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so im loving this device but i can't seem to find any uk retailers selling it how do i get one, seems like been over the pond i miss out on a lot of interesting things.

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fine ill bow out to your superior knowledge, while i don't know everything much like many here i am a hardware nerd i follow the trends and i don't see the real world benefit yet from such power and come the time where we do that generations i5 will likely still easily hit the nail on the head. but i know nothing like Jon Snow so as i said ill bow out cannot be bothered with a flame war over something that don't matter i run an i7 after all but i do use it for more than gaming mind you.

If your gaming there literally is no benefit to the i7, your starting to enter enthusiast level with the i7 if you only game. And while yes games are now making the most of available resources you can run 4k@60 easily off an i5 and if you have a 1080ti the load on the cpu from anything other than 1080p will be less than full. Its shocking how people think more power = better performance which is not always the case. You may see a few extra frames at best.

no there is no point in getting an i7 for gaming, anyone who say there is clearly does not know a thing. Watch the plethora of videos out there that prove the point including Linus himself.

RAM is RAM at the end of the day its possible to run effective dual channel with two different brands of ram if their timings and other settings line up with little to no loss in performance only thing Quad Channel Memory has over single is the guarantee it will work in that configuration effectively without performance loss.

the extra cores will only matter if you plan on streaming or content creation how ever AM4 will be around until atleast 2020 (don't quote me on that but a lot longer than the LGA 1151 socket which is on its last iteration (if intel continues its tick tock approach with tick been skylake and tock been kabylake) and will be replaced likely early next year with the next generation socket which would be worth investing in if you want to future proof (to a point) your system. Honestly stick with the i5 it games slightly better right now and while the gap might close it wont on ryzen but will with the next generation of ryzen.

what he said i forgot to say that it will essentially be two dual channel

yes it will be fine, quad channel memory is exactly the same as dual and single how ever its verified to work in that configuration.

So this is my first post here but i have been reading the forums and watching linustechtips (#teamluke) for quite some time. But to business, i have searched and while found many answers none seem to really be of use or i am implementing wrong. I have a Intel i7 6700k 16gb DDR4 2400Mhz ram Asus z170i pro gaming supernova g2 650w Cooling is done via a custom loop, 240mm radiator and supremacy evo block, however it is in a small form factor case which does mean my temps are not as cool as i would like. while overclocking i have not been using my graphics card mostly because i have an issue with it which scan.co.uk annoyingly could not repeat but that's a different subject. My problem is i found my stable overclock was at 4.6Ghz @ 1.365v (this was the lowest i could get with 3 stress tests run on it the primary one is "x264 Stability Test v2.06" once stable with this one i confirmed with AIDA64 and realbench with multiple hour tests done on all 3 and i did not have any problems how ever this is using manual voltage, when i switch to adaptive using the same numbers and i apply a 0.01v positive offset for good measure i find my system does not remain stable in realbench (i dont run AIDA64 for oblivious reasons and i know realbench uses more real world form of stressing). i have toyed with a range of numbers with adaptive voltage but i don't want to have to go too high as i don't want to noticeably reduce the chips life, under real world loads it does not exceed 80 Degrees Celsius under artificial load it hits 85 which i'm fine with i'm aware its not likely to remain at 85 if it ever hits it as long as i'm under 90 i am happy. So can anyone give me some advice or better explain how adaptive voltage works or suggest an alternative so my chip isn't constantly running at 1.365v which i'm assuming it does when set in manual mode? much appreciate any help