Following the successful release of the i7 and i5 Kaby Lake CPUs, it's time for us to look at an i3 model in the range, the i3 7350K.
Intel Kaby Lake i3 7350K Review
Intel Kaby Lake i3 7350K Review
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Following the successful release of the i7 and i5 Kaby Lake CPUs, it's time for us to look at an i3 model in the range, the i3 7350K.
Intel Kaby Lake i3 7350K Review
Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
It will be the best chip for those guys who only want to game AAA but 1080p plain and simple.
Now let's see how well AMD slaps intel in the face with the 4core Zens
Actually isn't the particular model of gigabyte model's one of the worst on the 990fx chipset for overclocking? Also who pushes an fx chip beyond 1.5Volts on air (20$ air cooler even) and with maxed out load line calibration.
I don't even let my fx chip hit above 55C on the package to begin with... Also at 1.5+Volts the vrms get super hot but... I digress...
Now let's see how well AMD slaps intel in the face with the 4core Zens
Anyways great review as always Guv and also a shout out to JayzTwoCents R.I.P AMD 8320.
Actually isn't the particular model of gigabyte model's one of the worst on the 990fx chipset for overclocking? Also who pushes an fx chip beyond 1.5Volts on air (20$ air cooler even) and with maxed out load line calibration.
I don't even let my fx chip hit above 55C on the package to begin with... Also at 1.5+Volts the vrms get super hot but... I digress...
AlienALX
Well-known member
So the Pentium Anniversary was what? £60? so this is that with HT and it's £185. Erm, let's see, £125 for two not even proper cores.
And the thing is this will be outdated just as quickly as the Pentium was.
Funny seeing people trying to justify an I3 for £185 though. Seriously guys, it's a hopeless cause. You will never ever convince any one.
And the thing is this will be outdated just as quickly as the Pentium was.
Funny seeing people trying to justify an I3 for £185 though. Seriously guys, it's a hopeless cause. You will never ever convince any one.
looz
Active member
1) G3258 was Haswell
2) 2 cores isn't enough for gaming - sometimes you get stutters. HyperThreading alleviates that problem.
It's not really comparable, the Pentium struggles often, making it a bad gaming CPU. This i3, on the other hand, often handles popular titles as well as the best.
However, the price gap to the i5 makes it hard to justify, especially if you consider a computer as a whole package. 1120€ PC with i3 or 1200€ with a i5? It's a no-brainer, really.
That doesn't mean there isn't a market at all for it, though. Many of the more time consuming titles, which often have a player base who don't really play anything else, respond well to overclocking but not to additional threads. For them, it's 80€ saved with essentially no drawback.
2) 2 cores isn't enough for gaming - sometimes you get stutters. HyperThreading alleviates that problem.
It's not really comparable, the Pentium struggles often, making it a bad gaming CPU. This i3, on the other hand, often handles popular titles as well as the best.
However, the price gap to the i5 makes it hard to justify, especially if you consider a computer as a whole package. 1120€ PC with i3 or 1200€ with a i5? It's a no-brainer, really.
That doesn't mean there isn't a market at all for it, though. Many of the more time consuming titles, which often have a player base who don't really play anything else, respond well to overclocking but not to additional threads. For them, it's 80€ saved with essentially no drawback.
AlienALX
Well-known member
So? what magical properties does Kabylake have that I have missed dude? this is Haswell only smaller.
No, all the time you get stutters. I had a Pentium and it was useless for gaming. GTAV brought it to its knees.
You really actually believe all of that? have you looked at past I3 prices?
They are charging you around £70 for the unlock. And yeah, I'm familiar with the sales technique where you basically railroad people into paying for the more expensive model because "It's only £20 more" etc.
Intel are on the pee take dude. That's it, it really is that simple. They have despised overclockers since the day they became a company and have basically charged them for air every time they have had the chance.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
The 8320 beats the i3 7350k CPU. It literally has no reason to exist. Even if it was cheaper it's hard to justify a dual core cpu. HT doesn't really help much if any.
AlienALX
Well-known member
15-25% IIRC of a full core's speed.
I have games that would bring it to its knees. In fact, I don't even know if they would load because they state four physical cores.
I3s are always made to look so much better than the 6 and 8 core existing AMDs. They really are. However, those benchmarks, tests, and multi tasking tests are always bent in favour of the I3. Get one in your PC and put it to the test and you can find the shortcoming within minutes. Just give it Asus Realbench, Cinebench ETC.
From what I recall no I5 had managed to beat the 8320 with a decent overclock in highly threaded apps. That *may* have changed on this "lake" olbocks but yeah, for the longest time they could not touch the AMD CPUs when the cores are being used.
I mean don't get me wrong, I wouldn't buy any AMD CPU right now because I pretty much know what they have coming in terms of performance, but I also wouldn't buy any Intel CPU right now either.
These prices are just ludicrous and they are only doing it to catch people out before Ryzen comes out. Because one thing is for sure, it's going to be back to Sandybridge prices soon.
TBH I am amazed Intel waited this long to show their true colours. Pretty surprised they didn't do this with Sandy as soon as they had seen Bulldozer. Why they have waited until the last minute to make it as blatant as a slap in the face is a mystery.
AlienALX
Well-known member
Didn't even know there was one but that's too much. Probably why I have never heard of it because nobody I know bought one.
DannyDeluxe
New member
I am going to copy my comment from YT in here:
Why do you say this i3 "is a very good gaming processor", when you haven't even tested CPU heavy titles, such as GTA V, ARMA 3 or Battlefield 1 (very demanding in multiplayer). It does hold up well in your benchmarks, for a dual core and it may excel in some single threaded games, like Starcraft 2 or CSGO (for those its perfect). But I am sure this CPU wouldn't look good in the CPU heavy games I mentioned, especially for the money.
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Why do you say this i3 "is a very good gaming processor", when you haven't even tested CPU heavy titles, such as GTA V, ARMA 3 or Battlefield 1 (very demanding in multiplayer). It does hold up well in your benchmarks, for a dual core and it may excel in some single threaded games, like Starcraft 2 or CSGO (for those its perfect). But I am sure this CPU wouldn't look good in the CPU heavy games I mentioned, especially for the money.
This is my first post, hey guys! Great channel, long time viewer!
