[Rumor]Overclockable Kaby-Lake i3 leaked online

[Prysin]

OK, this is fucking sick new. GOOD news.

If this is true, it has the chance to revolutionize the lower end PCs.

 

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Intel K-Series i3 Kaby Lake CPU has been listed online

Intel K-Series i3 Kaby Lake CPU has been listed online, featuring a 4GHz base clock and support for overclocking, making this the first officially overclockable Intel i3 CPU.   

 

This new CPU is called the Intel i3 7350K, which is listed at a price of $177 and will come with two CPU cores with hyperthreading. With a boost clock of 4.2GHz this will be the fastest i3 CPU on the market, making it perfect for most general desktop applications and workloads which require a few strong CPU cores.   

 

Intel has not officially confirmed that they will be releasing an overclockable core i3 7350K, but it certainly would be an interesting move from the company. It is likely that this overclockable i3 CPU will be launched in response to AMD's upcoming Zen-based CPUs, solidifying the companies grip on the lower end market.

 

Must be noted that Intel has NOT confirmed that they will release the "K" SKU. BUt if they do. DAYUM!!

 

Source: https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/intel_k-series_i3_kaby_lake_cpu_has_been_listed_online/1

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Prysin said:

which is listed at a price of $177

Yea, a i5 seems like a better price. If it was around 120 and didn't need the z boards this would be aswome.

 

AMD please ZEN do it NOW.

[Prysin]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea, a i5 seems like a better price. If it was around 120 and didn't need the z boards this would be aswome.

 

AMD please ZEN do it NOW.

i bet its because Intel expects AMD to release such a product.

[GDRRiley]

for 130$ maybe but no way for 175$

[Prysin]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

for 130$ maybe but no way for 175$

 

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea, a i5 seems like a better price. If it was around 120 and didn't need the z boards this would be aswome.

 

AMD please ZEN do it NOW.

 

i5 prices are increasing. A LOT. thus this still makes sense.

[Misanthrope]

That's....bizarre. I mean sure very few games that still like IPC more would benefit but I expect most games and specially most applications to like even something like the 6400 a lot more.

 

Though who knows if the IPC increase is good enough the hyper threading and strong IPC could potentially have it match a middling i5, but still seems like a lot more effort to get a stable overclock and such not to mention a z270 mobo.

 

Just...why?

[GDRRiley]

wow wtf intel we wanted to make some new consel killers but noyou won't let us. 

[JHY]

2 minutes ago, Prysin said:

i5 prices are increasing. A LOT. thus this still makes sense.

I don't think kabylake is a lot better than skylake in performance/price.

[ThinkWithPortals]

Just now, Prysin said:

 

If that price chart is correct I don't see why someone wouldn't just pay the ~$20 more than the i3-7350K for the i5-7400. Sure, the base/boost speeds will be slower and it's locked, but more cache and double the amount of cores. Plus you wouldn't need a Z170 mobo or aftermarket cooler to OC with.

[Prysin]

Just now, ThinkWithPortals said:

If that price chart is correct I don't see why someone wouldn't just pay the ~$20 more than the i3-7350K for the i5-7400. Sure, the base/boost speeds will be slower and it's locked, but more cache and double the amount of cores. Plus you wouldn't need a Z170 mobo or aftermarket cooler to OC with.

you can OC on any intel board, if the manufacturer allows it.

ASRock and Gigabyte often releases B and H boards with ability to OC.

[VerticalDiscussions]

Dayum bro! But the I5 is better  (gotta join the what everyone says bandwagon).

 

Also, can the I5 7600K and the I7 7700K make me breakfast like this?

 

[oskarha]

Repost?

I cant find the old post, but i'm quite sure i read about this earlier on this forum (maby other sub-forum)...

[Prysin]

6 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

That's....bizarre. I mean sure very few games that still like IPC more would benefit but I expect most games and specially most applications to like even something like the 6400 a lot more.

