Friday, December 30th 2016
Intel's Core i3-7350K to Reportedly be Absent From Initial Kaby Lake Launch
Intel's Core i3-7350K, the little dual-core that could, is going to be absent from the company's launch line-up, multiple sources have reported. Considering Intel's other expected, already pretty well-known parts and respective pricing which will be making up its Kaby Lake market launch, the absence of Intel's only "innovative" product (if you can really call an unlocked multiplier an innovation) surely presents itself as sad news for the extreme value-conscious consumer - at least if non-K overclocking of Intel's processors is, this time around, properly shut-down by the company as intended.
Expected to be priced at $175, the Core i3-7350K is expected to carry a base clock of 4 GHz, with 5 GHz on air being the expected OC potential of the chips. Apparently, Intel is delaying the launch of this part (as well as its entry-level Celeron and Pentium families of processors) by several weeks. This could be a way for Intel to prevent early cannibalization of its i5 7400 processors by a small chip that could, in the right scenario, provide much higher performance due to its 1 GHz extra base core clock speed (also being the only Core i3 desktop SKU to feature Turbo Boost, with a frequency of up to 4.2 GHz).
Sources:
Hermitage Akihabara, Computerbase
Expected to be priced at $175, the Core i3-7350K is expected to carry a base clock of 4 GHz, with 5 GHz on air being the expected OC potential of the chips. Apparently, Intel is delaying the launch of this part (as well as its entry-level Celeron and Pentium families of processors) by several weeks. This could be a way for Intel to prevent early cannibalization of its i5 7400 processors by a small chip that could, in the right scenario, provide much higher performance due to its 1 GHz extra base core clock speed (also being the only Core i3 desktop SKU to feature Turbo Boost, with a frequency of up to 4.2 GHz).
43 Comments on Intel's Core i3-7350K to Reportedly be Absent From Initial Kaby Lake Launch
Kidnapping is a crime.
" expected to carry a base clock of 4 GHz, with 5 GHz on air being the expected OC potential of the chips."
@Dj-ElectriC will not be pleased... Next time, you must remember-- pretty please with a cherry on top
175USD means at least 200eu here in Europe, at least. If so:
200+ for CPU (i3 7350K) + ~120eu for the motherboard = 320eu
vs
210 for CPU (i5 6400) + cheapest motherboard, since you don't need specific chipset for overclocking = 280eu
Second option gives you 4 real cores with more CPU cache, lower price and lower power consumption.I'm pretty sure they checked every single comment that starts with "LOLOLOL" because in some ancient language it means "now listen to what master says".
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If the i3 7350K is 4.2ghz + boost, that is several hundred mhz above full core (3.6 ghz) or single core boost (3.8ghz) of the compared and locked cpu.
That would actually make sense
I have always wanted an i3K, but not at that price.
Got it. :p