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Specs: CPU: i7-7700k @ 4.20 GHz (Turbo boost: 4.5GHz) [delidded] Mobo: Asus Maximus IX Extreme GPU: Gigabyte - GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G RAM: 32GB - G.Skill - Trident Z RGB - DDR4 3600Mhz - 32GB (8GBx4) - 16-16-16-36 PSU: Seasonic - PRIME 850 W Titanium Custom Cooling system: Radiator: x2 radiator (520x30x60mm) Radiator FAN: x8 Noctua (120x120x15mm) Pump: EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 I built my PC 5 years ago (specs in my profile), never changed neither thermal paste nor cooling liquid since then, temperatures rarely exceeded 50C (while gaming). Now I feel the need to overclock my system, to improve performance in some games (specifically Valorant, which is particularly demanding with the CPU). I did some tests at 5.0GHz and this is the best overclocking setup I have found so far: CPU ratio: x50 Cache ratio: x42 Vcore in BIOS: 1.415V Vcore mode: Manual XMP profile: Disabled iGPU: Disabled LLC: 5 AVX offset: x0 Vcore under stress (measured*): 1.411 V *FLUKE 179 multimeter using the average function and measuring for 1 minute With this configuration after 17 hours of stress test with Prime95 (Blend mode) I got an error (Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4) on core 1. Now I'm running another Prime95 session with the Vcore at 1.420v Once I find the stable vcore, I would like to switch to adaptive mode (and playing with the offset) to reduce CPU stress and increase CPU life expectancy. What do you think? is it a good idea to use adaptive mode instead of manual mode? In any case after 5 years I think it is time to change the thermal paste, coolant and thermal pads (although the temperatures are still good). I would like to use liquid metal instead of thermal paste for the CPU, but I cannot find information on the material of which the Maximum Extreme IX (bitspower) monoblock is made, I think it is nickel-plated copper, but I could not find official information about it. Can someone please tell me what material is it made of? Also where can I find the dimensions for the thermal pads (thickness, length and width)? Any suggestions are appreciated!

I am trying to overclock my i7-7700k. System specs: CPU: i7-7700k @ 4.20 GHz (Turbo boost: 4.5GHz) [delidded] Mobo: Asus Maximus IX Extreme GPU: Gigabyte - GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G RAM: 32GB - G.Skill - Trident Z RGB - DDR4 3600Mhz - 32GB (8GBx4) - 16-16-16-36 PSU: Seasonic - PRIME 850 W Titanium Custom Cooling system: Radiator: x2 radiator (520x30x60mm) Radiator FAN: x8 Noctua (120x120x15mm) Pump: EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 At the moment these appear to be the two stable configurations: 4.9GHz Config CPU ratio: x49 Vcore in BIOS: 1.375 V Vcore mode: manual XMP profile: enable (DDR4 - 3600MHz) CPU integrated GPU (iGPU): Enabled LLC: 5 AVX offset: x0 Windows 10 power management: High performance Vcore idle (HWiNFO64): 1.376 V Vcore Stress (HWiNFO64): 1.366 V Vcore idle (measured*): 1.384 V Vcore stress (measured*): 1.371 V OCCT stress temperature (AVX2): 74 °C 5.0GHz Config CPU ratio: x50 Vcore in BIOS: 1.405 V Vcore mode: manual XMP profile: disabled Integrated GPU (iGPU): disabled LLC: 5 AVX offset: x0 Windows 10 power management: High performance Vcore idle (HWiNFO64): 1.408 V Vcore Stress (HWiNFO64): 1.398 V Vcore idle (measured*): 1.414 V Vcore stress (measured*): 1.402 V OCCT stress temperature (AVX2): 66 °C *FLUKE 179 multimeter using the average function and measuring for 1 minute With the 5GHz configuration if I enable the XMP profile or the iGPU I do not pass the OCCT test or the system crashes with a blue screen, at 5.1GHz the CPU is always unstable (regardless of XMP profile or iGPU). Now I'm trying to set a different ratio for each core, in particular I'm trying this configuration: CPU core 0 ratio: x51 CPU core 1 ratio: x50 CPU core 2 ratio: x50 CPU core 3 ratio: x50 Vcore in BIOS: 1.405 V Vcore mode: manual XMP profile: disabled CPU integrated GPU (iGPU): disabled LLC: 5 AVX offset: x0 Windows 10 power management: High performance With this configuration I passed a one hour OCCT (AVX2) test without any problems, but I noticed something odd with the clock reported by HWiNFO64. When the system is in idle I have noticed that the core clocks keep jumping between 5.0GHz and 5.1GHz, sometimes all are at 5.1GHz, other times all are at 5.0GHz, and some time some are at 5.0GHz and others at 5.1GHz. Then when I started a stress test (OCCT - AVX2) all cores were always at 5.0GHz, they didn't touch 5.1GHz even for a moment. Can anyone explain to me what is happening? I would have expected core 0 to be fixed at 5.1GHz and all others at 5.0GHz, why the clocks keep jumping between 5.0GHz and 5.1GHz? Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks.

