Are there really no i7 6700 (non-K) reviews out there?

[Guest]

Seriously, am I blind or something? I can find a gazzilion K-reviews, but none for the non-K model. Because, yeah, I'm considering going with a non-K option - but I need benchmarks and reviews before doing so 😀

 

[timeconsumer]

Just look at the benchmarks for the 6700K at stock clocks to compare.

 

[Guest]

But it runs at 4.0 as opposed to the 3.6 on the non-K, doesn't it??

Just look at the benchmarks for the 6700K at stock clocks to compare.

 

[timeconsumer]

Better than nothing. It won't be too terrible a difference, enough for you to get a general idea.

 

[Guest]

Better than nothing. It won't be too terrible a difference, enough for you to get a general idea.

Thanks - will do, but don't you find this curious? I mean - no reviews at all? :O

 

[timeconsumer]

They aren't big in the enthusiast community I suppose. I felt the same pain years back when I bought a Phenom II X4 920 and everyone was all over the 940 Black Edition with their reviews and overclocking statistics. It really didn't make a whole lot of sense to me then, I could overclock just fine without an unlocked multiplier. Today with unlocked multipliers being the king of overclocking I can see even more why locked procs are relegated to the kids table.

And here's a review: http://www.enlacehw.com/2015/09/intel-core-i7-6700-review.html (in spanish)

 

[why_wolf]

there's this one. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1481-page6.html

But in general review sites only pay attention to the high end K series.

 

[Guest]

Thanks everyone. All of this is naturally related to the question whether a non-K would suffice. The main thing is to do 60+ 1440P in a small ITX-rig (currently I have GTX 970).

 

[timeconsumer]

Yes, it will game just fine for many years to come. To achieve 1440p @ 60FPS you need to be looking at your GPU more than your CPU.

 

[synphul]

Most of the reviews revolve around the more performance oriented k series but there are reviews out there with benchmarks.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1481-page1.html

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1554?vs=1543

It takes a bit more searching, may not be the first link to show up in a google search but they exist.

 

[Guest]

Wow, thanks a bunch. The K-model is not THAT much better it seems ☺

Most of the reviews revolve around the more performance oriented k series but there are reviews out there with benchmarks.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1481-page1.html

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1554?vs=1543

It takes a bit more searching, may not be the first link to show up in a google search but they exist.