Good to see this go sub £240 in the UK, at the time of writing the direct from Amazon price has just gone up to £248 from £241 (now in stock, 2 left from Amazon themselves at the time of writing). If what Intel has been saying is anything to go by, hopefully new stock with all vendors will remain steady, now.
Specifications
Family - Intel Core i7
Model Number - i7-6700
Frequency - 3.4GHz
Turbo Frequency - 4GHz
Socket - Intel Socket 1151
Microarchitecture - Skylake
Number of Cores - 4
Number of Threads - 8
Lithography - 14nm
Intel Smart Cache - 8MB
Thermal Design Power - 65W
Processor Graphics - Intel HD Graphics 530
Graphics Base Frequency - 350MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency - 1.15GHz
Top comments
sma20 to kuboro37
10 Oct 154#2
Yes 1910 minus the K. Seriously save your money if you don't know any better.
Noclouds
11 Oct 153#21
Leaving games aside, the upgrades over the years are more obviously impressive in productivity environments, with the new motherboards faster throughput and new features, though the CPU's basic intigrated GPU, if you use it, has got better with each generation, thank goodness, if smooth 4K playback, etc, matters. Single core performance has improved again, as Intel keep teasing AMD about. Energy consumption continues downward, now we're at 14nm.
If you are doing a lot of video work, for instance, the platform upgrade is a significant one (if more so with those of those new features on X99/Haswell-E, with more cores/threads).
For instance, DDR4, the improved M.2. and more PCIE lanes (the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-TH has PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 Connector with up to 32Gb/s data transfer, the dual M.2 supports RAID modes), Sata Express and USB 3.1 A and C and Thunderbolt 2, and now Thunderbolt 3 with the GA-Z170X-UD5 TH, frustratingly expensive drives but heaven for some video editors with huge file transfers who have been champing for it, with speeds up to 40 Gbps! Also, Thunderbolt 3 can support two displays in 4K resolution, 60 FPS (or one display in 5K). HDMI 2.0, at last, offering 18 Gb/s of bandwidth, around twice the speed of previous generation, with the potential to transfer multiple video streams, as well as a native cinematic 21:9 ratio. Etc, etc, drooling over the spec sheet, etc. If only there was a M-ATX version but the price doesn't seem too bad for a midrange board.
Equally exciting, I think, we now have the prospect of 32GB of ram on a small M-ITX board for video/rendering rigs, at last, and 64GB on M-ATX boards, a lot excitement about a couple of mid high end O/C M-ITX boards.
Latest comments (33)
Easy2BCheesy
17 Oct 15#33
I bought a Core i3 6100 and I'm running it on a Z170 board. No BCLK overclocking even though the clock generator is not on the chip any more. I expect these will be the same. Shame.
Noclouds
12 Oct 15#32
Ah, I see what you mean. On listed spec, at least, so far, I am aware of four Z170 motherboards that support it, all of them just out. Of them, my main interest is in the GA-Z107-UD3-TH, which is now in stock.
rev6
11 Oct 15#31
I wasn't aware Z170 supported HDMI 2.0 but thanks for the link...
Nothing in the link says it is not possible. BCLK is changed in the BIOS, no silver pen required! It's the multiplier that is locked.
SteadVex
11 Oct 15#26
Pretty sure its 100% not related, windows 7 machines in using work exactly the same as they did before, booting feels slower since 8 & 10 only take a couple of seconds.
If using chrome as a browser probably feels like web pages are slower as recently updates seem to brake more than they fix, but popular opinion is only windows updates do that and google can do no evil, irrelevant of any facts!
Either way, seems like a good price to me
Easy2BCheesy
11 Oct 15#23
Surely this is overclockable via BCLK? Are there any 6700K reviews that look at BCLK only OCing? Upping from 100 to 120MHz should get you to 4.8GHz...
I used to BCLK mod lower end Core 2 Duo CPUS using a silver pen. It depends on the pin layout which was easy on the C2Ds as you could trace on the outer edge of the CPU. It might be more complex on these CPUs or not even possible.
Saying that though the new Star Wars game seems very CPU intensive.
fishmaster to rev6
11 Oct 15#24
Yeah I've been running the Star Wars Battlefront Beta since yesterday (which is free on Origin) and I get lag on Hoth map sometimes. Using my old dual Xeon E5440, 32GB RAM and R9 270. However it copes pretty well. What annoys me more is that all the kids waste me in that game, I used to be able to hold my own on multiplayer, there's no substitute for being a lot younger :smiley:
Zek
11 Oct 15#20
How come the 6700 is 65w tdp and 4ghz turbo/3.4 normal but the 6700K is 91w tdp and 4.2ghz turbo/4 ghz normal. I thought they were supposed to be the same except the K is overclockable?
