Intel Core I7-2600K Processor Review

With great on-board graphics & media, the Core i7-2600K .4GHz) fulfills most of the promises made by Intel about it. The 3D graphics are not the stuff of legend, but it is excellent media processing, & for several reasons is better than other chips in the same cost range.

The quad-core Core i7-2600K utilizes the Hyper-Threading expertise for enabling the cores do functions at a time. The CPU is.4 GHz in normal mode & can reach.8 GHz if used with the Turbo Boost. The cache memory you get with this chip is a whopping 8MB of L3. The reason for a K in this Core i7's name is that along with latent power, the CPU also provides you with an unlocked multiplier so that you can overclock to improve performance. This feature puts this i7 in the section of processors made for individuals who are looking for performance benefits of the best Intel processors for a reasonable cost. (If overclocking is not important to you, you can get the standard Core i7-2600 for $294; however, this model will have a less-capable version of the video hardware)

The sink for fan-heat is similar to the in Core i7-980 X & you must put in a special bracket for this sink underneath the motherboard. Installing this is not an issue for an un-built process, but not simple if the process is already built.

Now let's speak about the performance of Core i7-2600K. In the video trans-coding check, the Core i7-980X gave an excellent performance by optimizing the check video file for Apple iPhone, in 93, 59, & 26 sec respectively. Those performances were at par or exceeded the performances of budget-discrete products from both NVidia & AMD. The processor also aced the Photoshop CS5 check, going through all 12 filters in under 3minutes min 57 sec to be exact). That time fundamentally beat even the $800 six-core Intel Core i7-970 min 37 sec) & AMD Phenom II X6 1100T min0 sec). The best performance given by a Non-sandy Bridge chip was that of the quad-core Intel Core i7-870 min 34 sec). In the event you need a chip to help you along together along together along together along together with your photo- & video-related work, the Core i7-2600K is the best available product for you.

The department in which this chip has a tiny trouble is the 3D betting. The chip finds it difficult to reach 30 fps, & there is some choppy graphics even at this resolution. Also, the processor supports the0.1 version of DirectX & not version 11so the brightest stuff on recent titles won't be visible to you, even when the resolutions is low for the CPU to struggle through.

Not being the ideal standalone gaming-graphics chip is about the only negative point of the Core i7-2600K. Other than that it performs exceptionally, for media applications, & is the ideal solution for mainstream lovers looking for a capable chip for an economical cost.