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i7 8700k 5Ghz OC

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Hello,

I wanted to overclock my i7 8700k to 5Ghz, but even with 1.37v its not stable.

I used der8auers video to oc to 5ghz.

4.9Ghz i can achieve with 1.3v stable.

Does anyone have a solution or is it just bad luck?

CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k
Cooler: be quite! Dark Rock 3
GPU: Asus RTX 2070 Strix
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 3000Mhz
MB: Asus Z370-F Strix
SSD: 500GB Samsung 850 evo
PSU: 600W be quiet Straight Power 10 CM Modular
Case: be quite! Dark Base 700
OS: Windows 10 Pro

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8 minutes ago, AkSo2504 said:

Asus Z370-F Strix

Far from the best OC motherboard.

 

8 minutes ago, AkSo2504 said:

Does anyone have a solution or is it just bad luck?

Did you buy before of after the i7 8086K launch? if this is an 8700K that came afterwards then you're out of luck as they binned all the best chips as 8086K and left all the worse as 8700K's effectively killing "silicon lottery".

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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2 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Far from the best OC motherboard.

 

Did you buy before of after the i7 8086K launch? if this is an 8700K that came afterwards then you're out of luck as they binned all the best chips as 8086K and left all the worse as 8700K's effectively killing "silicon lottery".

i bought it before

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10 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

[...]they binned all the best chips as 8086K and left all the worse as 8700K's effectively killing "silicon lottery".

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That makes complete sense.

"And I'll be damned if I let myself trip from a lesser man's ledge"

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1 minute ago, Velcade said:

 

 

That makes complete sense.

i thought it was the other way around?! if i bought it afterwards it would be a bad chip for sure or have i misunterstood?

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1 minute ago, AkSo2504 said:

i thought it was the other way around?! if i bought it afterwards it would be a bad chip for sure or have i misunterstood?

That's what @Princess Luna said.  If you bought the chip after the 8086k came out then you'll have a rough time hitting 5GHz

"And I'll be damned if I let myself trip from a lesser man's ledge"

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1 minute ago, AkSo2504 said:

i thought it was the other way around?! if i bought it afterwards it would be a bad chip for sure or have i misunterstood?

It's just that a lot of people started noticing the 8700K's don't overclock as well as they used to because of that... doesn't mean though you can't be unlucky from start as the worse units still exists since day one too.

 

100mhz makes no difference though, just go with the 4.9ghz clock and be happy... for Gaming the RTX 2070 will be a bottleneck and cause GPU bound scenarios most of the time either ways.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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17 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Did you buy before of after the i7 8086K launch? if this is an 8700K that came afterwards then you're out of luck as they binned all the best chips as 8086K and left all the worse as 8700K's effectively killing "silicon lottery".

Yeah and now they did it again with the i9 9900k...

I only see your reply if you @ me.

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so its nothing special what i have here? just bad luck with silicone lottery?

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