So I recently upgraded my cpu from a i3-6100 to a i7-7700k on my B150M-A D3 motherboard. I upgraded to the latest version of the BIOS and bought some DDR3L 1.35V ram (because it’s the only compatible RAM with my cpu and motherboard) so everything should technically be okay. But the problem is that every time I open my computer, my disk goes up to 100% in my task bar (cpu is also really irregular, it can jump from 5% to 45% back and forth) and does this for about 10 minutes but goes down when I’m not doing anything. The other big problem is that when I’m doing something demanding, like playing certain types of video games, my cpu and disk goes up to 100% in my task bar and, for example, my video games will lag super hard while having something like 4-5 FPS which isn’t normal at all because with my old cpu everything was super good. I reinstalled multiple times my GPU drivers and in some games like Overwatch, For Honor, League of Legends everything is going okay. My cpu goes up to 45% while playing those games(which is unusual compared to my old cpu but is still working, I guess). But in other video games it’s really chaotic, like mentioned before. My cpu average temperature is around 40-45 degrees (Celsius). I recently installed my cooler and thermal paste so I don’t think it’s the problem. Also my cpu is running at his normal clock speed(not overclocked) at 4.2 Ghz Last thing, I recently noticed that ,sometimes, my computer turns off and restarts out of nowhere by itself. I ran multiple antivirus and there’s nothing, in this area as well. •What should I do now?? I tried everything that have been said online and nothing changed. Any tips? Which BIOS setting should I apply to make a difference to my current situation ? Do I need to do a new Windows install, will it work if I do it?? And also if I put my old cpu back, is it going to stay like that or will it go back to normal? Specs: I7-7700k Cooler master hyper 212 B150M-A D3 motherboard Gagabyte gtx 1050ti 16GB SP DDR3L 1.35V HDD 1TB (My disk is half way full, like 450 Gb full) EVGA 500w bronze power supply

So as by the title I'm wondering if 28C is kinda a high temp for an i7-7700K? My setup is as follows: Thermaltake S500 new case- has no a solid metal front and solid metal top with side vents ( I am aware this may be hampering the temps, just want confirmation) 2 - 200mm thermaltake luna 20 fans as intake in front of case 2 - 200mm thermaltake luna 20 fans as exhaust on top of case 1 -120mm thermaltake case fan as rear exhaust 1 -thermaltake 280 Riing water cooler extreme 3.0 ( 2 x 140mm riing thermaltake ) fans set in push configuration under the larger 200mm fans in the top of the case Main reason for asking as that when trying to enable OC / XMP profiling on my asus z270 mark 1 motherboard I get a failure and machine restarts and boots under safe mode which forces me to bring it back down to 4.5. can not exceed this clock speed and ram will not exceed 2133 even though it is 3200 Ripjaws by GSKill. Also getting around 48-50C under full load in Cinebench 20/23 or running Heavyload CPU stressor or Prime95 . Any help pinning down these issues to either help improve my cooling and speed would be appreciated as I use this machine daily and really would like to continue to run it optimally. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ System Specs: Board: ASUS Z270 Mark 1 TUF Board CPU: i7-7700K @ 4.5 Ghz RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 2133 (as I can't increase it) Storage: 1TB NVME wd black Graphics: ASUS Nvidia 1070TI Power : 850 Thermaltake PSU

