Intel Core i3 7350K 4.2GHz Socket 1151

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Based on 14 expert reviews

Excellent:

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Good:

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Average:

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Bad:

4

Pros:

First unlocked Core i3
Chipset delivers more PCI Express wiggle room for superfast storage
Hardware support for nextgen highres streaming codecs

Cons:

Expensive for a Core i3, making unlocked Core i5 chips enticing in same price range

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Last revision on December 27, 2020

Reviewers Liked

First unlocked Core i3
Chipset delivers more PCI Express wiggle room for superfast storage
Hardware support for nextgen highres streaming codecs

Reviewers Didn't Like

Expensive for a Core i3, making unlocked Core i5 chips enticing in same price range

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Battlefield V is playable on quad-cores but you can expect frequent frame dips, resulting in less consistent frame rates. For the most part, we've found that the older Core i5-7600K has been hanging in there pretty well with AAA titles released in...

By TechSpot on October 20, 2017

Earlier this year we updated our CPU buying guide putting Ryzen front and center, and while that guide is due for an update now that Ryzen 3 and Threadripper have landed, those picks are still as valid today as they were back then with the Ryzen 5 1600...

By TechSpot on September 04, 2017

Although the launch of Intel's seventh-generation processor series in January was a relatively uneventful affair, there were a few items of interest -- namely the unlocked Core i3 7350K, which captured most of Kaby Lake's headlines early on.Despite...

By TechSpot on February 14, 2017

Those on a budget but desiring a cutting edge processor that they can overclock, Intel has finally answered your prayers with the i3 7350K. Yes, it is the costliest of all Core i3 processors but it is also a performer and if you mostly game then this is...

By Armchair Empire on July 27, 2017

So all in all, the Intel Core i3-7350K is a great CPU and the entire concept of a budget unlocked i3 has tickled many enthusiasts for years. What's the verdict then on Intel's Kaby Lake 14nm i3-7350K? Well, it had all the potential in the world to serve...

By Play3r on February 13, 2017

An unlocked Core i3 chip seems like a cool idea, but pricing leaves plenty of better...

By PC Gamer on January 31, 2017

Before wrapping things up, we'd also like to talk a bit about power consumption. Throughout all of our benchmarking and testing, we monitored how much power our Intel Core i7-7350K-based test system was consuming with a power meter, versus the other...

By HotHardware on January 24, 2017

For many use cases, the Intel Xeon E-2136 is all that you will need. It provides high clock speeds and lots of performance that puts the entire Intel Xeon E3-1200 V6 line to shame. If you are a dedicated web host, using the Intel Xeon E-2136 is going to...

By servethehome.com on November 21, 2018

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Threadripper 1920X are very impressive processors that did extremely well in content creation benchmarks that take advantage of having a 16-core, 32-thread processor in the system. The good news is a good number of...

By Legit Reviews on August 10, 2017

The news about the Intel seventh generation Core i processors that thrilled overclocking enthusiast was with no doubt the launch of an unlocked Core i3 CPU. So far, only high-end (expensive) CPUs had this feature.On our tests, we discovered that the...

By Hardware Secrets on June 09, 2017

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