5820k where's it stand today?

[bigjimmyauk]

I'm not a regular here like I used to be but where does the 5820k stand at 4.4Ghz compared to current gen stuff.

Would I noticed any gains upgrading to current gen or am I still limited by my GPU at this point. Must say it's been a rock solid system. Gaming at 1440p on the monitor but sometimes do 4k gaming on the TV if it's a game I can use a controller for.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

From what everyone has said i think i will just stick with what i have for another year or so, it's still performing very well and i can always part salvage from this in the future, i know 2nd hand prices are good right now but i don't really want it to feel like a side grade. I'm still happy with my 1080Ti Aurous Extreme too, only real time i see any struggles if i hook it up to the 4K TV in which case things can get a little ropey but that's more the performance of the 1080Ti and choice of game.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

Finally settled on an overclock (boost not constant) of 4.1GHz with a 'Snowman' air cooler, Vcore increased slightly by +0.1V (1.15V at 4.1GHz). Then Uncore clock up to x35.

Oddly DDR4 RAM wouldn't do >2133MHz with CPU above 3.9GHz for some reason. At 3.9GHz, was perfectly happy at 2400MHz..

All this got me thinking a bit: Given the 5820k boost clock was originally 3.6GHz, that's quite a decent amount of easily attained performance Intel were keeping from many consumers (until and unless they start fiddling with settings). Why on earth did they market and sell them at only 3.3/3.6GHz - turning the question around, I wonder if there were *any* 5820ks that couldn't get to 4GHz with air cooling?

Mine does 4.2 on air using a NH-D15 currently run 4.4 on much lower volts using 960mm of rads.

Still contemplating moving to a 10850k