Intel Core i7 8700K Already OC'd to 7.45 GHz under LN2; 100% Frequency Increase

[rippie]

Not really. Just about every generation there is some extreme overclocker getting 6 or 7 Ghz. I remember someone getting 7Ghz on a celeron processor back in the day, like 10 years ago.
Its all marketing. Who do you think pays those guys to overclock hardware?

Im not interested in extreme overclocking in general. Unless I can run it 24/7 Im not interested.

Edit: BTW I just realized the review is up for this CPU. Looks pretty good. Not a big difference in gaming but 15%+ improvements in single threaded and 33% multi threaded with the extra cores sounds good to me. . It would suck if you just bought a HEDT platform with 4 cores.

if you are making % references, you should also mention what you are comparing it to. 15% doesn't tell me anything neither does 33%. e.g. compared to amd thoroughbred? 7700k? or 7700k clock for clock? or 7700k performance per dollar? 7700k performance per watt?

and if you really want kudo's link the ref as proof.

like this:
8700k vs 7700k stock = 8700k performs 5-15% better
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/59262/8700k-benchmarks-10-faster-7700k-stock-clocks/index.html
https://videocardz.com/72112/intel-claims-i7-8700k-to-be-11-faster-than-7700k

pricewise:
8700k $434 vs 7700k $369 (didn't find any cheaper here locally www.tweakers.net/pricewatch )
15% performance increase vs 17% price increase.
so performance per dollar is lower for 8700k only with respect to gaming performance

and so on...

so much to choose from. please narrow it down, tnx

 

[Slizzo]

I don't think it's a low end CPU. Never was.

Good thing I wasn't quoting you then, isn't it?