So, a few years ago I made the mistake of buying my first PC as a prebuilt. This prebuilt came with an i7-7700K and GTX 1080. I want to game reliably at 1440p, 144Hz. I have a budget of $3,000 CAD. The motherboard in there now has no expand-ability and limits my RAM speed quite a bit (ASRock H110m-ds/hyper). I would also like to put in bluetooth/NVME drive etc. I am thinking a motherboard/PSU replacement is best until the new Nvidia cards come out later this year. OR I can sell my current PC to my brother for 1k and do a new build right now. With a new build, I could use my current SSDs(1TB/256GB) and RAM (16GB 3000MHz). What do y'all suggest? Any recommendations welcome!

Hello everyone! I'm trying to overclock my i7-7700K on Gigabyte Z270 Gaming K3 motherboard. Every time I apply any changes in BIOS, the clocks change there and are being shown by it's monitor but when I boot into Windows, none of the monitoring programs nor the system show any changes (putting the CPU under load doesn't help too). I've tried various methods, tutorials, even the Gigabyte's overclocking guide, clearing CMOS, F7 and F9d versions of BIOS, double checked windows' power plan (is set to performance mode). Some changes show only when I change multipliers with programs such as XTU or Gigabyte EasyTune but I want to overclock it in BIOS. Also my Windows is a fresh install with all drivers updated. Would appreciate any help since everything I've tried was pointless... My specs: -mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z270-GAMING K3 -cpu: Intel Core i7-7700K -cpu cooler: SilentiumPC Fera 3 120mm -ram: G.SKILL 16GB 3000MHz Ripjaws V Red CL15 (2x8GB) -ssd: Samsung 500GB M.2 PCIe NVMe 970 EVO Plus -gpu: GIGABYTE AORUS GTX 1080 Ti XTREME Edition -psu: Corsair CX750M 750W 80 Plus Bronze -system: Win 10 Home (Build 18363.720)

I've been trying to figure out for a while if my AIO is performing incorrectly or if my CPU just naturally runs hot. I'm running a Intel i7-7700K with a Corsair H100i Pro, all details of system are in the UserBenchmark PDF if interested, or if it helps. After running Cinnabench I got max temps of 83°C (readings from HWMonitor) running a clock speed of just under 4.4Ghz. While in HWMonitor it was showing all the detailed readings such as the listed 83°C, in iCue, it was showing the AIO temp from 32-34°C, drastically different. While I'm not sure if that's the block temperature or loop temperature, it still seems way too different. I'll add some screenshots of the readings from the Cinnabench benchmark. I'm looking to figure out if it likely the cooling solution that has malfunctioned or if my CPU just runs that hot and the cooling solution is not the issue. Any help or insight on the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING Performance Results - UserBenchmark.pdf

I'm trying to use ANY good looking low end shader pack with minecraft, but any pack i install causes my game to run at ~30fps, otherwise the game only runs at ~150fps. This is with render distance of 20. I am aware minecraft java edition is very unoptimized; I am aware shaders cause fps drops. As far as i know, all drivers and java are updated to latest. Specs: win10 i7-7700k 1080 ti OS & game installed on samsung m.2 ssd

