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Guru3D.com » News » Review: Core i7 7740X processor

Review: Core i7 7740X processor

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/07/2017 04:22 PM | source: | 50 comment(s)

It is time to check out that new quad core Core i7 7740X from Intel. Yes this is Kaby Lake-X, a more affordable processor that you will need to seat on a X299 motherboard. Albeit limited towards dual-channel memory, the processor does a good job, as well as it being tweakable towards 5.2 GHz on all cores.

Read the full review here.
 







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Prince Valiant
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#5450384 Posted on: 07/07/2017 04:39 PM
Why get Kaby Lake-X over boring regular KL? You can fry some eggs why you game :D!

Neat that you were able to get it to 5.2ghz stable but those temps were awful.

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#5450387 Posted on: 07/07/2017 04:45 PM
Nice review HH,

5.2GHz is impressive, especially for an ES chip.

A quad core on Intel's HEDT platform in 2017 does seem a bit out of touch.

I think even Threadripper's cheapest chip will smash this in multi-threaded loads but then that's not really what the 7740X is about.

There are people out there that will not be touching Ryzen or TR for various reasons but don't have a need for the new i9 range, to those people I say wait for Coffee Lake.

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#5450394 Posted on: 07/07/2017 05:21 PM
Hmm 5.2GHz, nice sample! That could be a very nice CPU for daily use if you delid it.

Now just give me 8c/16t alternative and I'm ready for upgrade :)

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#5450397 Posted on: 07/07/2017 05:35 PM
Hmm 5.2GHz, nice sample! That could be a very nice CPU for daily use if you delid it.

Now just give me 8c/16t alternative and I'm ready for upgrade :)

If you want a 8c/16t "alternative", ryzen has been out for months now.

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#5450400 Posted on: 07/07/2017 05:48 PM
Noticed at the end of the review that there was PCIe gen 3 and PCIe Gen 3 version 2.... what are the differences?

Beyond that, the pricing for this is very odd, here in the UK there is only a £20 between this chip and the 6/12 core 7800x. i'm not sure why you would pick this over that one if you was looking at this price range in the first place

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