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Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz Review

This powerful Ivy Bridge CPU can be compared with the older Sandy Bridge i7-2700K, which can already be called 'A Ferrari under the CPUs' and has the unlocked multiplier (K-model)! Just like the 2700K, it can provide a turbo frequency of 3.9GHz at 1 core. The only difference between this one and the 3770K, is the 0.1GHz lower clock frequency at stock, but this one has little overclock possibilities due to the locked multiplier!
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BojanGD

10:57 May-17-2013

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i5 are shiat , my APU A8 5600k is more worth than that CPU , i5 are not true quad core - cos they work on cash not on speed !
the i7 are true quad and its worth to spend money on that buying it !

mydreamrigmaza90210

19:17 May-19-2013

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i5 are true quad core CPU's, do you know what you're talking about? AMD cpu's are mostly not true quad cores e.g. the fx-4xxx cores. i7 use hyper threading for 8 cores

BojanGD

21:30 May-19-2013

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well better i will pay '' EXAMPLE '' 100$ for 3.6 AMD(dont have to be 3.6but..) instead I5 which its 250$ and AMD will still give same + - performance as i5 which is MORE Expensive, if ure crazy to trow money on cpu(i5) instead for GPU its up to u..

123andreiy

14:39 May-14-2013

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Can this be bottlenecked by a 650 ti boost?

ShkGD01

01:34 May-15-2013

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You kidding? No.

mydreamrigmaza90210

18:27 Apr-24-2013

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Would this balance out my PC? I can't get it now since my money was spent on this PC, but in the future if I save up the money, or the price goes down I might get it,

jdsjoel

19:12 Apr-24-2013

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Your PC is fine as it is the 3570 or a 8320/8350 will handle a 670.

Mazasrb

19:39 Apr-24-2013

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You already have an awesome CPU, in applications that do not utilize hyper-threading such are games i7 won't do any better. Get 8GB RAM and your rig is a bomb.

mydreamrigmaza90210

19:42 Apr-24-2013

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Ph yeah I still need to upgrade ram, thanks for the help guys, I'll wait until the 3570 starts showing its age

Mazasrb

19:45 Apr-24-2013

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Yeah good choice, then when the time comes you can buy i5-5xxx or something.

mydreamrigmaza90210

17:08 Apr-25-2013

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yeah, or a strong haswell CPU

mikinov

23:16 Apr-15-2013

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Which processor is beeter i7 3770 or amd fx 8350???

Connectionpro

10:03 Apr-16-2013

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I7 3770 for sure :D

mydreamrigmaza90210

17:48 Apr-19-2013

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8350, cheaper and same performance, plus consoles use 8 cores. you can OC to i7 performance

Interrogator

18:33 Apr-24-2013

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It depends on the MOBO, you need one with AMD socket for AMD CPU's or viceversa with intel

Chairmandrew

16:31 May-04-2013

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what? no way! Is that what I've been doing wrong all along?! cheers Captain Obvious!!!

deadwarrior63

23:40 Apr-09-2013

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In terms of gaming performance should I get this or stick with an i5. The card i'm getting is GTX660SC. Since that can max out most games what would be better..?

Raystlyn

23:42 Apr-09-2013

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A strong quad i5 will suffice for gaming buddy :)

deadwarrior63

23:48 Apr-09-2013

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I was thinking that.. this cpu is scarce anyway.. and the K edition is much more expensive.. what about a i5-3550?? I don't want a K cpu as I dont need to overclock..

Raystlyn

00:02 Apr-10-2013

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If you're not up for OC, Core i5-3550 will be good enough for the most demanding games, and a nice pair up with the GTX 660 ;)

andy8800

00:04 Apr-10-2013

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stick with an i5 if you want to save some money, even a non-OC 2nd gen i5 are so powerful than you would need a near gtx titan level GPU to bottleneck it

deadwarrior63

00:17 Apr-10-2013

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Thanks Ray :) I wonder what games will not be playable with an i5 then.. :P and andy8800 the GTX titan with some extreme graphics would bottlenecked by a 1st gen i7...

Raystlyn

00:21 Apr-10-2013

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Sure! And I meant the most demanding, not just most of them ;)

andy8800

06:42 Apr-10-2013

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deadwarrior63 : yeah i know but 1st gen i7 isn't really that powerful(in terms of gaming that is) than a second gen one. And the fact that GTX 680 is still not quite bottlenecking a i5-2500 so i went for a gtx titan

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12:11 Apr-10-2013

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Come to think about it, crysis 3 may strain an i5 at ultra high settings.. I tried out the demo level "forest" with the cryengine sdk and my cpu fan was going crazy.. according to windows I was using 80% of my i3 and that was just a map with no AI or anything :(
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Delphion

00:43 Apr-06-2013

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Does this almost have the same performance as the i7 3770K?

Raystlyn

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Yep almost, it's clocked a tiny bit lower, and can't be overclocked at levels the 3770K can. On stock though, little performance difference :)

Delphion

12:53 Apr-06-2013

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so it can be overclocked as well if it would be needed in the future? so is the overclocked version of the i7 3770K much better compared to the i7 3770 or doesnt that matter much either?
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Core i7-3770K has an unlocked multiplier, so it can be overclocked the hell out of, unlike this one. You'll get way further with the K version.

Delphion

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Thanks, good to know :)

mydreamrigmaza90210

20:48 Apr-03-2013

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wow! I have the same performance as this CPU! shocking!

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why does this say 4 cores? when i put it on my pc it says 8 cores in device manager and other softwares. same model i have.

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4 cores but 8 threads
The device manager sees 1 threads as 1 cores while actually Intel uses Hyper-Threading technology to create 2 threads from 1 cores.

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