Hey all! I find myself in need of some friendly advice, so please help if you can! Super quick back story, started a build in 2016 and recieved a life changing injury to my back...now it's finally time to finish the build and I'm between a rock and a hard place. Here's why... I've already purchased - Corsair 780T case - MSI gaming M7 Z170A mobo - EK Monoblock for the Z170A MSI mobo 2x8Gb G.Skill Trident Z Silver/Red 3200mhz - EK PE360 rad - Bitspower 250 res w/ EK D5 pump, Bitspower black sparkle pump housing - Singularity Computers (AUS) Res to rad mounts (NOT CHEAP) Now....here we are in July 2019 and I am finally, and barely able to dedicate a bit of cash to finishing the build. What's the problem you ask? The issue I am facing is I have spent hundreds (CAD) on the mobo and ek monoblock, not to mention all the water cooling components not in the form of an AIO, and I am unable to use the newer Intel processors. I would love to buy an I7-9700k, but my MSI M7 Z170a wont accept it. I have been told I can run a I7-7700k if I update my BIOS. Otherwise, I'm looking at buying a new mobo...and having to try and sell my z170a & EK Monoblock, and either buy a new CPU waterblock or scrapping all my expensive cooling gear and yet again spend money on an AIO for another new mobo. Ugh. I'd like to run a RTX 2070 Super if I can get my hands on one, as well as a 144hz 1440p monitor. The PC will be used as my entertainment system, movies and music as well as World of Tanks, Battlefield 5 and a couple other common titles. IS IT WORTH GOING THROUGH ALL THAT!? Or should I just buy a I7-7700k and finish with the gear I've already invested in? Will I be missing out so much that I wouldn't enjoy the new system? Is a new Z390 w/ 9th gen chip nessessary to enjoy a RTX 2070 SUPER or 2080 at 1440p on high to ultra settings? VS Using an MSI Gaming M7 w/ I7-7700k? If you made it this far, I really appreciate your time and any feedback you can share with me. Thanks very kindly. Isle-Renner

Hi, since i've got a brand new gpu (2080 ti yay) i was wondering if i would be able to overclock the heck of my cpu (5ghz) and wanted to get a 1440p 144hz monitor. For the cpu, it is a 7700k non delided, and the cooler is thermaltake floe riing 360 aio The monitors i've looked at are: 1.) Viewsonic XG2703-GS (30-165hz Nvidia G-Sync) 2.) AOC AG271QG (30-144hz Nvidia G-Sync) and non gsync one since recent nvidia freesync support 3.) Acer XB271HU (30-165hz Nvidia G-Sync) 4.) Asus Rog Swift Pg279q (165hz G-sync) So, any recommendations to the monitor, and for overclock, is it doable with a 360mm aio?, Also dont recommend any pixio or viotek monitors as im well aware of these being cheaper but... Europe is europe

I made a workstation with msi z270a-pro, i7-7700k, 32gb ddr4, 500gb ssd.When I try to load w10 , I get messages that the loading failed for various reasons. What am i doing wrong?

okay so im building my first computer and i chose a i7-7700k and a GTX 1080 ti for 1080p 144hz but since the 1080ti is discontinued and i dont want to buy a used card i was wondering if i my i7-7700k would bottleneck the RTX 2080 could someone please help me

Hello, I just got a new Monitor with 1440p and 144hz. And since I want to get a good ROI on that purchase im thinking about upgrading a bit. My current build is a Base Clock i7-7700k, a EVGA GTX 1080 FTW and 16GB of DDR4 ram. On games like Rocket League, CSGO and League I dont really have any problems obviously but when it comes to games like Ghost Recon Wildlands or Battlefield I dont even get to 100+ FPS on high settings 1080p. The Problem I have is that im unsure if I should go for 2x GTX 1080 or get a newer Card, also my CPU is struggling from time to time so im debating whether going for a save OC of like 5ghz is sufficient or if that needs a replacement too. Im thankful for any recommendation on this topic. Thanks

