Official Devils Canyon review thread

Eurofighter · 4 Jun 2014 at 20:23

I really hope these are better overclockers, with every new Intel CPU they seem to overclock worse, which reduces the advantage gained from new architecture or a die shrink.

I am still using a i7 920 D0 but am wanting to upgrade.

rossiboy001 · 4 Jun 2014 at 21:50

One the other hand, even if the overclocks are disappointing, for those including myself with a 4.5ghz 2700k. A Chip that will Boost to 4.4 GHZ when you need it that will be over 20% faster which would push the sandy into 5ghz territory+, but with a fraction of the power. The upgrade to gen3 PCIE, and a chance to upgrade 2x16 PCIE for future crossfire or SLI For hopefully take advantage better of the next generation cards 880TI r390x or titan types ect in the future is something to consider.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 7 Jun 2014 at 17:09

FINALLY!!

ANOTHER REVIEW:

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-Devils-Canyon-Review-and-Overclocking

Martini1991 · 7 Jun 2014 at 17:15

PCper, still, we're not at the regulars of Tech report, Anandtech etc.

I mean who jumps to Pcper for the latest hardware

?

WHAT'S GOING ON.

gjc10212 · 7 Jun 2014 at 19:41

Martini1991 said:
PCper, still, we're not at the regulars of Tech report, Anandtech etc.

I mean who jumps to Pcper for the latest hardware ?

WHAT'S GOING ON.

Either an issue with NDA or the tests are dire and the reviewers are waiting for feedback from intel prior to release....

Martini1991 · 7 Jun 2014 at 19:51

gjc10212 said:
Either an issue with NDA or the tests are dire and the reviewers are waiting for feedback from intel prior to release....

They'd do the reviews, even with dire results.
Intel made some hype with Haswells overclocking, and well, it wasn't great

wazza300 · 7 Jun 2014 at 19:52

probably busy cherrypicking the best chips to send out for reviews

setter · 7 Jun 2014 at 19:54

Load temps are a good bit better in that review. Though like others have said, ill wait to see a few more reviews and ones from ordinary users.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 10 Jun 2014 at 12:51

Just added the TH review.

Martini1991 · 10 Jun 2014 at 12:55

Meh, conservative voltage.

Either way, DC's looking rather crappy

nails666 · 10 Jun 2014 at 13:01

HardOCP have got an initial review up now as well.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/06/09/intel_devils_canyon_good_bad_ugly

5Ghz on air isn't looking very likely so far.

Martini1991 · 10 Jun 2014 at 13:03

Think it's official that the "5GHZ air cooling era" was absolute FUD.

Unless retail are better, but then that's illogical.

nails666 · 10 Jun 2014 at 13:07

Yup, can't imagine Intel sending out junk ES chips only to suddenly supply consistent golden chips at retail.

JonSmith · 10 Jun 2014 at 13:09

I like that Intel guy, 4.6Ghz fanless doing what exactly? Desktop in safe mode?

nails666 · 10 Jun 2014 at 13:21

JonSmith said:
I like that Intel guy, 4.6Ghz fanless doing what exactly? Desktop in safe mode?

While sitting in a freezer

Sampsy · 10 Jun 2014 at 18:47

So basically I'm going to have to wait until 2020 before there is something worth upgrading to from my 2500k.

Jumper118 · 10 Jun 2014 at 19:19

my pentium k will do 5ghz on air or get death by voltage.

Freddie1980 · 11 Jun 2014 at 13:40

From the reviews so far it's a very defiant meh and a shrug of the shoulders, from me. It makes me wonder why Intel even bothered with the expense of improving the 4770k for all that "Devils Canyon" offers over it's predecessor.

Canary Wundaboy · 11 Jun 2014 at 14:08

I'm really having to debate whether to wait for the £270 DC chip or just buy a 4770k and take the £35 cashback from Asus, works out between 80-90 quid cheaper.

Boomstick777 · 11 Jun 2014 at 14:17

Sampsy said:
So basically I'm going to have to wait until 2020 before there is something worth upgrading to from my 2500k.

Why only consider mainstream stuff? If you wanted a real upgrade there are other options. Haswell -E would be a massive upgrade from your 2500K and old motherboard.

New Chipset.
Quad channel Memory Support.
6+ CPU Cores.
SSD Raid 0 Native support.
All Sata 6GB/s Ports.
DDR4 Memory.
Broadwell -E 14nm Support.
Nice IPC performance boost over Sandybridge plus up to twice the cores.
Better performance VS Watt.
SSE4, AVX, VT, AESNI
No Crappy Integrated GPU.
Up to 40 PCIe Gen 3 Lanes 2x16+ 1x8 up to 3x8 Graphics.

If you just want mainstream, it's likely the next few years will still be quad cores, just with better IPC and use lower power. Nothing to exciting. If your after a real upgrade X99 would be the way forward.