The Power of the Pentium K: Unleashing its Potential

Our latest processor review has taken us to the uncharted territory of the Intel Pentium K series, specifically the G3258. This processor, designed for enthusiasts and overclockers, promised to deliver impressive performance under the right conditions. But what happens when you push it to its limits? Let's dive into our hands-on experience with this powerful processor.

As soon as we got our hands on the Pentium K, we were eager to test its potential. We decided to take a closer look at its behavior under full load, running it at 1.35 volts and monitoring its temperature. To our surprise, the processor barely reached temperatures of 60-65 degrees Celsius, which is astonishing considering its specifications. This kind of performance is often seen in high-end processors that are designed for critical applications.

We then moved on to testing the Pentium K's gaming performance, comparing it to the Intel Core i7-4790K, a popular processor in its own right. The results were not shocking, with the Pentium K delivering similar performance across various games and applications. However, we noticed a significant improvement in minimum frame rates when overclocked, making this processor an attractive option for those looking to squeeze out every last bit of performance.

To further explore the Pentium K's capabilities, we turned our attention to Cinebench, a popular benchmarking tool that tests a processor's multi-threaded performance. The results were underwhelming, with the Pentium K struggling to keep up with its i7-4790K counterpart. This is no surprise, given the Pentium K's design, which prioritizes single-threaded performance over multi-threaded workloads.

While the Pentium K may not be the best choice for heavily threaded applications, it shines in single-threaded environments, making it an excellent option for gaming and other applications that rely on one or two cores. To get the most out of this processor, overclocking is essential, and we're excited to share our findings on how to do so.

Before we delve into the world of overclocking, we want to give a shout-out to the Cinebench thread in the CPU section of our forum, started by jumper118. This thread provides valuable insights and tips for those looking to push their processors to new heights. We'll be referencing this thread directly in our upcoming guide on how to overclock the Pentium K.

In the meantime, we recommend considering platform cost when purchasing your processor. While the Pentium K may seem like a bargain at first glance, competing boards from other manufacturers can offer similar performance at lower prices. As rumors surface about potential H-series processors that could rival the G3258's overclocking capabilities, it's essential to keep an eye out for these developments.

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In conclusion, the Pentium K is a powerful processor that shines when pushed to its limits. With careful overclocking and the right cooling solution, this chip can deliver impressive performance. We're excited to share our upcoming guide on how to get the most out of this processor, as well as our Cinebench results for your reference.

**Overclocking Guide**

For those interested in pushing their Pentium K to new heights, we'll be releasing a comprehensive guide on how to overclock this processor. Stay tuned for tips and tricks on how to squeeze out every last bit of performance from this powerful chip.

