Haswell Refresh CPUs Reviewed

[escksu]

AnandTech | The Intel Haswell Refresh Review: Core i7-4790, i5-4690 and i3-4360 Tested

Of course, don't expect any difference. The slightly faster performance is due to the clockspeed bump, nothing else.

For non-overclockers this should be a welcome, slight lower price while slightly better performance. For overclockers, nothing to see.

 

[shadow84]

Slightly lower price for 4th gen or 5th gen?

 

[EienShouko]

Nothing to see till Computex.

 

[Entry Level PC]

staying with my 3 year old i3-2100.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

AnandTech | The Intel Haswell Refresh Review: Core i7-4790, i5-4690 and i3-4360 Tested

Of course, don't expect any difference. The slightly faster performance is due to the clockspeed bump, nothing else.

For non-overclockers this should be a welcome, slight lower price while slightly better performance. For overclockers, nothing to see.

Nope still going to be higher price for these refreshees until retailers cleared out current original 2013 models... Applies locally....

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Intel will be boring until Skylake (or at very least Broadwell-K)...

Prefers to see how will (hope) AMD Mullins and Beema spice things up in the power-efficient segment.

 

[duffie]

Nobody here would buy an i7-4790 anyway, that's not the final refresh. Devil's Canyon will arrive next month.

 

[escksu]

Nobody here would buy an i7-4790 anyway, that's not the final refresh. Devil's Canyon will arrive next month.

Devil Canyon is not for mainstream and doesn't appeal to most gamers though. Afterall its still HAswell but with 8 cores nia.....I strongly doubt DDR4 will make any difference to performance.

 

[EienShouko]

Devil Canyon is not for mainstream and doesn't appeal to most gamers though. Afterall its still HAswell but with 8 cores nia.....I strongly doubt DDR4 will make any difference to performance.

Devil's Canyon isn't the eight cores.
Eight cores is Haswell-E.
Devil's Canyon will probably be a better 4770K

 

[GeForce]

more interested in unlocked 4790K >.>

 

[duffie]

Devil Canyon is not for mainstream and doesn't appeal to most gamers though. Afterall its still HAswell but with 8 cores nia.....I strongly doubt DDR4 will make any difference to performance.

lol, are you drunk again? Devil's Canyon is simply Haswell in a refined packaging for LGA-1150 and unlocked again. Obviously it will support only up to 4 cores and only DDR3.

8 cores and DDR4 are reserved for LGA-2011-3 [call it Haswell-E if you want]! You will need an X99 chipset for that.

 

[a562140]

intel will hit a profit slump soon.

 

[b3njaminlee]

Nobody here would buy an i7-4790 anyway, that's not the final refresh. Devil's Canyon will arrive next month.

Oh, so there will be a K version? Clockable Devil's Canyon ?

 

[MoneyFace =p]

lol, are you drunk again? Devil's Canyon is simply Haswell in a refined packaging for LGA-1150 and unlocked again. Obviously it will support only up to 4 cores and only DDR3.

8 cores and DDR4 are reserved for LGA-2011-3 [call it Haswell-E if you want]! You will need an X99 chipset for that.

Only fanboys buy that

 

[duffie]

Oh, so there will be a K version? Clockable Devil's Canyon ?

Of course, as announced months ago.

 

[Ark Law]

Only fanboys buy that

"UPDATED PACKAGING MATERIALS"

Now that's a better feature than an updated 8-core CPU for mainstream segment!!

 

[escksu]

lol, are you drunk again? Devil's Canyon is simply Haswell in a refined packaging for LGA-1150 and unlocked again. Obviously it will support only up to 4 cores and only DDR3.

8 cores and DDR4 are reserved for LGA-2011-3 [call it Haswell-E if you want]! You will need an X99 chipset for that.

Lol....me blur already....drink too much....

 

[escksu]

"UPDATED PACKAGING MATERIALS"

Now that's a better feature than an updated 8-core CPU for mainstream segment!!

I wonder what is updated packaging materials......

 

[fockyerdod3r]

I can't believe they dare to put "Updated packaging materials". They can't find any other things to put already.

 

[escksu]

I can't believe they dare to put "Updated packaging materials". They can't find any other things to put already.

Don't play play, later Intel use pure gold or pure silver for the heat spreader. he heat spreader worth even more than the CPU, we can pop it out to sell.