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June 2014
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274 Reviews
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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...
Faster at stock speeds than the 4770K, Comparable pricing, Cooler running, Virtualization tech, NGPTIM
Haswell overclocking variability
Intel announced Devil's Canyon in a flourish that showed Intel was once again looking after the enthusiasts among us. Intel boasted about 5GHz clock speeds on air with a cooler running core thanks to the use of a new thermal interface material and rework ...
Intel’s Devil’s Canyon may be an interim revision to the Haswell architecture but it has been designed specifically for enthusiasts. When the original Haswell processors made their way into the sales channels, there were plenty of complaints of high tempe...
Abstract: With enthusiasts firmly in their sights, Intel is preparing to launch a pair of new processors code named Devil’s Canyon. Under the i7 4790K and i5 4690K guises these CPUs are among the fastest Intel has ever released and have the added benefit of (suppos...
