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i7 7700k Kaby Lake Review

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The clock speed is nice if they overclock to 4.8ghz on average but it's worth waiting to see how well the Zen quad core overclocks.
 
wellibob said:
So it's basically pointless to anyone owning a i7 4770k or above. Come on AMD.
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Yep, Tbh, I don't see much going on from Sandy/Ivy to this point. The jump just isn't there.

Hoping that Zen can give that drive of competition back into the game again.
 
Lol so other than a clock boost they have regressed? it consumes more power and generates more heat than the 6700k? thats pretty much what i took from that review in the summary.

ho hum..
 
I wonder what they've done to the iGPU to gain so much? Its the same number of EUs as Skylake so to gain pretty much 20% increase is pretty significant. Would love a skull canyon version of this for a HTPC.

The CPU side is disappointing as expected though.
 
reef said:
I wonder what they've done to the iGPU to gain so much? Its the same number of EUs as Skylake so to gain pretty much 20% increase is pretty significant. Would love a skull canyon version of this for a HTPC.

The CPU side is disappointing as expected though.
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It seems there are no Intel CPUs until you get to their HEDT section, they're just becoming more and more APU like.
 
The main trouble it will have is Zen 4c is likely to be a lot cheaper due to the lack of any integrated GPU, the only way 7700K is going to stay relevant is if Zen are comparatively poor overclockers or if Intel slash prices. I doubt Intel can match AMD prices with a GPU onboard though, not without making losses.
 
Purely about the igp with updated 4k h.265 ,
And giving priority to intel, with an exclusive handshake via microsoft edge and windows 10 to decode 4k.

Desgusting chain of corporations.
 
IvanDobskey said:
7700k will clock to 5ghz. No way zen is going to do that.
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Well that's the thing isn't it.

If Zen is within 5% of the IPC performance of Intels latest but can only overclock to the 4-4.3ghz range, that's another 10% of competitiveness lost.

A Zen CPU maxed out at 4.2Ghz is going to be 15-20% or so slower than a i5/i7 running at 4.5-4.8Ghz.

..5% less performance I could live with, but not 15.

Until I see how the Zens overclock, it's too early to say just much damage Zen can do to Intel's dominance.
 
mmj_uk said:
The main trouble it will have is Zen 4c is likely to be a lot cheaper due to the lack of any integrated GPU, the only way 7700K is going to stay relevant is if Zen are comparatively poor overclockers or if Intel slash prices. I doubt Intel can match AMD prices with a GPU onboard though, not without making losses.
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The main trouble is we don't know how much zen will cost ;)
 
Cooper said:
Well that's the thing isn't it.

If Zen is within 5% of the IPC performance of Intels latest but can only overclock to the 4-4.3ghz range, that's another 10% of competitiveness lost.

A Zen CPU maxed out at 4.2Ghz is going to be 15-20% or so slower than a i5/i7 running at 4.5-4.8Ghz.

..5% less performance I could live with, but not 15.

Until I see how the Zens overclock, it's too early to say just much damage Zen can do to Intel's dominance.
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Yes, we need more info. Clockspeeds and overclocking potential. Gaming benchmarks too.

I see zen just falling short on both ipc and clockspeed though.

If it is keenly priced then i can see it doing well though. It's obviously going to be a good product. Amd have obviously worked hard to produce something competitive this time.
 
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