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
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343 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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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: In last month's review of the Intel Core i9-7900X, there were two caveats keeping us from giving the platform an unmitigated recommendation. The first is the fact that the platform's most powerful processors won't launch until October. The second is that...
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Published: 2017-07-24, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: Intel's direction for the high-end desktop space has taken an interesting turn. After several years of iterative updates, slowly increasing core counts and increasing IPC, we have gotten used to being at least one generation of microarchitecture behind th...
Abstract: Intel's new Core i7-7740X for the socket 2066 proves to be the fastest CPU for gaming in the test. However, it is just a weak upgrade to Intel's Core i7-7700K that lags behind the Ryzen CPUs in multitasking due to its low core count...
Abstract: Intel's new Core i7-7740X for the socket 2066 proves to be the fastest CPU for gaming in the test. However, it is just a weak upgrade to Intel's Core i7-7700K that lags behind the Ryzen CPUs in multitasking due to its low core count...
Published: 2017-07-12, Author: Paul , review by: tomshardware.com
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 feat...
The Core i7 7740X certainly behaves much better in stressed condition opposed to the Skylake-X 10 core parts. Still it remains to be a little high relative to energy efficiency and the temperatures, these can be challenging. Pretty cool though is the fact...
Published: 2017-07-07, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Kaby LakeX offers no apparent advantages over Kaby Lake and actually performs worse in every category
Slightly slower than Kaby Lake yet consumes considerably more power and costs more courtesy of the X299 motherboard
Power ConsumptionIf you thought Kaby Lake-X looked pretty ordinary so far, hold on to your thermal paste. For no added performance (in fact, less performance more often than not), the Kaby Lake-X CPUs consumed between 15 and 20% more power under load in o...
High base clock speed, Much more affordable than higher-end Core X-Series CPUs, "Kaby Lake" base architecture means better support for 4K streaming than on higher-end "Skylake X" CPUs
Similar performance to the Core i7-7700K, but on a pricier platform with costlier motherboards, Only 16 PCI Express lanes on the CPU, Six-core Core X chip costs just $50 more, supports more lanes
Intel's "Kaby Lake" i7 chip on the Core X platform delivers good quad-core performance in line with the Core i7-7700K, but lacks extra PCI Express lanes or other standout features. Most users should stick with Intel's mainstream platform, or opt for a Co...
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Published: 2017-06-27, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: Now with the motherboards having arrived, we can move on to our Intel Core-X Linux benchmarking. Here is an initial look at the Intel Core i7 7740X Kabylake-X processor.For those not yet well briefed on the Core-X series since the embargo expiry last week...
Great overall performance, Easy to overclock, Current LGA2011v3 CPU coolers will work, Inexpensive entry into the X299 platform
Only dual-channel memory support, Only 16 PCIe lanes
The i7-7740X is a very interesting part, as I said in the beginning of this review this is the first time Intel has released two generations of processors at the same time. Honestly when I first heard about the Kaby Lake-X parts I wondered what Intel was...