Noclouds to Zek
11 Oct 152#22
Similar thing with the Haswell refresh, the non-K i7 4790 is 3.6GHz/4.0 GHz max turbo frequency, 84w TDP; 4790K (if left at stock) is 4.0GHz/4.4GHz turbo, 88w TDP. Differences between the the i7 6700 and i7 6700K is that the i7 6700 has two additional features that the i7 6700K lacks, Intel vPro, aimed at protecting against rootkits and viruses and malware, and it has Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) Technology.
Intel vPro - "Intel® vPro™ Technology is a set of security and manageability capabilities built into the processor aimed at addressing four critical areas of IT security: 1) Threat management, including protection from rootkits, viruses, and malware 2) Identity and web site access point protection 3) Confidential personal and business data protection 4) Remote and local monitoring, remediation, and repair of PCs and workstations."
"Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (Intel® SIPP) can help your company identify and deploy standardized, stable image PC platforms for at least 15 months"
Noclouds
11 Oct 153#21
Leaving games aside, the upgrades over the years are more obviously impressive in productivity environments, with the new motherboards faster throughput and new features, though the CPU's basic intigrated GPU, if you use it, has got better with each generation, thank goodness, if smooth 4K playback, etc, matters. Single core performance has improved again, as Intel keep teasing AMD about. Energy consumption continues downward, now we're at 14nm.
If you are doing a lot of video work, for instance, the platform upgrade is a significant one (if more so with those of those new features on X99/Haswell-E, with more cores/threads).
For instance, DDR4, the improved M.2. and more PCIE lanes (the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-TH has PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 Connector with up to 32Gb/s data transfer, the dual M.2 supports RAID modes), Sata Express and USB 3.1 A and C and Thunderbolt 2, and now Thunderbolt 3 with the GA-Z170X-UD5 TH, frustratingly expensive drives but heaven for some video editors with huge file transfers who have been champing for it, with speeds up to 40 Gbps! Also, Thunderbolt 3 can support two displays in 4K resolution, 60 FPS (or one display in 5K). HDMI 2.0, at last, offering 18 Gb/s of bandwidth, around twice the speed of previous generation, with the potential to transfer multiple video streams, as well as a native cinematic 21:9 ratio. Etc, etc, drooling over the spec sheet, etc. If only there was a M-ATX version but the price doesn't seem too bad for a midrange board.
Equally exciting, I think, we now have the prospect of 32GB of ram on a small M-ITX board for video/rendering rigs, at last, and 64GB on M-ATX boards, a lot excitement about a couple of mid high end O/C M-ITX boards.
titchyyyyy
11 Oct 15#19
It is well known by now that if you have an Intel CPU from Sandybridge or above already, there is literally no point to upgrade.
jaizan
10 Oct 15#6
Isn't it odd how my Windows 7 PC suddenly gets slower when they launch Windows 10 ?
It is almost like the continual Windows 7 upgrades are designed to slow the machine down and drive customers to Windows 10. Do Microsoft want really wan to force me to buy an expensive new PC with an intel processor ?
Of course, it couldn't be like that. Could it ?
rev6 to jaizan
10 Oct 15#8
?
CookieMunzta to jaizan
11 Oct 152#17
What if tinfoil hats were invented by tinfoil manufacturers as a way of selling more tinfoil.
Awaken to jaizan
11 Oct 15#18
I second the "?"
Runs just as fast if not faster on all mine. So long as you have 4gb or more ram any CPU from the past 7 years or so should be fine. Sticking an SSD in will net you a far faster feel than a new CPU would anyway.
RedRain
11 Oct 15#15
These days The gains are so small processor wise its just not worth it this is what happens when there is no competition
kuboro37
11 Oct 151#14
I was not seriously thinking of upgrading just wanted to check it out
rev6
11 Oct 15#13
Sure but it's just not worth it. You have 3/4 years atleast unless something huge changes in the future.
kuboro37
11 Oct 15#12
Always interested in new tech :stuck_out_tongue:
kuboro37
11 Oct 151#9
I think i will keep my 4790K for another few years i just got it a few months ago anyway!
And if that time comes that my CPU gets a bit slow i can always overclock :man:
rev6 to kuboro37
11 Oct 151#11
Not sure why you'd even contemplate an upgrade :smile:
montblanc
10 Oct 15#7
Why is the K version £100 more? o_O
kuboro37 to montblanc
11 Oct 15#10
The "K" means it is overclockable i believe.
ChampionshipManager
10 Oct 15#5
Is this as fast as an Apple A8?
fishmaster
10 Oct 152#4
There hasn't been any competition from AMD since 2005, so that's the answer really :neutral_face:
kuboro37
10 Oct 15#1
Is this processor better than my i7 4790K?
sma20 to kuboro37
10 Oct 154#2
Yes 1910 minus the K. Seriously save your money if you don't know any better.
