Leaked Intel Core i7-7700K Sample Tested

[bubbleawsome]

It seems like this chip will need a delid or a really good cooler. A guy over at anandtech got something similar though, so it seems like the 7700k will handle high 4s to a 5Ghz OC pretty well, if you're comfortable with a voltage that's pretty high.

 

[arterius2]

It seems like this chip will need a delid or a really good cooler. A guy over at anandtech got something similar though, so it seems like the 7700k will handle high 4s to a 5Ghz OC pretty well, if you're comfortable with a voltage that's pretty high.

Is it me or is tech going backwards? Considering I was easily OCing my 2600K back in the days @ 5ghz on air. And still keeping temp to around 85C

 

[deu]

Hey, at least we only need to upgrade CPUs every 4-5 years now... if AMD was competitive, maybe things would be different.

If trolls went trolls they would know that AMD is releasing Zen in Q1 2017!

 

[Nihilus]

This is like the Pentium 4 all over again. Just crank up the speed a bit for a massive hike in heat and power consumption. For those old enough to remember, there were bigger gains going from the Core 2 duo E6700 to the E6750, which was just a small FSB increase:
http://techreport.com/review/12737/intel-core-2-duo-e6750-processor

That was more of a 2nd 'Tock' than this thing.

 

[ratirt]

Hmm. I've read the article and I don't know if I should laugh or cry. (when I thought about it laugh is adequate). Really I see no improvement but total deterioration. I always thought that having a next gen will bring something new to the table. event if intel was giving 1% more that was still more. But giving less as an improvement? That's just ridiculous.

 

[Vario]

Is it finally time to upgrade my i7 3770K?

The 7700K is exactly 4000 better.

 

[jaggerwild]

when did this site start valuing anything out of Tomhardware?