06-24-2017, 08:24 AM
http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/296...-it/page-4
Quote:There’s no reason to buy this CPU. It’s a 7700K – which is a perfectly fine piece of silicon – but on a more expensive platform. Coupling the 7740X with an X299 results in a hamstrung, crippled motherboard the likes of which further complicates an already complex landscape of HSIO. X299 and the HEDT CPUs, like Skylake X, do have a place on the market. We can’t find a place for the 7740X, and anyone thinking that they might buy one and upgrade later should instead consider just going Z-series + 7700K. It’ll be cheaper, it won’t offer features that will go unused (those aren’t free – you pay for those features), and will ultimately offer the same performance. If going for X299, go full HEDT.
Taking a half-step will only stand to waste more money, as upgrading from a $330-$350 CPU doesn’t make much sense. An upgrade from a G4560 to a 7700K might make sense, but that’s a sub-$100 part.
We’re also not clear on why KBL-X must exist in its LGA2066 form factor; Intel was not able to supply an adequate answer for this. If the 7740X and 7640X were simple refreshes on the existing 200-series motherboards, that’d be a completely different story – there’s nothing wrong with a slight bump and a refresh, particularly at the same price. There is something wrong, though, with a refresh of the same hardware as unnecessarily relocated to a new platform (which must be purchased), while also stripping features out of the original product (IGP). Sure, the IGP doesn’t really go used – but there’s no reason to remove it and then charge the same price. Doubly so if Intel’s argument is that one can upgrade from KBL-X to SKY-X; if that’s the argument, let them live on the IGP, too.
Hard pass. If this CPU interests you, we’d suggest the 7700K instead. That’s still a good processor, it’s on a more mature chipset and platform, and it makes far more sense than these. If X299 interests you, go HEDT or consider Ryzen for production and CPU rendering workloads.