K1LLER HORNET to kuboro37
10 Oct 151#3
Yes but with such miniscule performance gains/year people on sandybridge need not even upgrade.
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Opening post
Specifications
Family - Intel Core i7
Model Number - i7-6700
Frequency - 3.4GHz
Turbo Frequency - 4GHz
Socket - Intel Socket 1151
Microarchitecture - Skylake
Number of Cores - 4
Number of Threads - 8
Lithography - 14nm
Intel Smart Cache - 8MB
Thermal Design Power - 65W
Processor Graphics - Intel HD Graphics 530
Graphics Base Frequency - 350MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency - 1.15GHz
Top comments
If you are doing a lot of video work, for instance, the platform upgrade is a significant one (if more so with those of those new features on X99/Haswell-E, with more cores/threads).
For instance, DDR4, the improved M.2. and more PCIE lanes (the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-TH has PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 Connector with up to 32Gb/s data transfer, the dual M.2 supports RAID modes), Sata Express and USB 3.1 A and C and Thunderbolt 2, and now Thunderbolt 3 with the GA-Z170X-UD5 TH, frustratingly expensive drives but heaven for some video editors with huge file transfers who have been champing for it, with speeds up to 40 Gbps! Also, Thunderbolt 3 can support two displays in 4K resolution, 60 FPS (or one display in 5K). HDMI 2.0, at last, offering 18 Gb/s of bandwidth, around twice the speed of previous generation, with the potential to transfer multiple video streams, as well as a native cinematic 21:9 ratio. Etc, etc, drooling over the spec sheet, etc. If only there was a M-ATX version but the price doesn't seem too bad for a midrange board.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5479#ov
Equally exciting, I think, we now have the prospect of 32GB of ram on a small M-ITX board for video/rendering rigs, at last, and 64GB on M-ATX boards, a lot excitement about a couple of mid high end O/C M-ITX boards.
Latest comments (33)
http://www.overclock.net/t/1575627/i7-6700-non-k-on-z170-what-overclock-possible
If using chrome as a browser probably feels like web pages are slower as recently updates seem to brake more than they fix, but popular opinion is only windows updates do that and google can do no evil, irrelevant of any facts!
Either way, seems like a good price to me
EDIT: So it looks a bit more complicated, but it should be doable, RAM speeds permitting... http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/intel_skylake_i5_6600k_i7_6700k_1151_z170_review/4
http://www.overclock.net/t/1575627/i7-6700-non-k-on-z170-what-overclock-possible
User overclocking looks to be a NO then.
Intel vPro - "Intel® vPro™ Technology is a set of security and manageability capabilities built into the processor aimed at addressing four critical areas of IT security: 1) Threat management, including protection from rootkits, viruses, and malware 2) Identity and web site access point protection 3) Confidential personal and business data protection 4) Remote and local monitoring, remediation, and repair of PCs and workstations."
"Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (Intel® SIPP) can help your company identify and deploy standardized, stable image PC platforms for at least 15 months"
If you are doing a lot of video work, for instance, the platform upgrade is a significant one (if more so with those of those new features on X99/Haswell-E, with more cores/threads).
For instance, DDR4, the improved M.2. and more PCIE lanes (the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-TH has PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 Connector with up to 32Gb/s data transfer, the dual M.2 supports RAID modes), Sata Express and USB 3.1 A and C and Thunderbolt 2, and now Thunderbolt 3 with the GA-Z170X-UD5 TH, frustratingly expensive drives but heaven for some video editors with huge file transfers who have been champing for it, with speeds up to 40 Gbps! Also, Thunderbolt 3 can support two displays in 4K resolution, 60 FPS (or one display in 5K). HDMI 2.0, at last, offering 18 Gb/s of bandwidth, around twice the speed of previous generation, with the potential to transfer multiple video streams, as well as a native cinematic 21:9 ratio. Etc, etc, drooling over the spec sheet, etc. If only there was a M-ATX version but the price doesn't seem too bad for a midrange board.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5479#ov
Equally exciting, I think, we now have the prospect of 32GB of ram on a small M-ITX board for video/rendering rigs, at last, and 64GB on M-ATX boards, a lot excitement about a couple of mid high end O/C M-ITX boards.
It is almost like the continual Windows 7 upgrades are designed to slow the machine down and drive customers to Windows 10. Do Microsoft want really wan to force me to buy an expensive new PC with an intel processor ?
Of course, it couldn't be like that. Could it ?
Runs just as fast if not faster on all mine. So long as you have 4gb or more ram any CPU from the past 7 years or so should be fine. Sticking an SSD in will net you a far faster feel than a new CPU would anyway.
And if that time comes that my CPU gets a bit slow i can always overclock :man: