Intel Core i7-4771 Quad-Core CPU Available for Pre-Order

[jimmysmitty]

After checking the specs according to the source website there are a few differences, including:

Thermal Monitoring Technology
Anti-Theft Technology
Trusted Execution Technology
vPro Technology

What do these actually do? Your guess is as good as mine.

Thermal Monitoring Technology does just what it says. It monitors the thermals of the CPU. It basically keeps the CPU at or below its maximum TDP. Not sure if this is truly a separate feature than what's already in other Intel CPUs (such as SpeedStep or the C states).

The Anti-Theft is pretty neat. It allows you to send a code that you have created to kill the system if it is stolen. Keeps sensitive data from the bad peoples hands.

TXT (Trusted Execution Technology) is pretty much another level of security much like Secure Boot. It allows the system to only boot in trusted mode with a trusted OS.

And as for vPro, its been around for a while and some of Intels desktop models have it (normally DT Xeons or higher end models). Its a hardware level security and management system. It has the ability to allow for a admin to remote into the system on a hardware level instead of a software level. Its pretty neat stuff and I have always wanted to try it.

This CPU is pretty much best in a business environment more than a home desktop PC.

Is this the NSA version of the 4770k?

I don't trust anything marketed as trusted. Sounds like it might not run some, if not any version of Linux. To be a trusted OS it probably has to have a government approved back door.

No this is stuff Intel has been implementing a while ago, well before the NSA stuff. The NSA stuff is because of Windows 8, and most of this is hardware level not software level.

but im still happy with my 2600k

No one would care if you were still happy with your abacus, let alone an older chip set. Your statement is completely vacuous and without substance. You don't think the 10% or more clock for clock performance increase is worth the couple hundred dollars it would cost to upgrade. Fine. The same argument could be made no matter what era chip set you owned. No one cares about your completely subjective opinion based solely on how much a dollar is worth to you. That is except for the rest of the people like you who are bothered by not having the best. They love it. The rest of us though, we could do without your need for self validation.

10% more clock for clock......but what happens when the 2600k is running at 4.8ghz and the 4770k at only 4.2? Its a factor you know............

Overclocking is honestly a bit overkill these days. Before it used to be nice to be able to get better performance. But now the CPUs are so damn fast that overclocking brings diminishing results at the cost of more power usage and higher temps. Plus it degrades the CPU faster and since the process is getting smaller it will degrade even faster on smaller process nodes.

Intel is even finding a way to add extra cores that can be activated when a core goes bad.

Still the 2600K is a good CPU and will be for a while longer.

 

[Adroid]

Now if this came with fluxless solder....

 

[Someone Somewhere]

...it would be no better because it's not OCable.

 

[therogerwilco]

Anyone who knows computers will probably already have a 4770k or a 26/2700k.
And Grandmastersexsay is completely wrong. Those who say they're fine with their 2600k (including myself) know between the 2xxx and the 3xxx i7's, there was only a ~10% increase in benchmarks, now the 4xxx is still only 15-20% faster than the Sandy Bridge series. This makes a 300-500$ purchase just plain stupid. Personally I'm thinking of upgrading, but having to upgrade yet another mobo+cpu combo is getting a bit old. I'm probably going to wait for the 5th revision. And when that comes Mr Grandmastersexsay, I'll have a new chip, you'll have to spend more or sit with your 4xxx chip.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Um. Except that anyone who's gaming won't bother spending money on an i7 over an i5.

Who says Broadwell is going to be different to Haswell? It could be just another case of Ivy's 'nothing changed'.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

What's the difference between this and the i7 3820? I have mine overclocked at 4.2 on a relatively small air cooler.

Let's say I was interested in buying this. Why would I?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Um. None. Yours is already an enthusiast chip; this is an upper-midrange one.

If you had a 2600 there would be a reasonable increase though.

 

[masmotors]

i love my 4670k but business class pc can be on a cheaper amd cpu or i3 not this guy well unless they render but im talking about 90% of small stores and such

 

[danwat1234]

Would like to see a new Haswell Mobile Extreme processor, faster than the 4930MX. Time will tell if something better comes out before Broadwell

 

[f-14]

not worth buying unless you're a high end business.

i agree with some of those saying this is an NSA chip. imagine being able to shut down hackers like anonymous, bin ladens or bagdahd bobs(there are no american troops in bagdahd!) laptop via satellite transmission or cell towers signals.

the DMRA clinton signed forcing CPU ID reporting back on the P3's when they rolled out was just the start of where we are today. if it wasn't for GPS being made mandatory at the same time in cell phones and probably soon in automobiles not just GM's onstar models that a signal can be sent to kill or restrict the engine until the automobile stops, we wouldn't have to worry about big brother going all jospeh stalin/mao/ho chi minh/il sung on us if we don't agree with their policys.