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  • Swoosh, Swoosh, "Excellent!"

  • Intel has finally launched Kaby Lake, A.K.A. the 7th generation core processor line...

  • Which has CPU's that start with sevens instead of sixes. And a whole new motherboard series...

  • And this CPU right here. This is the Core i7 7700k. The successor to the 6700k...

  • And to familiarize you guys with what's new about it I thought I start off with a quick and simple 'First Five' video

  • So here are the first five things you need to know about Kaby Lake.

  • 'Thing one' is Skylake Similarities. First you're going to notice a lot of similarities between 6th gen (Skylake) and 7th gen (Kady Lake)

  • You've still got the same CPU socket for both, LGA 1151. And They're still going to be using DDR4 Memory.

  • Unlocked, 91 Watt TDP, quad-cores are still available in the 7600k without hyperthreading.

  • And the 7700k with hyperthreading.

  • And unlocked CPU's still won't come with a stock heat sink fan.

  • It's Still manufactured on a 14 nano-meter process.

  • And the micro-architecture is still the same "al-be-it" optimized. More on that when I get to Thing #2.

  • And this is still Intel's mainstream product line. Meaning that more powerful hardware including 6 core and greater CPUs...

  • Is available to those who can afford it on Intel's enthusiast platform. With Broadwell-E CPUs and X99 chipset motherboards w/ LGA 2011-3 socket.

  • Similarities between Kaby Lake and Skylake may even creep over into their performance.

  • But for that I encourage you guys to check out my benchmarking video (Suggest: "Kaby Lake vs Skylake Benchmarks!")

  • And if it's not up right now it will be up later today.

  • Neither 'Tick' nor 'Tock'

  • Intel's "Tick/Tock" product cycle is officially dead with Kaby Lake. Replaced by the, less catchy, three phase, PAO method.

  • So.. Uh.. Back in the mid-2000's back when AMD's original FX line of CPUs was...

  • Kind of Kicking Intel's ass. They started "Tick/Tock" where every year they launch a new CPU line.

  • "Tick" years were for process shrinks that made everything on the CPU smaller, effectively, and usually more effecient.

  • And "Tock" years were for micro-architecture updates.

  • PAO has three parts. P is for Process which replaces tick.

  • A is for Architecture which replaces tock.

  • And O is for Optimization which means... No die shrink or new architecture.

  • But optimization of the existing CPU design.

  • They already did this, kind of, back in 2014; before formalizing it as PAO.

  • When the Devil's Canyon line of CPUs launched that were sort of a new line of CPUs but were really just a refresh of Haswell.

  • Haswell was a Tock in the cadence based on, new, 22nm micro-architecture and launched in 2013

  • Making Haswell refresh an optimization in 2014. It was neither Tick nor Tock

  • And then Broadwell was the Tick again, a process shrink to 14nm.

  • uh. But Broadwell's just a little weird because it launched, like, a few days or a week before Skylake and...

  • it wasn't really widely marketed. So that's why its often overlooked.

  • Skylake launched in August 2015 with new architecture which would have been a Tock

  • And now Kaby Lake is an Optimization so, maybe, next year the whole cycle can begin one more time.

  • So what is new with Kaby Lake?

  • There are some new things, starting with the mother boards.

  • 200 series motherboards with the, predictably, named z270 chipset.

  • Being the full featured option that enables unlocked overclocking of your Kaby Lake 'k sku' processor.

  • The chipset now provides four more PCIe 3.0 lanes. Up to 24 total for high speed I/O.

  • Including Optane support now but more on that in 'Thing 4'

  • Intel Rapid Storage Technology can also support up to three m.2 PCIe devices now with gen. 3...

  • x4 connectivity so I'vev already spotted more m.2 slots on these z270 boards.

  • Most of them have at least two now. Which is... Kind of nice.

  • Beyond that it's just a whole new line of motherboards so there's a...

  • ton of new designs from the big manufacturers out there I have a MSI...

  • Gigabyte and ASUS versions on me so far

  • Even more RGD LEDs than ever of course and hopefully this time around someone makes a good mini-ITX...