I did a benchmark test on my PC and my CPU is running at the 0 percentile. It is a relatively new system, and my processor is the Intel i7-7700k. I have cleaned my computer in the last few months, and I have made sure to close any background processes. I have also run malware and cleaned out all the threats that came up and its still running at this low percent. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of what was happening. Thanks for any help! Here are the benchmark results: UserBenchmarks: Game 51%, Desk 51%, Work 35% CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K - 41.9% GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB - 71% SSD: WD Green 120GB (2016) - 63.1% HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB - 96.9% RAM: Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB - 64.6% MBD: MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Hey guys, I am having issues with my overclocked i7-7700K. I Overclocked him to 4.8 GHz at 1.27V. The Problem is that I am always running hot, even though I already upgraded to a NZXT Kraken x72 that runs on perfectly fine 33°C water temp tested with both stock thermal paste and thermal grizzly kryonaut applied. I double checked on that and they were/are pretty much perfectly applied. I have the feeling that the thermal conductivity between the heatspreader and die of the CPU are the problem, as as well one of the cores is running about 5-15 °C higher than the others under load while the water temp still sits at 33°C (only tested in short runs ~2 mins). Could that be the case? I Don't really want to kill my CPU while delidding but with these temps I probably gotta stop overclocking which is kinda a nogo as well.

Hey all, The i7-7700K is one helluva CPU. These are my current results: This is a Prime95 stress test for about 20 minutes. Please pay no attention to the pedestrian RAM speeds. My XMP'd 3000 Mhz RAM defaulted to stock speeds after I swapped them to different DIMM slots, so that'll be fixed in the mean time. I'd like to know if my rig can withstand the CPU running at higher speeds than 4.7Ghz, which is where it is right now. I'd also like to know if I would need to push higher voltages to do so. System specs are in my profile. Thanks!

Not sure if this is the best place to put this but it's still technically liquid cooling. So, I have my i7-7700k overclocked on the ASUS Z270-E motherboard (BIOS 1302) to 4.8GHz @1.25V and I'm having some trouble with the temperatures that I'm seeing from my Corsair H110i cooler. Typical loads and stress tests put the average temperature at around 80°C with the occasion spike up to 88°C. It has been rock steady as an overclock but yesterday I had to force restart my system when playing Monster Hunter: World (system fully locked up) I have no idea what temperature the CPU reached whilst I was gaming as I have had this OC for months. When I restarted my system I got a BIOS error for CPU temperature. Looking in the BIOS my CPU temperature was still up at 61°C with a water temperature of 43-45°C (from cold boot this is usually around 28°C). Admittedly I had my cooler set to the quiet setting so 2300rpm on the pump and 1100-1800rpm on the fans (Corsair ML140 pros) depending on load. For now I have reduced my overclock to 4.6GHz @1.2V to be safe followed by setting the pump to performance (2800rpm) and my temperatures went down to 70-75°C under Monster Hunter load (monitored via HWinfo64 on second screen). Do these temps look like a potentially failing pump to you. If you reckon it's on its way out do you have any recommendations on coolers to replace it with. Additional info: Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M (glass) 2x140mm intake fans (provided with case) EVGA 1080TI FTW3 GPU No other exhaust fans apart from CPU cooler. If you need any more info I'd be happy to share what I can remember.

I am planning on upgrading my cpu. My current one is an i5-4670k with an hyper EVO 212 for cooling. My question is whether I should get the 8700k or 7700k? Is the latest and greatest worth the extra little money? My plan is souly for gaming on this CPU. The games I like to play are battlefield and arma3 (if that matters). So, is it overkill to get the 8700k? I just want to make sure I have an amazing CPUs that won’t need to be switched out for a while.

