A new Kaby Lake i3 will apparently be overclockable!

[Spork829]

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/54920/intels-next-gen-core-i3-7350k-entry-level-oc-monster/index.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=tweaktown

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, Nicholatian said:

This might be an excellent upgrade from my Core i3-6100… considering I have a Z170 motherboard and all. Hope this is real!

Definitely. It's also a sign that Intel might actually be gearing up to compete against Zen when it comes out, which we really need.

[Zyndo]

3 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

Definitely. It's also a sign that Intel might actually be gearing up to compete against Zen when it comes out, which we really need.

you think AMD is going to have anything significantly better than intel? you funny.

[rn8686]

1 minute ago, Spork829 said:

Definitely. It's also a sign that Intel might actually be gearing up to compete against Zen when it comes out, which we really need.

It will already beat Zen in performance, it just needs to beat it in value, which it proably wont. Zen will only be around Haswell speeds. 

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, Zyndo said:

you think AMD is going to have anything significantly better than intel? you funny.

 

1 minute ago, rn8686 said:

It will already beat Zen in performance, it just needs to beat it in value, which it proably wont. Zen will only be around Haswell speeds. 

I can dream ok

[Matias_Chambers]

i3's run pretty cool... We will have 5 GHz i3's everywhere!

[Spork829]

Just now, Matias_Chambers said:

i3's run pretty cool... We will have 5 GHz i3's everywhere!

Big numbers! Oh boy oh boy!

[SCHISCHKA]

6 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

Definitely. It's also a sign that Intel might actually be gearing up to compete against Zen when it comes out, which we really need.

iv been waiting 5 years for Intel to drop their nonsense core locks. If AMD releases Zen and its just as good as Intel but doesn't have core locks then PC gaming is going to get very exciting. No core locks would drop Intel's SKU count by half and we might even get to see unlocked xeons

[SCHISCHKA]

6 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

It will already beat Zen in performance, it just needs to beat it in value, which it proably wont. Zen will only be around Haswell speeds. 

whats that based off? I got my hopes up man, dont cut them down

[Matias_Chambers]

Just now, SCHISCHKA said:

iv been waiting 5 years for Intel to drop their nonsense core locks. If AMD releases Zen and its just as good as Intel but doesn't have core locks then PC gaming is going to get very exciting. No core locks would drop Intel's SKU count by half and we might even get to see unlocked xeons

Honestly, all CPU's should be overclockable. Maybe Xeons are made for 24/7 stable usage, but if that is what you are looking for in them, then just don't OC them. 

[rn8686]

2 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

whats that based off? I got my hopes up man, dont cut them down

 

[SCHISCHKA]

Just now, Matias_Chambers said:

Honestly, all CPU's should be overclockable. Maybe Xeons are made for 24/7 stable usage, but if that is what you are looking for in them, then just don't OC them. 

They have ECC ram support and they are made for multiple socket motherboards. For certain tasks I wouldn't mind an extra CPU

[SCHISCHKA]

2 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

 

"I'm not an engineer, I'm just a guy that is theorising stuff"

Unfortunately that "stuff" might be above him. Comparing clock speed? <- that is nonsense, that was proven with P4 vs Athlon a long time ago. I want to see comparisons on price, software compilation, virtualisation, and CSGO. We won't see that until it is released and Phoronix reviews it

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, SCHISCHKA said:

"I'm not an engineer, I'm just a guy that is theorising stuff"

Unfortunately that "stuff" might be above him. Comparing clock speed? <- that is nonsense, that was proven with P4 vs Athlon a long time ago. I want to see comparisons on price, software compilation, virtualisation, and CSGO. We won't see that until it is released and Phoronix reviews it

Yep, though he might be right we can't count it out, especially because like I said Intel unlocking the multiplier on an i3 suggests they may actually be a little scared of what AMD's got. 

[Castdeath97]

Interesting, so Intel finally covered the massive gap between the regular i3 and non K i5s. I'm actually excited for this CPU.

[porina]

If this happens at the price claimed, it would sit at the high end of i3, low end of non-OC i5. The i5 OC model wouldn't be that much more of a stretch if you're building a complete system. Plus you'd need an OC supporting mobo, so it will be no cheap OC box.

 

I do have a spare Z170 mobo with non-OC CPU in it, so if it will work well with that, I'd be tempted to get one to play with and just see what clocks the architecture can come up with. I might leave it to others to do it first as it wont be worth the effort unless you can break 5 GHz on air.

[Bouzoo]

5 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

I like competition

Competition on what? Intel vs Intel?

 

But seriously, OC i3 for sub $180. Or get few bucks more and get a i5 6400 for $182 on newegg for instance. 

[another random person]

Wow, this seems exciting....people unaware might laugh when they see a Noctua d15 strapped to an i3, til they see the overclock. 

[IMPERIUS]

looks kinda cool, but I'd still recommend a locked i5 over this, 4 cores can't be replaced by 2 fast ones

[patrickjp93]

1 hour ago, SCHISCHKA said:

whats that based off? I got my hopes up man, dont cut them down

I ran an integer linear program based on the Steamroller numbers +10% for Excavator and then +40% on top of that for Zen. The optimization function was an aggregate of 20 benchmark scores. The best AMD could do was 3% over Haswell, and since no one ever gets perfection, it's going to be Haswell or less assuming no clock speed advantage.

[patrickjp93]

10 minutes ago, IMPERIUS said:

looks kinda cool, but I'd still recommend a locked i5 over this, 4 cores can't be replaced by 2 fast ones

They can be for some workloads. Power 8 is certainly proof of that. Scale-Up vs. Scale-Out.

[TheRandomness]

4 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

I ran an integer linear program based on the Steamroller numbers +10% for Excavator and then +40% on top of that for Zen. The optimization function was an aggregate of 20 benchmark scores. The best AMD could do was 3% over Haswell, and since no one ever gets perfection, it's going to be Haswell or less assuming no clock speed advantage.

And if so, the pricing will determine if it's successful or not. If all the CPUs are overclockable and the quad-cores are priced less than $180, then holy shit.

[patrickjp93]

6 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

And if so, the pricing will determine if it's successful or not. If all the CPUs are overclockable and the quad-cores are priced less than $180, then holy shit.

I would recommend NOT speculating about AMD's pricing at this point. Lisa Su already said she wanted to shake the "cheaper option" monicker.

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, patrickjp93 said:

I would recommend NOT speculating about AMD's pricing at this point. Lisa Su already said she wanted to shake the "cheaper option" monicker.

But this time, the cheaper option with Haswell performance would be really good

[SCHISCHKA]

16 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

I ran an integer linear program based on the Steamroller numbers +10% for Excavator and then +40% on top of that for Zen. The optimization function was an aggregate of 20 benchmark scores. The best AMD could do was 3% over Haswell, and since no one ever gets perfection, it's going to be Haswell or less assuming no clock speed advantage.

you have tested a zen?