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%)
343 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