**Cinebench Results**

Our Cinebench results are available for your reference. We've included the benchmark scores in our video description, where you can compare them directly to the Pentium K's performance.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwe have actually got two new cpus from intel today both of which i would classify as enthusiast's delight at the forefront is the core i7 4790k codename tevel's canyon their new 4 gigahertz base 4.4 gigahertz boost quad-core hyper-threaded unlocked and overclockable mainstream flagship and then quietly in the background is the pentium g3258 with a modest 3.2 gigahertz clock speed and two processing cores with no hyper threading and no turbo boost so with that all in mind the star of the show today might surprise you a bit for the ultimate no compromises compact gaming pc look no further than the obsidian series 250d from corsair click now to learn more let's start with an explanation of intel's devil's canyon code name and what that actually means the silicon is actually not physically different than previous haswell cpus so put aside your expectations of tangible performance gains at the same clock speeds um this is an evolutionary step not a revolutionary one so what does that even mean well on the surface not too much the core i7 4790k features a 100 megahertz clock speed improvement over the 4770k with the same features enabled at the same price so it's sure better than a kick in the pants but if that's all that we were getting the whole devil's canyon branding might have seemed a little bit out of place the two main real improvements are actually more behind the scenes and some of the most enthusiast friendly things intel's done in quite some time it looks like they're really listening to us first up they have fixed the thermal interface material between the core and the metal heat spreader on the top of the cpu that was causing haswell chips to run extremely hot especially when over volting and overclocking for more performance number two is that due to small incremental improvements in the manufacturing process yields on these dies have allowed intel to provide much more consistently highly overclockable 4790ks compared to the previous generation haswell chips so more consistency in the overclocking again a big thumbs up put together these two things aren't going to be enough to make every current haswell owner toss their chip and rush to the store for an upgrade but they will mean a more consistent overclocking experience and a cooler running cpu for anyone who does take the plunge i'll be handing off to luke to give you guys some idea of what we could squeeze out of our sample and how it compares to running at stock speed but first i'd like to introduce the real star of the show today i am a joe the pentium g3258 might not have sounded exceptional when i introduced it but i left off one very important thing it's unlocked that means that for the first time in years intel is giving gamers and enthusiasts the gift of an overclockable chip that's priced so low that you can get it and an overclocking ready z87 or z97 motherboard for less than the price of their previously entry level unlocked cpu at the core i5 tier so just as a recap it's got only two cores less cash no hyper threading and no support for turboing up to faster speeds under ideal conditions on his own but who cares we got this bad boy to 4.7 gigahertz on our test bench so stay tuned for some gaming benchmark suckas oh and spoiler alert it's going to be surprisingly close to the quad core all the bells and whistles models in gaming over to you luke let me start with a quick disclaimer for both of these processors linus gave me exactly zero minutes to fine-tune the voltage i was able to get the fastest clock speed i could get on these chips but i was not able to lower the voltage to an acceptable level so the voltage is going to be a little bit high and you could definitely get away with a little bit lower voltage on both of these chips for both of these speeds but this is as fast as i was able to get either of them the 4790k was pretty nice to overclock and deals with temperatures quite well even at 1.3 volts running at full load under i-264 it only got to about 70-75 degrees the pentium k though was super freaking surprising i was told this was supposed to be a great processor but getting it on the bench and messing it with with it yourself is kind of fantastic under full load i to 64 1.35 volts this thing only gets about 60 65 degrees that's crazy you can get that lower obviously by getting a better voltage threshold but it you almost don't even need to the potential of this processor is fantastic so let's check out that performance in terms of gaming performance the 4790k did about as expected it's a little bit faster in everything but not a ton faster don't worry about the star system result i think that's probably more based on star citizen not being very well optimized yet as it's pre-alpha um and less to do with the processor the pentium k though holy crap if you're getting this processor please overclock it you get so much benefit from overclocking this thing it's awesome it's very noticeable in certain games and one thing to note is one of the biggest improvements that that is increasing this average result which we're reporting is an increase in minimum frame rates which is gonna be the most noticeable so this is great to overclock this processor especially with you're only overclocking two cores and they're the two most important cores so please overclock this processor before we jump into cinebench performance i want to give a shout out to the cinebench thread in the cpu section of the linus tech tips forum started by jumper 118. that thread's kind of awesome and we will be showing performance probably directly based to the results in that thread so you guys can compare the results in that thread