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.
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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
Published: 2017-06-23, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
There's no reason to buy this CPU. It's a 7700K – which is a perfectly fine piece of silicon – but on a more expensive platform. Coupling the 7740X with an X299 results in a hamstrung, crippled motherboard the likes of which further complicates an already...
Better Power Consumption than Skylake, Very Reasonable Price, Excellent Single-threaded Performance
Very little performance advantage over the Core i7 7700K, More expensive platform than the similar perfoming Core i7 7700K
Intel has obviously put some serious work into optimizing their 14 nm process. Kaby Lake isn't a massive jump from Skylake, however it does offer higher speeds and lower power consumption. Both are gladly welcome.The Core i7 7740X preformed excellent in o...
So now that we have run through the X299 and Core X features and taken a look at the performance of the i9-7900X and the i7-7740X, where does everything land. Well first off, let me say right out of the hole that you have to keep in mind that X299 and...
Published: 2017-06-19, Author: Dave , review by: hothardware.com
Strong Performance, Good Overclockers, Feature Packed Platform, Fastest Desktop Processors To Date
Differing PCIe Lane Configurations May Cause Confusion, Pricing May Change When ThreadRipper Arrives
The Intel Core i9-7900X is easily the most powerful desktop processor we have tested to date. Its combination of 10-cores, with relatively high clocks, and larger L2 cache propel it into the lead in all of the multi-threaded benchmarks. The Core i7-7900X'...
Abstract: I'm going to start this article off with a simple number: five. Not only is that the number of months it has taken AMD to effectively turn the x86 processor world on its ear, but that's also the number of distinct model families that they've introduced...
Looking back at how things played out over the course of this review, I have no doubt it will be one of the most hotly debated articles that Ive written in the last few months, maybe even the last year. Theres no denying that the Zen architecture has pr...
High performance, Overclocking, 7740X entry-level HEDT, Turbo Core Max 3.0
Hot running when overclocked
So where do we start? As a performance platform, Intel's HEDT platforms have been the go-to systems for those that want the best that money can buy. Currently that dynamic still exists. Much like when AMD's Ryzen processors were released, there were some...
The lead up to Intels Core-X launch has been filled with critique, some of it well placed and the rest based off of a simmering anger against Intel which has in many cases led to very real bias. A good amount of that angst stems from the fact that many e...
The 7740X is a fun and relatively affordable CPU for the X299 platform. It will let you save for another year to buy Intel's 18 core behemoth, and then you can sell it to someone else who just saved enough for an X299 motherboard. However, most people don...
Barely utilises capabilities of X299 platform, High TDP
The Intel Core i7-7740X is a unique proposition from Intel. It has exhibited some of the best single-threaded performance we've seen with the Kabylake microarchitecture. However, the 7700K along with a Z270 board seems to offer near about the same perform...
