Testseek.co.uk have collected 116 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 7740X 4.3GHz Socket 2066 and the average rating is 72%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 7740X 4.3GHz Socket 2066.
July 2017
(72%)
116 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(84%)
351 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
720100116
The editors liked
Competitive single and quad-core performance
Fantastic for gaming
Faster than Ryzen in tasks that only use 4-cores
Easy to overclock
Significantly cooler than the previous generation
Significantly less power-hungry than the previous generation
Compe
Performance in lightly threaded applications
Higher overclock ceiling
Higher base memory frequency
Superb gaming performance thanks to fast clock speeds
Excellent overclocking capacity aided by strong X299 VRM solutions and a larger package
A solid option when all-out frequency is more important than core counts past four
Gives purchasers strong upg
The editors didn't like
Ryzen offers fastest rendering/multitasking for around the same price in certain applications
No major performance improvements over the last generation
“With blazing fast quad-core performance
Easy overclocking and low temperatures
The i7-7740X is th
X299 chipset
Disabled PCIe and memory features (X299)
Price
Poor thermal performance
Power efficiency is lacking
Especially in comparison to Ryzen or Broadwell-E
Multi-threaded performance leaves plenty to be desired on a ‘High-end Desktop' product
Poor value compared to the Core i7-7700K which offers an iGPU
Abstract: It's one of the greatest questions of our time: AMD or Intel? Today, that rivalry has entered a new stage of Cinebench taunting as AMD's 2000-series Threadripper processors, commonly known as Threadripper 2, come to market to compete against Intel's Skyla...
Published: 2018-05-06, Author: Peter , review by: eteknix.com
For the desktop PC gamer, the higher TDP X models are still the go-to for gaming and general performance though. They're a little faster, and a little more expensive, but you get what you pay for. However, if heat and power are a big concern to you, and t...
Published: 2018-05-06, Author: Peter , review by: eteknix.com
I can see the Ryzen 5 2600 and the 2600X fast becoming the most popular chips of the second generation Ryzen launch. They're fast, they're affordable, and they're easy to keep cool and overclock. I mean, if you're just doing a massive amount of rendering...
Abstract: It's one of the greatest questions of our time: AMD or Intel? Today, that rivalry has entered a new stage of Cinebench taunting as AMD's 2000-series Threadripper processors, commonly known as Threadripper 2, come to market to compete against Intel...
Which processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
Which processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
Abstract: It's one of the greatest questions of our time: AMD or Intel? Today, that rivalry has entered a new stage of Cinebench taunting as AMD's 2000-series Threadripper processors, commonly known as Threadripper 2, come to market to compete against Intel's Skylake-X series...
I'm going to start off by saying that there are a lot of drawbacks with the i7-7740X, and only one or two positives that I can think of immediately. The first major issue that I can see, by looking at the above illustration, is the fact that the i7-7740X...
Performance in lightly threaded applications, Higher overclock ceiling, Higher base memory frequency
X299 chipset, Disabled PCIe and memory features (X299), Price
The Core i7-7740X brings some of the best features of the Kaby Lake microarchitecture to the HEDT platform, but you lose the integrated GPU in the process. The restricted PCIe and memory features hamstring the X299 platform, but you still pay for features...
Published: 2017-07-12, Author: Luke , review by: kitguru.net
Superb gaming performance thanks to fast clock speeds, Excellent overclocking capacity aided by strong X299 VRM solutions and a larger package, A solid option when all-out frequency is more important than core counts past four, Gives purchasers strong upg
Poor thermal performance, Power efficiency is lacking, especially in comparison to Ryzen or Broadwell-E, Multi-threaded performance leaves plenty to be desired on a ‘High-end Desktop' product, Poor value compared to the Core i7-7700K which offers an iGPU
There's no denying that Intel's Kaby Lake-X Core i7-7740X is an ultra-fast processor in lightly-threaded applications that can be overclocked to a dizzying 5GHz+ with ease. Gaming performance is superb thanks to the Kaby Lake-X processor's 4.5GHz operatin...