to these processors directly the pentium k didn't do that great but that's kind of expected this thing isn't designed for heavily threaded workloads and cinebench is so i wouldn't worry about that too much the 4790k did very well on the other hand to reiterate on our voltage we're currently running an h100 and you don't need to spend 100 on your cpu cooler tom's hardware has a report of 4.6 gigahertz on on air with much less voltage than we're currently running and i might have been able to get my voltage down but who knows i just wouldn't worry about spending more than your processor on a cooler you can get very good results with this cpu with not a ton of heat if you want more guidance on how to overclock these cpus and hopefully how to tune that voltage in a little bit more linus we'll have a full overclocking guide coming in the near future from linus and speaking of linus back to you hey i'm back so one more tip guys is that as appealing as those numbers looked and as appealing as the price for this chip will look if you check the link to the product in the video description remember when you're shopping to factor in platform cost overclocking friendly competing boards from the green team are cheaper than z series boards so watch out for that but then again there are rumors about some h series boards being hack sword to overclock the g3258 which would bring pricing much closer so keep your ear to the ground in the coming months and make sure you're paying attention when it's actually time to pull the trigger now speaking of your ears to the ground or something our latest new sponsor is ting and their whole spiel is actually pretty straightforward they're a wireless carrier in the us that says straight up we're running on the sprint network so you won't be using some janky small one they build per use rather than requiring you to play like guessing games about how many texts you're going to send in a given month and then pick out a pre-packaged plan and when you call their customer service you talk to a real person not an automated menu finally they claim that 98 of people will save money by switching to ting but you don't have to take their word for it check out the link in the video description to try out their savings calculator the way it works is you enter the numbers from your last three bills on your current carrier and it shows you how much you would have paid if you were on ting neat hey on top of that if you go to line of stockton.com which is that link in the video description you can get 25 bucks off a new device or 25 in service credit cool eh anyway guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you dislike to leave a comment tell me what do you think who who was the star of the show devil's canyon or the pentium g3258 i think you guys all know which one luke and i are most excited about but hey there you go everybody loves a bargain right don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already and that's it peace out i gotta go do wan show in like 19 minutes and you guys wonder why that show is late sometimes youwe have actually got two new cpus from intel today both of which i would classify as enthusiast's delight at the forefront is the core i7 4790k codename tevel's canyon their new 4 gigahertz base 4.4 gigahertz boost quad-core hyper-threaded unlocked and overclockable mainstream flagship and then quietly in the background is the pentium g3258 with a modest 3.2 gigahertz clock speed and two processing cores with no hyper threading and no turbo boost so with that all in mind the star of the show today might surprise you a bit for the ultimate no compromises compact gaming pc look no further than the obsidian series 250d from corsair click now to learn more let's start with an explanation of intel's devil's canyon code name and what that actually means the silicon is actually not physically different than previous haswell cpus so put aside your expectations of tangible performance gains at the same clock speeds um this is an evolutionary step not a revolutionary one so what does that even mean well on the surface not too much the core i7 4790k features a 100 megahertz clock speed improvement over the 4770k with the same features enabled at the same price so it's sure better than a kick in the pants but if that's all that we were getting the whole devil's canyon branding might have seemed a little bit out of place the two main real improvements are actually more behind the scenes and some of the most enthusiast friendly things intel's done in quite some time it looks like they're really listening to us first up they have fixed the thermal interface material between the core and the metal heat spreader on the top of the cpu that was causing haswell chips to run extremely hot especially when over volting and overclocking for more performance number two is that due to small incremental improvements in the manufacturing process yields on these dies have allowed intel to provide much more consistently highly overclockable 4790ks compared to the previous generation haswell chips so more consistency in the overclocking again a big thumbs up put together these two things aren't going to be enough to make every current haswell owner toss their chip and rush to the store for an upgrade but they will mean a more consistent overclocking experience and a cooler running cpu for anyone who does take the plunge i'll be handing off to luke to give you guys some idea of what we could squeeze out of our sample and how it compares to running at stock speed but first i'd like to introduce the real star of the show today i am a joe the pentium g3258 might not have sounded exceptional when i introduced it but i left off one very important thing it's unlocked that means that for the first time in years intel is giving gamers and enthusiasts the gift of an overclockable chip that's priced so low that you can get it and an