Tuesday, November 15th 2016
Intel Readies Overclockable Core i3 "Kaby Lake" Processor
With early tests showing minimal CPU core performance gains (IPC) over the current-gen Core "Skylake" processors, Intel is taking a different approach to selling its 7th generation Core "Kaby Lake" processors to DIY PC enthusiasts. The lineup will have a third overclockable "K" processor SKU, besides the top-dog Core i7-7700K and the performance-segment Core i5-7600K. Intel is planning to spice things up for the sub-$200 market with an overclockable dual-core part, the Core i3-7350K.
The Core i3-7350K will be the company's first overclockable Core i3 part. The company had celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Pentium brand with an overclockable Pentium dual-core G3258 processor. The i3-7350K will feature an unlocked base-clock multiplier, letting you easily overclock it. The dual-core chip will feature HyperThreading, enabling 4 logical CPUs for the OS to address. Out of the box, it will come with clocks of 4.00 GHz, and 4.20 GHz Turbo Boost. It will also feature 4 MB of L3 cache. Interestingly, its TDP will be rated at 91W, the same as overclockable quad-core parts. The chip could likely come in a special PIB package that lacks a stock cooling solution. The chip is rumored to be priced at US $177.
Source:
TechSpot
The Core i3-7350K will be the company's first overclockable Core i3 part. The company had celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Pentium brand with an overclockable Pentium dual-core G3258 processor. The i3-7350K will feature an unlocked base-clock multiplier, letting you easily overclock it. The dual-core chip will feature HyperThreading, enabling 4 logical CPUs for the OS to address. Out of the box, it will come with clocks of 4.00 GHz, and 4.20 GHz Turbo Boost. It will also feature 4 MB of L3 cache. Interestingly, its TDP will be rated at 91W, the same as overclockable quad-core parts. The chip could likely come in a special PIB package that lacks a stock cooling solution. The chip is rumored to be priced at US $177.
64 Comments on Intel Readies Overclockable Core i3 "Kaby Lake" Processor
Now please don't lock the cheaper chipsets.
Call it an i3 dip shit lake founder's edition.
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How and on which planet is this i3 an enthusiast part?
How will a dual core motivate existing users to replace their aging i5's?
Why would somebody who buys a new system will choose this part instead of the i5, seeing that it has almost the same price?
This is ridiculous, we have 8-10 cores in our phones nowadays and yet the world leader comes with an "enthusiast" dual core part. Completely useless. At least if this would be cheap to serve as an entry level decent system ... but it is not.
I love the fact its a K i3, but i wish it was a quad core (even with crippled cache, etc)
overclocking is just another part of the game..
trog
They'll make use of the gap in AMD's lineup till the time they launch an APU, quad & dual cores, but that'll probably take Q3 or Q4 of 2017 to materialize.
P.S. still a ripoff at that awful price & TDP o_O
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