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Intel to launch 6 core Coffee Lake-S CPUs & Z370 chipset 5 October 2017
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Where were those dates plucked from. No don't tell me
Even AMD desperate to distance themselves from Vega won't quite get navi out that soon!
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From looking at videos and other sources on the net going from 3000 up to 4000 in games will give you a max 10 FPS so much really worth going over 3200 really.
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Yes they have bumped the price up! They know there is high demand for this chip , They are making the most of it, No offence to them but they are losing customers and sales from doing this because the RRP for this CPU i7 8700k is £360! & that is from INTEL
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I know O/C don't like people talking about prices and we won't mention prices on here but it does take the Mick a little adding more money on these CPU when we know they get them for around 50% less than what we pay for them and they have the cheek to add extra £20 on top...... someone needs to have a word with the marketing department.
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Demand is high. If you're desperate to save a few quid, I'd wait till Q1. It's not likely going to get much better before then.
Anyone here have experience with AVX offset on intel?
It seems that it cannot determine what is AVX and what isn't. My bios settings are 5.1 with an AVX offset of -1 (I know my cpu can do 5.0 with AVX)
Yet in non AVX applications/games it doesn't maintain the 5.1ghz and is constantly switching frequencies between 5/5.1.
So far its done it in BF1, non-AVX prime, aida with FPU unticked.
But in cinebench is holds steady at 5.1.
Is this because the avx detection is poor or is it a bios bug?
It seems that it cannot determine what is AVX and what isn't. My bios settings are 5.1 with an AVX offset of -1 (I know my cpu can do 5.0 with AVX)
Yet in non AVX applications/games it doesn't maintain the 5.1ghz and is constantly switching frequencies between 5/5.1.
So far its done it in BF1, non-AVX prime, aida with FPU unticked.
But in cinebench is holds steady at 5.1.
Is this because the avx detection is poor or is it a bios bug?
I just looked at another site and they have fourteen i7 8700k avalible but are selling them at £465 and they have pre orders on the i5 8600k for £327.50 with stock due in on the 27th of december. Im so glad i was lucky enough to get my i5 8600k on release day from ocuk for £269 as it could be a while before there is more supply than demand
Losing customers to?
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Supply is very low - IIRC,apparently in the first day or two OcUK probably sold between 100~150,yet to fulfill all the orders they had to pay beyond the odds to go and find another supplier.
3200 CL14 and 3600 CL16 are pretty much identical in terms of performance.
4266 CL18 is the clear winner, but only if you can actually achieve 4266mhz.
This relies on you achieving the stated fequency. 3200 is a lot easier to achieve while overclocking then for example 4266. 4266 CL18 running at 4000mhz is slower than 3200 CL14.
3200 CL14 is for me the best combination of price vs performance vs ease of achieving the stated frequency.
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Cheers for the settings. I'm now stable at 4.7GHz on all cores with 1.29v (an improvement over 1.38v at least). I would experiment further but the very small gains in gaming aren't worth the increased voltage and temps that I'd need to get any higher.
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3200 CL14 and 3600 CL16 are pretty much identical in terms of performance.
4266 CL18 is the clear winner, but only if you can actually achieve 4266mhz.
This relies on you achieving the stated fequency. 3200 is a lot easier to achieve while overclocking then for example 4266. 4266 CL18 running at 4000mhz is slower than 3200 CL14.
3200 CL14 is for me the best combination of price vs performance vs ease of achieving the stated frequency.
Noob question here - What's the 1/4/8 stand for?
Had no idea HoF memory even existed, looks nice!
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