Testseek.com have collected 274 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 4790K 4.0GHz Socket 1150 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 4790K 4.0GHz Socket 1150.
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Fastest Intel QuadCore Ever
New Packaging Materials and TIM
Same Price as 4770K
Good Overclocker
Incredibly fast
New TIM (Thermal Interface Material)
Cool temps
More headroom for overclocking
Significantly faster than 2013's top Haswell chip
The Core i7-4770K
At the same price
Faster than the Core i7-4770K. Significantly lower operating temperature. Adds features that its predecessor lacked.
Stock 4GHz with Turbo up to 4.4 GHz
Idle temps are very low
Higher factory speeds
Same price tag like 4770K
Marginally better temps
Compatibility with older Z87 boards
Added speed
Better thermal interface material
Performance slightly better than the Intel Core i74770K when overclocked
500 MHz boost over the Core i7-4770K
Improved TIM and added capacitors
Priced the same as the Core i7-4770K
The fastest Intel quad-core processor to date
Decent performance
Low power consumption
Multi-display-capable iGPU
Clock boost for the same price
Intel XMP supported
Compatible with both Z87 and Z97 motherboards
Though it might require a BIOS update
The Core i74790K is clocked 14% higher than the i74770K while running a degree or two cooler and costing the same at $339.
Good performance
Overclocks well
Z170 platform offers new features.
The editors didn't like
Not A New Architecture
Not Quite The Overclocking Beast It Was Made Out To Be
None
Will likely require a new motherboard
Despite using the same LGA 1150 socket
Only moderate overclocking potential with our review chip
Despite Intel's promises
Overclocking headroom is very limited
Retail CPU doesn't come with much needed higher performance heatsink
Limited overclocking due to heat
Same overclocking potential
Compared to the price gap
The speed difference to the Intel Core i74770K is not very noticeable
Overclocking seems to be more sensitive to BCLK adjustments
Overclocking could be better
No overclocking
Nothing really "new"
Integrated GPU limited in 3D gaming performance
The chip's overclocking performance isn't as strong as Intel led us to believe
Thanks to it's higher clock-frequency the Core i7 4790K is clearly faster than the 4770K. A good example is the Cinebench benchmark, where the 4770K managed 8,08 points compared the 9,05 points of the 4790K, in other words a 12% increase. This is great ...
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Published: 2014-07-01, Author: Ryan , review by: eteknix.com
Great out-of-the-box performance, No price rise over the Core i7 4770K, Unmatched performance, class-leading, Backwards compatible with 8 series motherboards (Z87 etc, providing motherboard vendors issue BIOS updates)
Temperatures are still mediocre – bring back fluxless solder, Overclocking headroom is very limited, Integrated graphics have not improved,
PricingIntel's Core i7 4790K has an MSRP of $339 and can currently be found at Newegg for $339.99 and Amazon for $339.99. In the UK Scan Computers are selling the Core i7 4790K for £260 and Overclockers UK for £270. At the time of writing Amazon UK are no...
Abstract: Shrinking transistors isn't as easy as it used to be - not even for the mighty Intel - so to fill the void left by Broadwell's no-show, we have the imaginatively titled Haswell Refresh. These CPUs are available right now and while remaining as powerful an...
Let's start the conclusion to this review with the CPU being tested today. Devil's Canyon has had a reasonably interesting development process with Intel noting that when they set out to revise Haswell they brought this model to market in record time. Not...
Published: 2014-06-22, Author: Luke , review by: kitguru.net
Excellent outofthebox performance, Overclocking potential seems greater than Haswell's, Lower operating temperatures than Haswell, Retails for the same price as Haswell, Strong and efficient clockforclock performance from the underlying Haswell microarchi
Still does not seem to offer overclocking frequency potential competitive with Sandy Bridge (or Ivy Bridge, to a lesser extent), Potential for relatively quick voltageinduced degradation (more results will make the issue clearer).
So there we have it. The Devil's Canyon 4790K is indeed a cooler-running Haswell 4770K and with seemingly greater overclocking potential to boot.Focusing more on overclocking, we cannot speak for the entire Devil's Canyon series from our sample size of a ...
So, what to make of the Core i7-4790K? Our sample doesn't overclock as well as we'd hoped - 5GHz on air is possibly a myth, certainly compared to Sandy Bridge standards, but then again, it's early days and we've only had hands on with a single press sampl...
You might call the Core i7-4790K Haswell's Super Saiyan form. Intel didn't rework its thermal interface material or power delivery because the Core i7-4770K was facing pressure from AMD. No. Devil's Canyon appears as the company's response to guys like me...
Abstract: here's a cogent argument to be made for Intel having the enthusiast end of the desktop PC CPU market sewn up to such an extent that it has little reason to innovate until AMD catches up in the distant future. The lack of competitive pressure has caused technological stagnation at the £150-plus price point, as the Core i7-4770K - primarily a CPU with a basic GPU baked in - isn't going to face renewed competition from AMD's FX processors anytime soon...
Abstract: The month of November sees AMD introduce an A10-6790K APU and Intel debut the Core i5-3340S and Core i5-4440S processors. We also learn a lot about AMD's future roadmap from the APU Developer Summit '13, and share some tidbits about upcoming products. I...
