AncientPistol

College + a lot of traveling and loaning it to my friends

OMG I am so stupid

Well tell him to wait and check what it has to offer and then decide.
 
you could use the nvec encoder on the gpu and offload that work to the gpu's encoder, but again to answer your question..
 
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Nope, it's just a lower binned 10900k and that's it.
 
though if you're waiting for ampere wait for zen 3 as well and check what it has to offer and then decide, also if you're just gaming, a 10600k performs similarly since games do not scale up to 10 cores.

So once my DP cable arrives I should be able to use 10 bit at 1440p 144Hz? In that case it is kinda cheap on Benq's part to not include a cable that can fully use all the capabilities of the monitor.

[Disclaimer, the following is from what ive understood thus far, so pls correct me should i have misunderstood ]
 
3200mhz with 3000 series cpu and capable motherboards is now the upper limit of jedec standards (meaning its no longer considered a OC).
 
So that 0.0000001% would be rma-able if it doesnt work (as long as on qvl) and would basicaly be the same as a doa cpu or doa 2133 stick.
 
(That said, your argument stands true, with these insane frequencies these days and the combination of components, theres always chance of a "unhappy marriage" between some components, sometimes preventing them from reaching specced speeds, and unfortunaly, it feels like that chance is bigger then afformentioned percentages unfortunatly).
 
Yes, on current (and your listed) hardware.
On lets say a b450 board or 2600, no, since there its considered a overclock, so "just luck" is a keycomponent there.
 
As for the original question: no, not worth it, only thing it would show is in benchmarks and single digit fps gains - to me that would not be worth risking maximum stability or lifespan (but only you can decide the answer for yourself )

Go xmp and let the stuff do its thang...
 

Not wasted, at all...

Oh okay I understand now. I'm so sorry for wasting your time and thanks a lot for your help 🙂

Correct - these two:

 
EDIT:
Try this:

The RMx/i is better, but the RM is still very good. Not having the caps branded as Japanese really isn't the end of the world (keep in mind that lots of "Japanese caps" are made in China anyway).
I really wouldn't worry about it. You shouldn't have any problems with it, especially with your components.