adamch10

interesting. with Factory settings (everything on Auto) while running Cinnebench it downvolts to 1.28V with 4.7 GHZ boost and when running Prime95 it goes up to 1.424V with the same clock speed

1.320V (no OC)

1. used 2. nope 3. i checked

i recently bought a new pc and i wanted to overclock it. (specs): CPU: i7-8700k Mobo: ASUS ROG STRIX z370 - F gaming RAM: Hyperx fury DDR4 8GB (i'm planning to get more but the prices right now are horrendous :/) PSU: Corsair RM850x Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 Here's the issue: I get absurd temps on my CPU. when running small FFS on Prime95 it instantly reaches 100 degrees and throttles down. Is that normal? i'm pretty sure i mounted the cooler correctly, i get around 30 degrees on idle and about 60 while running Blend (Prime95). When i tried overclocking i couldn't get a stable 5.0 GHZ even when i set the voltage to 1.420V. Also i noticed that in CPU-Z and in BIOS/UEFI the CPU didn't get the voltage i actually set, but around 0.02V lower. when running Cinnebench the voltage lowered even further, to as far as 1.28 (from 1.40 while i set 1.42 in BIOS) Is all of that normal and i just came last in the sillicon lottery or is something wrong with my CPU? (or i'm just doing something wrong?)

i recently bought a new pc and i wanted to overclock it. (specs): CPU: i7-8700k Mobo: ASUS ROG STRIX z370 - F gaming RAM: Hyperx fury DDR4 8GB (i'm planning to get more but the prices right now are horrendous :/) PSU: Corsair RM850x Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 Here's the issue: I get absurd temps on my CPU. when running small FFS on Prime95 it instantly reaches 100 degrees and throttles down. Is that normal? i'm pretty sure i mounted the cooler correctly, i get around 30 degrees on idle and about 60 while running Blend (Prime95). When i tried overclocking i couldn't get a stable 5.0 GHZ even when i set the voltage to 1.420V. Also i noticed that in CPU-Z and in BIOS/UEFI the CPU didn't get the voltage i actually set, but around 0.02V lower. when running Cinnebench the voltage lowered even further, to as far as 1.28 (from 1.40 while i set 1.42 in BIOS) Is all of that normal and i just came last in the sillicon lottery or is something wrong with my CPU? (or i'm just doing something wrong?)

Hi, I was looking forward to this for quite some time, and i finally have quite a bit of cash on hand. I want the PC to handle AAA titles at Ultra in 4K 60 FPS, and possibly to try VR at a later date. This is what i came up with: Motherboard: ASUS TUF X299 MARK 2 (DDR4) CPU: Intel i7-7800X 3.50GHz 8MB BOX (i'll probably overclock it)+ cooling (water? need advice on that) Memory HyperX 8GB 2400MHz Fury Black CL15 x2 (16GB) (do i need 32GB?) Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Turbo 11GB GDDR5 Power Supply :Corsair CS750M 750W Gold BOX Storage: Samsung 250GB 1,8'' 960 EVO M.2 2280 NVMe (System) Storage: i have an old HDD, but i wouldn't mind an upgrade. maybe this? Samsung 500GB 2,5'' SATA SSD 850 EVO Haven't decided on a case yet. do i need a full tower or is mid tower enough? i'll also need a monitor, but i'm not an expert on them. I'm dubious about the CPU/Motherboard combo. is there any sense in going for X299 and 2066 socket?can the 7800X handle all the PCI-e lanes the board offers, and do I need it to? my assumption was that if i go for the newer socket, i'll have more expandability options in the future. I need your opinion on that. I'm based in Poland, my budget is 8000-10000 PLN (that's 2500 - 3000 USD) but i can scrape up a few extra bucks in exchange for performance. my current machine is a 6-year-old two-piece (as in "falling apart" ) laptop, so there is nothing going over to the new rig (maybe the hard drive) Thanks in advance