DId Intel Core i7-5790K ever exist?

[rcald2000]

Did Intel ever release an Intel Core i7-5790K? I have a debate with someone that swears that's his CPU model number.

I personally think that when Devil's Canyon (i7-4790K) was out and enthusiasts were awaiting the skylake platform, they assumed i7-5790K would be the next model, but Intel changed the nomenclature to i7-6700K. Can anyone confirm or deny that there is no such CPU as an i7-5790K?

 

[krzyimprt]

Did Intel ever release an Intel Core i7-5790K? I have a debate with someone that swears that's his CPU model number.

I personally think that when Devil's Canyon (i7-4790K) was out and enthusiasts were awaiting the skylake platform, they assumed i7-5790K would be the next model, but Intel changed the nomenclature to i7-6700K. Can anyone confirm or deny that there is no such CPU as an i7-5790K?

Doesn't exist. Look it up on Intel's ARK site. Maybe he means the 5930K or 4790K.

 

[JQB45]

Here is a list of 5th gen i7 CPU's. You can go though the site to look at all of Intel's recent CPU's.

http://ark.intel.com/products/family/84979/5th-Generation-Intel-Core-i7-Processors#@desktop

There was never a i7-5790k, if he has a desktop computer and an i7 he probably has the Intel i7-5775C or i7-5775R, you can confirm this if he has Windows by pressing the Windows key and the Pause key on the keyboard at the same time. This will open a dialog window and within that dialog window it will list the CPU

 

[rcald2000]

krzyimprt i7-5820K @ 3.3 GHz is what he has. He recently swapped computers with a fellow Twitch streamer, and didn't have a mental grasp of the specs. True story. You can't make this stuff up.

By the way, I did indeed search Ark before posting here, but found no mention of it. But surprisingly there were several people on message boards who referenced the fictitious model number. I just didn't want to be so cocky to assume that just because I had never heard of it, then it never existed. Thanks man.

 

[rcald2000]

JQB45 Thanks for your counsel.

 

[InvalidError]

There was the i7-5775.

Due to low retail availability and Intel's shushed marketing campaign, desktop Broadwell was little more than a paper launch. Not surprising given that Intel's original plan for Broadwell was to make it an embedded-only (mobile-centric) generation with no desktop variant.