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Here's a SS of the BIOS but I'm not sure as to what to try tweaking which is why I went with XTU first.

I'll take a look at the BIOS again to see what I can find, but as far as some tutorials on youtube, I tried making some modifications within Intel XTU. Here's the screenshot of XTU while I get into BIOS.

Asus prime h370m-plus. Chose it because I knew that if I were to be getting a non-k, I wouldn't need a z series board. I didn't know about the issues with turbo though which is why I'm trying to figure it out now. Here is the board on Amazon

Ran the test twice, both times DURING the actual test, cpu clock speed stayed at 3.7Ghz but once it finished, as you can see in the screenshot, clock speeds kept changing from between 3.8-3.9Ghz however, never more than 4.0Ghz.

Welp, I wish I knew about this more before I bought the non-k i7-8700. Kinda poor marketing on Intel's side but I guess it's also partly my fault for not knowing. Thanks for the info! I learned something today.

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/LXGG3C (current built) Hello. Title pretty much sums it up. After doing some light research as to why this is, I'm not 100% sure but whenever I game (battlefield V specifically), CPU speeds never go about 3.7Ghz. I expected 4.6Ghz since that's what the turbo speed is marketed as. Simple question is this: in Intel XTU, the 6th active core is maxed at 37x (3.7Ghz I think?), does software monitoring programs such as NZXT CAM only reflect the max speed of the slowest core instead of reflecting the max speed of the fastest core for ALL cores? I think I already understand that of course on a non-k processor not all cores will be able to run at the fastest speeds. Clarification please?

Title says it all. Thinking about getting these from phanteks: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G7VOYYS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_2x5iCb0A0YT5Z I have a micro atx case (nzxt h400i) and I think the vga cables have the length to go directly from my PSU to GPU but I'm not sure if I NEED to plug in to the cables my power supply came with to extend them or if I can plug directly into my power supply

Thank you everybody for all of your input! I've learned so much more about RAM than I was initially expecting to. Now to find a set of RAM with white heat spreaders, rgb, and around 2666mhz... edit: I think I've decided on going with the CORSAIR Vengeance RGB PRO 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2666MHz C16 LED Desktop Memory - White. Thank you everyone again!

I'm pretty adamant with Intel so I'll just look for CL19

What are CL timings?

I'm not really interested in overclocking plus it's hard to find a z370 microatx motherboard that's not out of stock or has neutral (white/grey) colors. I'm fine with the performance difference of the 8700 and the 8700k

I'm going to be getting the H series board so I should look for ram that maxes out at 2666mhz to be cost efficient right? It wouldn't matter if I got faster than 2666 other than I'd just be wasting money right?

Hi everyone. Thinking about purchasing an i7-8700 (non-k), Asus - Prime H370M-Plus/CSM, and 16gb of DDR4 memory but I'm struggling on choosing which memory. Does RAM configuration in terms of 4x4, 2x8, or 1x16 make a difference? If so what are the differences? I'm looking to get RGB RAM and initially I was thinking 2x8 would be fine, but then if I'm paying for RGB then it'd look better in a 4x4 because the extra sticks would fill in the gap. Also, the i7-8700 is rated for 2666mhz but is it okay if RAM speeds are faster (3000, 3200, etc...)?

My current build has 2x8gb Kingston fury 2133mhz RAM. I'm thinking about changing my build to this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yDvsgw which would be me purchasing 2x8gb gskill trident z rgb @ 3000mhz. Could I put both sets of these sticks into a motherboard and have 32 GB of RAM? Would they be at their stock speeds respectively?