overclocking ready z87 or z97 motherboard for less than the price of their previously entry level unlocked cpu at the core i5 tier so just as a recap it's got only two cores less cash no hyper threading and no support for turboing up to faster speeds under ideal conditions on his own but who cares we got this bad boy to 4.7 gigahertz on our test bench so stay tuned for some gaming benchmark suckas oh and spoiler alert it's going to be surprisingly close to the quad core all the bells and whistles models in gaming over to you luke let me start with a quick disclaimer for both of these processors linus gave me exactly zero minutes to fine-tune the voltage i was able to get the fastest clock speed i could get on these chips but i was not able to lower the voltage to an acceptable level so the voltage is going to be a little bit high and you could definitely get away with a little bit lower voltage on both of these chips for both of these speeds but this is as fast as i was able to get either of them the 4790k was pretty nice to overclock and deals with temperatures quite well even at 1.3 volts running at full load under i-264 it only got to about 70-75 degrees the pentium k though was super freaking surprising i was told this was supposed to be a great processor but getting it on the bench and messing it with with it yourself is kind of fantastic under full load i to 64 1.35 volts this thing only gets about 60 65 degrees that's crazy you can get that lower obviously by getting a better voltage threshold but it you almost don't even need to the potential of this processor is fantastic so let's check out that performance in terms of gaming performance the 4790k did about as expected it's a little bit faster in everything but not a ton faster don't worry about the star system result i think that's probably more based on star citizen not being very well optimized yet as it's pre-alpha um and less to do with the processor the pentium k though holy crap if you're getting this processor please overclock it you get so much benefit from overclocking this thing it's awesome it's very noticeable in certain games and one thing to note is one of the biggest improvements that that is increasing this average result which we're reporting is an increase in minimum frame rates which is gonna be the most noticeable so this is great to overclock this processor especially with you're only overclocking two cores and they're the two most important cores so please overclock this processor before we jump into cinebench performance i want to give a shout out to the cinebench thread in the cpu section of the linus tech tips forum started by jumper 118. that thread's kind of awesome and we will be showing performance probably directly based to the results in that thread so you guys can compare the results in that thread to these processors directly the pentium k didn't do that great but that's kind of expected this thing isn't designed for heavily threaded workloads and cinebench is so i wouldn't worry about that too much the 4790k did very well on the other hand to reiterate on our voltage we're currently running an h100 and you don't need to spend 100 on your cpu cooler tom's hardware has a report of 4.6 gigahertz on on air with much less voltage than we're currently running and i might have been able to get my voltage down but who knows i just wouldn't worry about spending more than your processor on a cooler you can get very good results with this cpu with not a ton of heat if you want more guidance on how to overclock these cpus and hopefully how to tune that voltage in a little bit more linus we'll have a full overclocking guide coming in the near future from linus and speaking of linus back to you hey i'm back so one more tip guys is that as appealing as those numbers looked and as appealing as the price for this chip will look if you check the link to the product in the video description remember when you're shopping to factor in platform cost overclocking friendly competing boards from the green team are cheaper than z series boards so watch out for that but then again there are rumors about some h series boards being hack sword to overclock the g3258 which would bring pricing much closer so keep your ear to the ground in the coming months and make sure you're paying attention when it's actually time to pull the trigger now speaking of your ears to the ground or something our latest new sponsor is ting and their whole spiel is actually pretty straightforward they're a wireless carrier in the us that says straight up we're running on the sprint network so you won't be using some janky small one they build per use rather than requiring you to play like guessing games about how many texts you're going to send in a given month and then pick out a pre-packaged plan and when you call their customer service you talk to a real person not an automated menu finally they claim that 98 of people will save money by switching to ting but you don't have to take their word for it check out the link in the video description to try out their savings calculator the way it works is you enter the numbers from your last three bills on your current carrier and it shows you how much you would have paid if you were on ting neat hey on top of that if you go to line of stockton.com which is that link in the video description you can get 25 bucks off a new device or 25 in service credit cool eh anyway guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you dislike to leave a comment tell me what do you think who who was the star of the show devil's canyon or the pentium g3258 i think you guys all know which one luke and i are most excited about but hey there you go everybody loves a bargain right don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already and that's it peace out i gotta go do wan show in like 19 minutes and you guys wonder why that show is late sometimes you\n"