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The Kaby Lake 7700 and 7600 Owners Thread.

Does no one else own Kabylake?? C'mon guys, Kaap has gone to the trouble of making this informative thread so a bit of participation would be nice!
 
Nickolp1974 said:
Does no one else own Kabylake?? C'mon guys, Kaap has gone to the trouble of making this informative thread so a bit of participation would be nice!
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Yeah I've got it... oh no, it's a 6700k, oops, my bad. Oh wait... no, it's definitely a 6700k. Or is it... damn, how do you tell them apart!? ;)
 
So to continue the kabylake discussion, what temps are people getting on idle/general browsing?
I'm hovering around 30-45 degrees with 1x140mm intake and 1x120mm exahust fans. Reactivating my 2nd 140mm intake fan gets it down to 23 degrees but then its not virtually silent!

PS - will look into benching, good on setting up the thread Kappa!
 
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anyone used a Noctua air cooler with an overclocked 7700k, I have one on my i5.2500k 4.5ghz and the temps don't go over 65c, according to the Noctua site the cooler will fit the 7700 motherboards, so I would like to use it rather than buying another watercooling option
 
phil-k said:
anyone used a Noctua air cooler with an overclocked 7700k, I have one on my i5.2500k 4.5ghz and the temps don't go over 65c, according to the Noctua site the cooler will fit the 7700 motherboards, so I would like to use it rather than buying another watercooling option
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I'm using a Noctua D15 on my 7700k. It's currently running at 4.7ghz Standard volts and reaches 70c + give or take a few degrees playing BF1.

I am looking to increase the overclock and test when I get a bit more time on my hands.

I have it fitted to a Asus Z270E Motherboard. Fits perfectly fine, no issues.
 
phil-k said:
anyone used a Noctua air cooler with an overclocked 7700k, I have one on my i5.2500k 4.5ghz and the temps don't go over 65c, according to the Noctua site the cooler will fit the 7700 motherboards, so I would like to use it rather than buying another watercooling option
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Using the ndh15, works perfectly
 
Great Thanks
I have a NH-D14 Dual Radiator cooler, so it should keep it cool enough, I will have to keep my eye on temps if I try to overclock it higher
 
Kap, thank you for making this thread!

Here are my results. Nothing special.

Memory: Corsair 16GB DDR4 Vengeance LPX 3000MHz
Motherboard: GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Cinebench R15

cinebench_r15.png

Time Spy

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/17700603?

Firestrike

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11448722


Notes

CPU and memory settings are the same for both 3DMark tests as displayed in my Cinebench screenshot.
 
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whiterabbit said:
Kap, thank you for making this thread!

Here are my results. Nothing special.

Memory: Corsair 16GB DDR4 Vengeance LPX 3000MHz
Motherboard: GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Cinebench R15

cinebench_r15.png

Time Spy

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/17700603?

Firestrike

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11448722


Notes

CPU and memory settings are the same for both 3DMark tests as displayed in my Cinebench screenshot.
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All results are special.:)

If enough people post their results we can build up a database of how different RAM, motherboards, timings etc work together.

Could you let me know what vcore you were using, ATM I have used the default 1.24v for the scoreboards.:)
 
Kaapstad said:
Could you let me know what vcore you were using, ATM I have used the default 1.24v for the scoreboards.:)
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This isn't going to be a direct answer but they say the devil is in the detail, right?

Im using adaptive voltage on the vcore with a negative offset. Its maxing out in the Cinebench run at 1.260 but can spike at 1.284 under heavy AVX loads. System passed 24 hours of Prime95 28.9 on current settings.

If I set a fixed vcore in the bios at 1.26 it will fail Prime95. Setting this to 1.27 it will pass. I can run my CPU with a x47 multiplier with the same vcore (1.27) and it will pass an 8 hour Prime95 stress test. Setting to x48 with 1.27vcore fails Prime95 and x264 but will boot into Windows.

So, put me down for 1.270 vcore?!
 
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whiterabbit said:
This isn't going to be a direct answer but they say the devil is in the detail, right?

Im using adaptive voltage on the vcore with a negative offset. Its maxing out in the Cinebench run at 1.260 but can spike at 1.284 under heavy AVX loads. System passed 24 hours of Prime95 28.9 on current settings.

If I set a fixed vcore in the bios at 1.26 it will fail Prime95. Setting this to 1.27 it will pass. I can run my CPU with a x47 multiplier with the same vcore (1.27) and it will pass an 8 hour Prime95 stress test. Setting to x48 with 1.27vcore fails Prime95 and x264 but will boot into Windows.

So, put me down for 1.270 vcore?!
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Thanks and on the scoreboards.:)
 
I was tempted with a 7700k but the wind has been taken out of my sails when delving deeper on the reality of upgrading.

Is it just me or are the mobos inadequate in terms of connectivity? The top ASUS boards have great back panel USB options, but only 6 SATA ports?? The Gigabyte boards at least have 8 SATA ports but then only what 5 or 6 back panel USB ports...sorry but it just seems an Achilles heal where there shouldn't be one.

I'm with Ivybridge at the moment and my z77 board that's 4.5 years old now. Has 12 USB ports on the back panel and 10 SATA ports. I appreciate the chipset has limitations in terms of SATA, but they could have put a third party option on there to assist. Frankly the top tier crazily expensive Gigabyte board actually made me lol when I saw how inadequate its back panel is, for what £570!!!

Just wondering if any of you owners are not a tad confined by the mobo options? Its seriously put my migration on hold.
 
I don't feel limited by the number of sata or usb pots on my mobo. I only use four USB ports on the rear for mouse, keyboard, headset and monitor (it has usb ports connected through a link cable). And I only use one sata port currently for my 1tb ssd. The OS is installed on to an nvme drive connected via PCI-E.

The board has two internal usb 3 headers with are connected to 4 ports on the front of my case. I predominantly use these for connecting external drives from time to time.

It's also worth noting I am running a Z170 board. Mainly because it was a great deal and came with an EK monoblock.

I agree with your sentiments with regards to the top tier Gigabyte board. The price is a joke.
 
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