So I'm in a little pickle right now so i'm torn between upgrading to an INTEL I7-7700K from the RYZEN 5 1600 can you help and i don't want to upgrade to ZEN+ or Coffee Lake the only reason i chose the I7 cuz a friend is selling it for cheap

Hey all, So.. this is my final product! (Aside from the desk that I'm currently in the process of changing). What do you think? What are your critiques? Which hardware is a primary bottleneck? (According to TheBottleneck.com, my CPU needs to be upgraded to the i9-7980XE in order to keep up with my twin GTX1080Ti's. Is that seriously my best option? I know that the i7-8700k would technically be a good choice to upgrade to, but I'm not looking to buy it, due to how long it's been available. I'm just trying to play things smart and not buy anything that'll be topped within the next 6 months.) Image of completed system: Build information Case information: System information: Water Cooling information: Extra internal components: Monitor information: Peripheral information: Gathered information: TheBottlenecker User Benchmarks Aida64 As I said before, your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I have been foaming at the mouth to build my first PC, and after a year of watching LTT and other tech channels I finally have the chance to create my build. Going into this build I have a few wants and needs: -Must be under $1200 US(Although the lower the better) -Must use 7th gen i7-7700k -Must use GTX 1070 Ti -Must be ATX board in mid or full tower case (Window is preferred) -Must have fully modular power supply -Preferably has Trident Z RGB RAM (No preference on speed) -Preferably has aesthetically appealing motherboard (RGB and aesthetically appealing is Double Plus Good) So on to the list: I have gone through multiple drafts of part lists and have finally settled on the following: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dtF3yX The only problem with this build is that I am trying to treat myself but not use all my money, and this build does not have a overclocking capable motherboard. I am well aware that overclocking is for the experienced, but I am concerned that if I do decide I am ready for it, I will have to spend another 300+ just to get the proper cooling and board to support it. Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated

Hi LTT forum members, I am thinking to switch from my i5-6500 to i7-7700k because I am running out of processing power. I would be thankful if you could help me out with your suggestion and opinion if all of these components work well together. PC: CPU cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Turbo RAM: 4x4GB Kingston 2133Mhz GPU: STIX 1070 MOBO: Gigabyte B150M-DS3H (rev 1.0) PSU: 500W Corsair Bronze 80+ Thanks

Hello, I want do uprgade my cpu, but I dont know if it is ok. I have MoBo Asus z170 PRO GAMING. Thanks for helping me.

Hi all, first time using this forum to reach out for help, so please tell me (and excuse me) if I do any mistakes. My CPU performs pretty poor imo (868 at cinebench with stock settings) and at the same time runs quite hot (up to 80°C while running cinebench). I tried to OC the CPU (4.8 GHz at 1.35V) which results in a unstable system due to high temps (BSODs and system locks). Running at that 4.8 GHz, I achieved 966 at cinebench with temps peaking up to 97°C. My question is, how can I get these temperature under control, do I have to upgrade my cooling situation, what way would be the most efficient? I checked the installation of my heatsink twice and applied fresh thermal paste (amasan T12 Wärmeleitpaste) without seeing any differences. I had these temp problems through winter with low ambient temperatures and am especially worried since summer is comming and it will get quite warm in my room with that PC running. Specs: Case: BitFenix Raider with 3 pre-installed 120mm fans PSU: be quiet! Straigt Power E9 450W ATX 2.4 Heatsink: Thermalright Macho 120 CPU: i7-7700k Motherboard: Asus Prime Z270-A Intel Z270 So.1151 Dual Channel DDR ATX Retail RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX black DDR4-3000 DIMM CL15 Dual Kit GPU: 8GB Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Dual OC Active PCIe 3.0 x16 (Retail) Storage: Transcend 480GB SSD, Western Digital WD Green 1TB HDD OS: Windows 10 64bit Quick edit: I attached a picture of my case so you guys can judge the airflow better. There are 2 120mm fans in the bottom right blowing in and 1 120m fan left of the heatsink blowing out. The PSU intakes air from the left and blows it up into the case (I think) Looking forward to your comments

About to pull the trigger on my first PC. Long time gamer and plan on using her for streaming and light content creation. What do you guys think? https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ThePryo/saved/tymtJx