 

Though who knows if the IPC increase is good enough the hyper threading and strong IPC could potentially have it match a middling i5, but still seems like a lot more effort to get a stable overclock and such not to mention a z270 mobo.

 

Just...why?

skylake i3s, with baseclock OC was shown to catch up to i7s (stock) in games. Ofc we are talking i3s hitting 4.7-4.8GHz. But hyperthreading is not something you should underestimate.

[Prysin]

1 minute ago, VerticalDiscussions said:

Dayum bro! But the I5 is better  (gotta join the what everyone says bandwagon).

i5 is for plebs -> #i7masterrace

[ThinkWithPortals]

2 minutes ago, Prysin said:

you can OC on any intel board, if the manufacturer allows it.

ASRock and Gigabyte often releases B and H boards with ability to OC.

But does Intel approve of that? I thought they discouraged board partners from doing that.

 

Even if you can, my point still stands. For less than $20 more you can have a CPU with more cache and twice as many physical cores, which the way modern games are going is looking to be a lot more useful than fewer, weak cores.

[porina]

Assumption: this i3 can reasonably easily 5 GHz, given Skylake gets into the high 4.x GHz ball park. Assuming you have a task that can make use of all available threads, and isn't sensitive to cache sizes, then depending on how much it gains from HT, it would be roughly equivalent to a quad core of between 2.5 to 3.75 GHz.

 

2 minutes ago, oskarha said:

Repost?

I cant find the old post, but i'm quite sure i read about this earlier on this forum (maby other sub-forum)...

 

[oskarha]

Just now, porina said:

 

 

Other sub-forum, that's what i thought.

[malon]

not realy supriced that they are mixing it up in this way, they also are doing  pentiums with hypertreading but no boostclock it i read it correct a wile ago

[Prysin]

12 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

But does Intel approve of that? I thought they discouraged board partners from doing that.

 

Even if you can, my point still stands. For less than $20 more you can have a CPU with more cache and twice as many physical cores, which the way modern games are going is looking to be a lot more useful than fewer, weak cores.

they can discourage all they want. The board partners allow such features at their own peril.

 

Now, the baseclock OC did cause some murring. Because intels product line was not priced accordingly to have a "high performance low cost SKU" in there. This is why we are seeing a 10-20$ price hike this generation, across the board.

[Dabombinable]

27 minutes ago, Prysin said:

i bet its because Intel expects AMD to release such a product.

They already have, with their current dual module CPU (and APU).

[Prysin]

Just now, Dabombinable said:

They already have, with their current dual module CPU (and APU).

technically yes. I should have said "Intel Expects AMD to release a COMPETITIVE product"

[Dabombinable]

24 minutes ago, Prysin said:

you can OC on any intel board, if the manufacturer allows it.

ASRock and Gigabyte often releases B and H boards with ability to OC.

Asus as well, 4790K@4.8Ghz on my H87M Pro. People tried to tell methat it culdn't overclock, but with the settings available in AI suite for it, and the fact that it had an unecesary for stock 8pin CPU power conector.....

[Prysin]

1 minute ago, Dabombinable said:

Asus as well, 4790K@4.8Ghz on my H87M Pro. People tried to tell methat it culdn't overclock, but with the settings available in AI suite for it, and the fact that it had an unecesary for stock 8pin CPU power conector.....

please note that Haswell boards were less restricted in overclocking options then skylake boards appear to be. Just something that i have noticed.

 

[Dabombinable]

Just now, Prysin said:

please note that Haswell boards were less restricted in overclocking options then skylake boards appear to be. Just something that i have noticed.

 

I thought Skylake boards were less restricted, due to the better BCLK overclocking. If that's the case, then LGA1150 might (sort of) be my new LGA775.

[ARikozuM]

I think I would just pass on the i3 K-series and go straight for i5 since hyperthreading only helps so much. Now, if the i3-K was $140 and the i5 $230, I'd go for it.