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Why buy a K CPU and never overclock?

Personally I got k version of i7 4770k and I got it for future when my cpu will be lacking in performance so I will be able to overclock it and squize more life out of it. I usually buy new pc's every 4-5 years. However at the moment my cpu is running stock. Although I checked it can do 4.5ghz @ 1.265v

Also people also like to have features they dont use simply because they can afford it they will buy it. Just ask your self how many thing you have that you dont really need? EG NFC on most phones is unused? I did this with my I7 4770k, I could have got i5 4670k and just save money or even get I5 4670
 
Can't speak for the 2500K but in the current line the Ks have big stock clock speed advantages over the other parts, and are priced competitively.

E.g. one could get an i5-6600 3.3 GHz for £188.99, but the i5-6600K 3.9 GHz is only £21 more. 18% more speed for 11% more cash is great.
 
Some posts make no sense. Bought a K chip, tested and found it does 4.5ghz but decide to return to stock..

What's the point?
 
My girlfriend has an i5-2500K that was running at stock until I bumped it up a few months ago. I suppose she never really needed the extra clock speed for the games she was playing but now, a few years later, it's nice to get a free boost and extend the life of the system.

She bought it as a pre-built system; I imagine there's a lot of people who did the same.

Amos91 said:
Some posts make no sense. Bought a K chip, tested and found it does 4.5ghz but decide to return to stock..

What's the point?
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Well if you don't actually benefit from doing it, why would you? You're just increasing power usage and heat output, whilst possibly reducing the life of the chip. Overclocking an i5-2500K is going to help in more situations now than it would've done in 2011.
 
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I got a 4770k just to see what I could do with it, but mainly because it was priced really well against the non k. Got it to 4.3, stable in everything except Plex. Very annoying, requires loads of volts to do anything, (its actually the worst 4770k I've ever come across) making it hard to keep cool under load with a h100i. So running it at stock again until I can be bothered to play again.
 
Same as the above - i7-4770k purchased solely because I may want to overclock in the future. I still got an H100 cooler for it, even though it's running stock, again for future possibilities.

The chip now costs more to buy than when I bought it over two years ago.
 
If you don't need an OC why sustain higher voltage and possible noise (cooler depending) for no reason?

I run a moderate OC on a 2700k but have a profile saved for 4.5Ghz for when an application comes along that needs the extra processing power/speed.

As above, resale value comes into the purchasing decision, it holds it for longer as there is a bit more demand for K cpu's from people also on older platforms who want an upgrade over an i3 or locked and lower clocked i5, but do not want to overhaul their PC by going for a more expensive new build.
 
I have a 4790k, it's not ever really overclocked these days as it has bugger all headroom anyway, it isn't stable at all over 4.6ghz, it's easier to just let it run stock where it turbos to 4.4ghz with multicore turbo.

It gets pretty hot even then, pretty disappointed with it really.

My old i7 920 used to run at 3.8ghz, which was a decent overclock, and it did that it's whole life until the very end when I started having to drop to 3.4ghz or so, at which point I abandoned it.
 
I bought an i7 Skylake K and haven't looked at overclocking yet but I know I will in the future - Guess people just want to keep the option open.
 
rtho782 said:
I have a 4790k, it's not ever really overclocked these days as it has bugger all headroom anyway, it isn't stable at all over 4.6ghz, it's easier to just let it run stock where it turbos to 4.4ghz with multicore turbo.

It gets pretty hot even then, pretty disappointed with it really.

My old i7 920 used to run at 3.8ghz, which was a decent overclock, and it did that it's whole life until the very end when I started having to drop to 3.4ghz or so, at which point I abandoned it.
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4.4ghz one core only.
 
Without going into overclocking, the Haswell CPU' K series offered higher base clock compard to non K. Like the 4770 and 4770k.
 
It wasnt a dig at anyone, it just seemed odd is all.

If I had no plan to overclock for 3-4 years then I'd just buy the plain Jane i5/i7 and save myself some cash, I'd probably be upgrading at that time anyway so overclocking at that point only would be moot.
 
Because it's the old, owner was a vicar who only drove the car to church on a sunday spiel if were talking people selling them ?
 
SF4AE1 said:
I bought an i7 Skylake K and haven't looked at overclocking yet but I know I will in the future - Guess people just want to keep the option open.
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If you mean the 6600k in your signature, it's an I5, not an I7.

I7 Skylake = 6700k (4 core, 8 thread, 8MB L3 cache)
I5 Skylake = 6600k (4 core, 4 thread, 6MB L3 cache).

Lots of people buy the K series just because they are nearly always clocked higher than the non K series, so even without overclocking, they are the faster CPU at stock.

Also the difference between them is usually only a few £, so why not :)
 
I have a 2500k at stock now, in my parents PC with awful case cooling. Spent most of its life at 4.4ghz so I thought I'd give it a rest.

I may use it in a NAS one day so it may end up Underclocked. :D.
 
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