  • motherboard that doesn't require end-user modifications to look halfway decent.

  • Optane!

  • If you've heard of Intel's new storage technology you probably know that it's supposed to be...

  • super fast, and crazy durable while not being a storage tech we're currently familiar with.

  • So it's not NAND but further details are still mirky at best.

  • It's shaping up to be additional system memory that sits between the CPU and system memory.

  • And the rest of your storage array. So kind of like a big, fast, cache for your hard drives or SSD's...

  • But also blurring the line between what storage the Operating System can address at any given point in time.

  • And Intel says the Kaby Lake CPU platform with the requisite m.2 slot are Optane ready!

  • Wait. Is that good news or bad news? Optane products aren't expected until much later in 2017...

  • But if Kaby Lake is Optane ready...

  • Does that mean that other platforms from Intel aren't?

  • Like, Skylake and the 100 Series of motherboards even? Or the enthusiast X99 'Master Race', god forbid?

  • Now I know implementing a game changing technology like Optane might leave some platforms behind...

  • and Intel says that the extra 4 PCIe lanes on the.. uh.. 200 Series Chipset I/O...

  • are specifically their for Optane support, but it's hard to see Skylake being left behind if all that's really needed is a PCIe m.2 slot and enough bandwidth.

  • Or especially a Broadwell-E CPU that has at least 28 PCIe lanes available at minimum.

  • We need more info on this to be sure, but, given that Intel is already working with Microsoft and Netflix on another initiative.

  • to lock you out of 4K Ultra HD content.

  • Unless you have a 7th gen CPU, Windows 10, and the Edge Browser...

  • I mean just look at this helpful chart they made. Showing the things that you actually do physically need to stream 4K, such as, a 4K panel and enough bandwidth and source material.

  • And the extra things that they apparently get to force upon you and force you to use as well.

  • Yay Microsoft! Who doesn't need another reason to use Edge.

  • And, surely, Skylake processors don't have enough Horse Power to push a 4K signal; or to decode an HEVC.. Anyway!

  • Skylake processors have an HEC/HEVC decoder in them. *Inhales Heavily*

  • AMD better have a good response to this 4K nonsense.

  • But anyway! My point is I wouldn't be suprised.. Knowing that..

  • That Intel might also want to force you to buy knew stuff if you want to use Optane as well.

  • "le sigh"

  • There is an unlocked dual core. Patience is required though.

  • The 7350k.. Is 'Thing 5' and I felt it needed to get some air time since it is...

  • decidedly different from the typical 7600k and 7700k sku's that we're pretty familiar with.

  • The 7350k is an unlocked, Kaby Lake, dual core CPU with hyperthreading so...

  • Two cores and four threads and a base clock of 4.2 GHz.

  • It's a bit of a throw back to the G3258 anniversary edition CPU. The dual core without hyperthreading that they did on the Haswell line.

  • uh.. the 7350k has a 4 MB cahce, 60W TDP, and it should be a nice option for budget builders who want to overclock...

  • But don't want to spend well over $200 for their CPU.

  • 1000 unit pricing for the 7700k is $339 per CPU. And the 7600k is $242 per CPU. That's from Intel, just FYI.

  • unfortunately the current bulk pricing for the 7350k is listed at $168 USD per 1000 units.

  • So.. It's not nearly as awesomely priced as the anniversary edition was which was less than 100bucks

  • You'll have to wait a bit longer to check out the 7350k though...

  • Intel has about 40 7th gen products that they're launching this week...

  • but the 7350k won't be up for sale until the end of January or possibly early February.

  • And that's all five things! There's still a lot more to talk about with Kaby Lake though such as...

  • How does it perform? And how does it overclock?

  • I have a performance testing video with the 7600k and 7700k that will be posted in just a few hours.

  • And of course linked if it's posted already.

  • I also have a motherboard video with J.J. from ASUS (@ASUSTechMKTJJ) that will be up later today.

  • We go over a ton of the new ASUS boards.

  • And CES coverage is coming at ya all this week. So there are many...

  • Many exciting things to kick off 2017 just now.

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