June 3, 201412 yr First off, read all about it here: http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/70473-intel-core-i7-4790k-devils-canyon-22nm-haswell/ Highlights: Base clock 4Ghz Will work in Z87 mobos (firmware upgraded) Lowlights: Non-OC stress loads run at 88c 1.152v base voltage (VID?) New TIM is NOT solder OC ability is so weak they didn't bother with it IMO: Essentially a rebadged 4770K sporting a clock and voltage boost, and somewhat better packaging. I was once excited, but considering my stock TIM 4770K runs stable at 4.5Ghz at 1.21v (HT on, 1.19v HT off) and stays under 90c with my air cooler, I doubt the 4790K is worth my while. But for those yet upgrade (or have a really lousy 4770K), getting a 4790K is a no brainer. BUT...this is an engineering sample (ES) so I can't say anything for certain. CPU: AMD 9800X3D PBO MB +200 CO -25| Motherboard: MSI MAG X870e Tomahawk WiFi | GPU: MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC | RAM: G.Skill 2x32GB DDR5 6000 cas 30 | M.2 SSDs: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2T, WD Black SN750 M.2 1T | Hard Drive: WD Black HDD 6T 7200 | Optical Drive: LG Bluray writer, internal | Cooling: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO | Case: Fractal Design Focus G | PSU: NZXT C1200 1200W Win 11 Pro 64|HP Reverb G2 revised VR HMD|Asus 25" IPS 2K 60Hz monitor|Saitek X52 Pro & Peddles|TIR 5 (now retired)
June 3, 201412 yr When I read that it would have a silicon-based TIM and not fluxless solder, I had the feeling that it wouldn't go well. This confirmed my fears. I think that we should accept it now, as long as AMD keep being uncompetitive, Intel will keep crippling the consumer parts. If you want fluxless solder and all features enabled, you'll have to go with the enthusiast parts (Ivy Bridge-E or the upcoming Haswell-E). Please AMD, make your 2015 architecture good.
June 3, 201412 yr Devil's Canyon is supposed to be for enthusiasts. Not really, Devil's Canyon CPUs are the unlocked variants of Haswell Refresh. Like the 4770K and the 4670K, they're consumer models. Haswell-E CPUs will be the enthusiast models, namely the 5820K, the 5930K and the 5960X.
June 4, 201412 yr Sigh. I guess this isn't it. We need something clockable to 5.0 Ghz. Yes, we do need that, but a stock 4Ghz chip capable of Turbo'ing to 4.4Ghz is a pretty big deal... seeing as clock speed matters more than just about anything else when it comes to the MSFS line. I am waiting for Broadwell, but this is great news to see clock speeds continuing to trend upwards.
June 4, 201412 yr Commercial Member Non-OC temps at 88C??? Holy ****. :huh: :blink: :wacko: Kyle Weber (Private Pilot, ASEL; Flight Test Engineer)Check out my repaints and downloads, all right here on AVSIM
June 4, 201412 yr Non-OC temps at 88C??? Holy ****. :huh: :blink: :wacko: I have a feeling thats with a crappy stock cooler a h110 would bring that down quite a bit ATP MEL,CFI,CFII,MEI. Type Ratings B-737, ERJ-190,ERJ-170
June 4, 201412 yr Its to early to judge the 4790k on a ES sample ,wait to we get some more rewiews . http://
June 4, 201412 yr http://www.hardware.no/artikler/her-kjorer-devil-s-canyon-pa-4-5-ghz-med-passiv-kjoling/160521 Sorry it's in norwegian, but it can be translated with Google Translate Web I guess:-) 4,5Ghz with passive cooling sounds very promising. I don't know if its worth upgrading from a 4770k, but for those like me who are sitting on a 3570k or so, it might be worth our while:-) Ryzen 7 9800X3D || MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC 32GB || G.Skill TridentZ 32GB@6000CL32 || Asus ROG Strix B650E Kingston Fury 4TB M.2 NVMe || Phanteks Glacier One 360 T30 v2 || Phanteks NV5 || BeQuiet Straight Power 1200W LG C4 42'' 4k@144hz || Oculus Quest 3 || Turtle Beach Velocity One
June 4, 201412 yr Doing a new build , so going to wait to see how these go . What about the lapping thing. & changing the paste and using Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Seen others do this to there cpu,s Riche PC SPECS: WINDOWS 10 X64 , Intel Core i9 9900K @ 4.9GHz, RAM: 64GB DDR4 1800MHz, MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE AORUS ULTRA Z390,GPU: NVIDIA ROG STRIX ROG 3080TI 12GB
June 4, 201412 yr Why, did you expect anything different? Did you really think that they would redesign the chip? Disappointing? Only for overclockers, for anyone else it's quite an improvement going from 3.5Ghz to 4, that's about a 15% gain, even better for people like me who have skipped the 4770K. And last.... you're making conclusion on a single site, based on a none-retail version of the CPU. John Miles
June 4, 201412 yr Why, did you expect anything different? Did you really think that they would redesign the chip? Disappointing? Only for overclockers, for anyone else it's quite an improvement going from 3.5Ghz to 4, that's about a 15% gain, even better for people like me who have skipped the 4770K. And last.... you're making conclusion on a single site, based on a none-retail version of the CPU. The bad overclockability is the fault of the TIM, not the chip itself. If they used fluxless solder (as it was expected), it would overclock fine.
June 4, 201412 yr But gentlemen... if it's still TIM, think what you can achieve if you delid it!!!! New TIM is NOT solder Don't forget, fluxless solder isn't truly "solder" either. It's a conductive epoxy... glue in other words. Better than TIM probably, but still just glue.
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