast market, and those that happily bumble along in a...
What do you call a processor that is ten months late, uses a lot of power, and overpromises in performance but underdelivers in practice? Now it would be kind of mean to point fingers and name names here, but I promise you it is not Sandy Bridge....
The Core i5 was the second CPU from Intel to come with an integrated memory controller (the Core i7 was the first, while the Core i3 was the third), feature present on CPUs from AMD since the Athlon 64. Core i5 CPUs are based on the Core architecture,...