Which OC bundle?

GoogalyMoogaly

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Hi,

First off I should point out that I seem to be pretty unlucky when it comes to the silicone lottery. Or at least, not lucky. Which combined with my very basic overclocking knowledge means I usually don't get great overclocks.

So I've been considering these OC bundles:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-gaming-bundle-limited-edition-bu-02k-gi.html
or
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pac...-bundle-intel-i7-7700k-4.80ghz-bu-006-8p.html

So my questions are:
1) Is the 5GHz OC bundle worth £140 more?
2) which motherboard is actually the best? I had heard that the Gigabyte board needed a BIOS update to fix some temperature thing? Has that been done?

Or do most chips overclock to 4.8GHz and overclocking is now so easy even I could do it (ring multiplier and voltage is where I stopped fiddling on Haswell)?

Cheers.
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
Hi,

First off I should point out that I seem to be pretty unlucky when it comes to the silicone lottery. Or at least, not lucky. Which combined with my very basic overclocking knowledge means I usually don't get great overclocks.

So I've been considering these OC bundles:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-gaming-bundle-limited-edition-bu-02k-gi.html
or
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pac...-bundle-intel-i7-7700k-4.80ghz-bu-006-8p.html

So my questions are:
1) Is the 5GHz OC bundle worth £140 more?
2) which motherboard is actually the best? I had heard that the Gigabyte board needed a BIOS update to fix some temperature thing? Has that been done?

Or do most chips overclock to 4.8GHz and overclocking is now so easy even I could do it (ring multiplier and voltage is where I stopped fiddling on Haswell)?

Cheers.
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tbh although 7700K is on top now ryzen would set you up much better for future.

what are you doing?
Gaming?
Creative?
 
zipp0r said:
you would easily get 4.8ghz on every chip so may as well just buy a retail boxed cpu and save some money.
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Is it that common? Last Intel chip I got was a 4770K and mine only did 4.3GHz (with my basic OCing ability), so 4.8GHz seems high.

smogsy said:
tbh although 7700K is on top now ryzen would set you up much better for future.

what are you doing?
Gaming?
Creative?
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Gaming. Maybe a little bit of video encoding now and then.
 
well if you plan to keep this for a good 2-3 years More cores/Threads the better to be honest

I would not been spending that much on Quadcore now days. Its Outdated technology.

Encoding will be faster on Ryzen or X99
Gaming will be slower on some games on Ryzen/X99 now
but soon it will kick in.

https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/amd-ryzen-7-1700x-review-benchmarks/#benchmarks
check out the graphics performance section.
http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2849-amd-r7-1700x-review-odd-one-out/page-4


id be getting this:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £663.47
(includes shipping: £10.50)

half price almost, 8 core 16 threads vs 4/8 threads

Faster at encoding or any multi tasking




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smogsy said:
well if you plan to keep this for a good 2-3 years More cores/Threads the better to be honest

I would not been spending that much on Quadcore now days. Its Outdated technology.

Encoding will be faster on Ryzen or X99
Gaming will be slower on some games on Ryzen/X99 now
but soon it will kick in.

https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/amd-ryzen-7-1700x-review-benchmarks/#benchmarks
check out the graphics performance section.
http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2849-amd-r7-1700x-review-odd-one-out/page-4


id be getting this:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £663.47
(includes shipping: £10.50)

half price almost, 8 core 16 threads vs 4/8 threads

Faster at encoding or any multi tasking




​
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That all seems to point to the 7700K as the better gaming CPU. Price-wise they seem to be very close, motherboard is basically what will make the difference, except I can re-use my current CPU cooler with a 7700K but need a new one for Ryzen.

Although to be honest there is a bit of me tempted to get a Ryzen setup as well as the 7700K.
 
7700K wins now yes, but when games (including now) becoming more Multithreaded will you want to upgrade again when your left behind? ;)

depends on how long you keep it

my view (x99 owner even considered ryzen)
if 1-2 years go 7700K
if 2-5 years ryzen for sure
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
That all seems to point to the 7700K as the better gaming CPU. Price-wise they seem to be very close, motherboard is basically what will make the difference, except I can re-use my current CPU cooler with a 7700K but need a new one for Ryzen.

Although to be honest there is a bit of me tempted to get a Ryzen setup as well as the 7700K.
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or consdider this:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £833.06
(includes shipping: £11.10)



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best of both
 
smogsy said:
or consdider this:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £833.06
(includes shipping: £11.10)



​

best of both
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I did consider that, but would want the 6900K which is much more expensive. 6800K doesn't seem like a big enough difference from my 3930K.
 
smogsy said:
nor would a 7700K at that point

7700K is performance now,
6800K is perf in the future

take your pick..
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well, 7700K is performance now, 6800k/Ryzen is potentially performance in the future. We don't know for sure that it will or how soon.

I do get what you're saying and it's why I considered the Ryzen in the first place. I think what worries me is that Ryzen is still a bit of an unknown and has some teething issues (as I understand it). 7700K has probably ironed most of those out now.
 
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