2018 Hardware Thread

CountMike said:

This is exactly what he was wrong about, VRM never overheats and supplies more than enough power for top OC.

OldMike65 said:

I agree Mike, same with mine too.

Have you overclocked your CPUs to 7GHz? If not, how can you tell? And what temperatures are your VRMs running at? if it's at 85C or above, it's too much, unless you are prepared to swap MB soon.

slicendice said:

Have you overclocked your CPUs to 7GHz? If not, how can you tell? And what temperatures are your VRMs running at? if it's at 85C or above, it's too much, unless you are prepared to swap MB soon.

Don't be silly ....no Intel 8700k can be oc'd that high !!!

It can't???

i7-8700K Overclocking Record Broken Twice in a Day

slicendice said:

It can't???

i7-8700K Overclocking Record Broken Twice in a Day

Ok so TWO people did it, out of everyone else.....woopie ....That is Very Rare !!!!
They used same MB that I have now too ....just a lot better cooling system then I got.

OldMike65 said:

Ok so TWO people did it, out of everyone else.....woopie ....That is Very Rare !!!!
They used same MB that I have now too ....just a lot better cooling system then I got.

12 actually, and that is a lot.

But the point here is, that if you're not an extreme overclocker, then don't listen to Buildzoid. You're the wrong audience.

slicendice said:

Have you overclocked your CPUs to 7GHz? If not, how can you tell? And what temperatures are your VRMs running at? if it's at 85C or above, it's too much, unless you are prepared to swap MB soon.

What does such OC on LN have to do with usability ? My CPU is OC-ed to 4.25GHz, Can go max to 4.3GHz with any stability, that draws about 185W while staying at ~40c.

CountMike said:

What does such OC on LN have to do with usability ? My CPU is OC-ed to 4.25GHz, Can go max to 4.3GHz with any stability, that draws about 185W while staying at ~40c.

It doesn't, and is exactly my point in previous post. Wrong audience.

slicendice said:

It doesn't, and is exactly my point in previous post. Wrong audience.

My OC stops where stability leaves, eventually a bit more occasionally to see how far it can go but than I back down to usable speeds.

CountMike said:

My OC stops where stability leaves, eventually a bit more occasionally to see how far it can go but than I back down to usable speeds.

Yep, that's how most do it.

Not 2018, but ordered one of these today