ASUS' Kaby Lake Z270 motherboards will feature a one-click 5GHz overclock profile

[WYP]

ASUS' new Kaby Lake Z270 motherboards will feature a one-click 5GHz overclock profile, with the company claiming that it has an 80% success rate with unlocked Kaby Lake CPUs.



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[NeverBackDown]

And if you are not in the 80% but the 20%, what happens then

 

[Bagpuss]

And if you are not in the 80% but the 20%, what happens then

Just like the 48%, Complain, whine, cry loudly and ultimately take Asus to court...

 

[Greenback]

putting a 360 and a 120 rad in a water loop to keep it cool should be enough, it worked for my 2500k

 

[todoralexandrov]

well

Calling a 5GHz overclock phenomenal seems exaggerated. It's just 11% over the 4.5GHz. Guess I'll wait for the Ryzen.

 

[AlienALX]

And if you are not in the 80% but the 20%, what happens then

You get screwed.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Meh manual OC is the way to go for me - safer too!

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Looking at the benchmarks in gaming, a 5Ghz overclock on a 7700K compared to a 4.6Ghz overclock on a 6700K is basically nothing. I'd rather pick up a 6700K second-hand, stick it at 4.6Ghz and have less heat to dissipate. As an alternative to that, if you can hit 4.7Ghz with a 7700K at something like 1.2V, that would be more interesting to me. The difference between 4.7Ghz and 5Ghz for gaming is .5 of a frame. Completely pointless. 5Ghz would be cool to put in your signature and tell your mates, but if 80% have a 5Ghz overclock, it's not such an elusive number any more, is it? If you're benchmarking then obviously aim for 5Ghz and beyond, but for an average system I wouldn't bother with it.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Looking at the benchmarks in gaming, a 5Ghz overclock on a 7700K compared to a 4.6Ghz overclock on a 6700K is basically nothing. I'd rather pick up a 6700K second-hand, stick it at 4.6Ghz and have less heat to dissipate. As an alternative to that, if you can hit 4.7Ghz with a 7700K at something like 1.2V, that would be more interesting to me. The difference between 4.7Ghz and 5Ghz for gaming is .5 of a frame. Completely pointless. 5Ghz would be cool to put in your signature and tell your mates, but if 80% have a 5Ghz overclock, it's not such an elusive number any more, is it? If you're benchmarking then obviously aim for 5Ghz and beyond, but for an average system I wouldn't bother with it.

I couldn't agree with you more! Up to the point where I wonder why Kaby Lake exists. They could've easily waited for Cannonlake, but it seems they just wanted to put something out there.

 

[Bartacus]

And if you are not in the 80% but the 20%, what happens then

You put on your man pants and do real overclocking.

 

[Lynx]

People are forgetting about single thread performance in HIGH fps games such as CSGO.
The frame-time differences of a 6600K stock and overclocked is definitely noticeable to me.
Fair enough, if your games runs at ~60fps, there isn't much benefit to be seen.

 

[Greenback]

The Cpu's are the same price as the equivalent Skylake ones

 

[AngryGoldfish]

I couldn't agree with you more! Up to the point where I wonder why Kaby Lake exists. They could've easily waited for Cannonlake, but it seems they just wanted to put something out there.

The new CPU's might just be an excuse to tweak the 1151 chipset with Z270. 5Ghz and a good motherboard is all they seemingly have. Prices haven't dropped, cores haven't increased, IPC haven't increased. Overclocking is better for both the CPU and memory, but that's it. I would have preferred to have seen Cannonlake sooner than another sidestep.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

The new CPU's might just be an excuse to tweak the 1151 chipset with Z270. 5Ghz and a good motherboard is all they seemingly have. Prices haven't dropped, cores haven't increased, IPC haven't increased. Overclocking is better for both the CPU and memory, but that's it. I would have preferred to have seen Cannonlake sooner than another sidestep.

It would've been enough if only either had existed. The Z270 changes are very minor indeed too, like you said. I think in the end Cannonlake and Tiger Lake will also be sidesteps, albeit on 10nm. Intel: nothing to see here until 2020 (if one currently has reasonably current stuff or pristine, somewhat older)

 

[AngryGoldfish]

It would've been enough if only either had existed. The Z270 changes are very minor indeed too, like you said. I think in the end Cannonlake and Tiger Lake will also be sidesteps, albeit on 10nm. Intel: nothing to see here until 2020 (if one currently has reasonably current stuff or pristine, somewhat older)

I thought 6 cores as standard were on the way. Maybe that's not until 2019.

 

[AlienALX]

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i3-7350k-s-1151-kaby-lake-42ghz


:cussing:

 

[TheF34RChannel]

I thought 6 cores as standard were on the way. Maybe that's not until 2019.

You might be thinking of Coffee Lake: 6 cores but it's solely a mobile part oddly. It makes no sense to me at all! 6 cores for mainstream would make me very happy indeed! Maybe in 2020 eh?

 

[AngryGoldfish]

You might be thinking of Coffee Lake: 6 cores but it's solely a mobile part oddly. It makes no sense to me at all! 6 cores for mainstream would make me very happy indeed! Maybe in 2020 eh?

Oh, really? Wow, that's disappointing. If RyZen isn't for me, I'll definitely keep my eye out for a used 6700K.

 

[Greenback]

Digitalfoundry have a video up comparing the 7600, 6600 and 2500k in gaming context there's not alot in it well except for the last 1

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Oh, really? Wow, that's disappointing. If RyZen isn't for me, I'll definitely keep my eye out for a used 6700K.

I'm afraid so :/ I wish it wasn't so! Yeah makes sense.

Digitalfoundry have a video up comparing the 7600, 6600 and 2500k in gaming context there's not alot in it well except for the last 1

Nice, big fan of the digital foundry guys. Which is the last one? Hoping for a comparison video between the 7700K and the 6600K.