Even more confusingly, one panel up the 8700K @5.0 is on a respectable discount... Quite inclined to grab one.
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40th Anniversary Intel - Core i7-8086K - 5.0GHz+
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Even more confusingly, one panel up the 8700K @5.0 is on a respectable discount... Quite inclined to grab one.
Lol.. you paid £130 for someone to delid the CPU, grats
5ghz 8700K is £80 over the retail box price right now, but yeah, I know... 50-60% chance it'd have done 5.0 anyway.
Thing is, I am not a lucky chap. I have a knack of getting the worst, dodgiest, most broken unit on the shelf, and if it'd been a random boxed unit it would be the one that couldn't do MCE without overheating. I do not need that rage in my life
Also just checked and the price went up £20 after I ordered. For once I chose wisely! In my mind
Thing is OCUK's current CPU pricing is dire, retail boxed is £50+ cheaper in a good few other places, save goes for there Ryzen pricing.
As for your bad luck, I suppose paying for some is fine if you believe in that sort of thing.
What board did you buy for it?
Yeah, that's fair on the pricing @Journey ¬_¬ I guess I kind of favour OCUK despite the prices because I make so much use of the community around them
And yes, yes I do tend to insure myself against misfortune. It's sort of become my thing now. I've gotten used to returning 20% of electronics as DoA so it doesn't feel unwarranted in this case
As yet I haven't actually bought a board... but I'm leaning towards the Asrock Taichi. Looks like a good layout and strong VRM section.
And yes, yes I do tend to insure myself against misfortune. It's sort of become my thing now. I've gotten used to returning 20% of electronics as DoA so it doesn't feel unwarranted in this case
As yet I haven't actually bought a board... but I'm leaning towards the Asrock Taichi. Looks like a good layout and strong VRM section.
Oof, that is impressive. The binning on the 8086k's does seem to be genuine... Not that I'm unhappy with an [email protected] on 1.33V. What's 50 millivolts between friends?
(Yeah yeah, about 5 degrees under load probably
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Oof, that is impressive. The binning on the 8086k's does seem to be genuine... Not that I'm unhappy with an [email protected] on 1.33V. What's 50 millivolts between friends?
(Yeah yeah, about 5 degrees under load probably
Exactly what mine is at
Man of Honour
What boards are you guys using with this chip, how are you finding them? Trying to decide if I should get the 8086K and if so what board to pair it with?
Basically the same answers as if you were asking about an 8700k
I went Asrock Taichi for the solid VRMs and triple m.2 slots. It is... remarkably stable. I haven't really done any testing, I just put it to 1.33vcore and 5ghz and it hasn't had a crash or bluescreen in the 5 days since. Memory is at spec 3200 c14. I really should tune it and see if I can switch to offset vcore or push that memory a little, but right now I'm just basking in something that worked out of the box.
Asus ROG Maximus X Hero is also a great choice, but a little more expensive and "only" two m.2 slots.
Re 8086k, it's hard to justify unless you really want that 5.2ghz bin+delid. Personally I thought the 8700k @5.0 was by far the better value. If you're not planning on clocking this high either of the boards I suggested are probably overkill
Man of Honour
Thanks appreciate the info, I'll take a look at the Taichi
I'm running a Asus ROG Maximus X Hero, seems like a really solid board
Man of Honour
Can the 8086K be overclocked to boost to 5GHz on all cores & idle at a much lower frequency?
I'm reading conflicting reports? Thanks
I'm reading conflicting reports? Thanks
