7700K Overclocking?

[Semars]

I have b250i mobo from msi.. i think i did overclock the cpu to 4,4 ghz. But cant i overclock it to 5ghz? i have 212x cooler.

[MorganO]

4 minutes ago, Semars said:

I have b250i mobo from msi.. i think i did overclock the cpu to 4,4 ghz. But cant i overclock it to 5ghz? i have 212x cooler.

 

can you return the motherboard?

[DocSwag]

You can't really overclock on that mobo; it's probably just turbo boost at work.

[Cylon Muffins]

Sorry bro, you can't OC with that motherboard

[malon]

rookie mistake, you need a z series board to oc an intel k cpu

[iRileyx]

You need a Z170 or Z270 board to overclock.

That 4.4 is most likely just the turbo boost, as it can boost to 4.5.

[Semars]

Well.. im pretty happy i opened this post to forum.. i will talk to guys whom i bought this but.. im not sure if they will accept return

[Semars]

i have m2 turbo ssd.. so i need z270 series?

[Cylon Muffins]

16 minutes ago, Semars said:

i have m2 turbo ssd.. so i need z270 series?

Yeah  "z" series chipset along with a "k" series cpu (which you already have) is necessary for for overclocking.

You might want to check out Gamers Nexus 7700K review. He had some issues with big differences in temps between different motherboards with the the same chipset. I think he also had some trouble OCing up to 5GHz? I'd have to rewatch to confirm that - I'll let you do that

[Semars]

5 minutes ago, Cylon Muffins said:

Yeah  "z" series chipset along with a "k" series cpu (which you already have) is necessary for for overclocking.

You might want to check out Gamers Nexus 7700K review. He had some issues with big differences in temps between different motherboards with the the same chipset. I think he also had some trouble OCing up to 5GHz? I'd have to rewatch to confirm that - I'll let you do that

alright thank you very much.. i will talk to the site which i purchased and i hope they will accept it back.. 

[smokefest]

23 minutes ago, Semars said:

alright thank you very much.. i will talk to the site which i purchased and i hope they will accept it back.. 

I would make sure they understand how unhappy you are with their bad part choice. Selling a K cpu with a non-Z board is not correct at all they shud have put a7700 non-k , they tried to make money off you.

[Semars]

14 hours ago, smokefest said:

I would make sure they understand how unhappy you are with their bad part choice. Selling a K cpu with a non-Z board is not correct at all they shud have put a7700 non-k , they tried to make money off you.

Well... i talked to them but didnt work out.. they are nice guys but they cant help about it atm.. do ireally need that 0,6 ghz overclock?

[done12many2]

28 minutes ago, Semars said:

Well... i talked to them but didnt work out.. they are nice guys but they cant help about it atm.. do ireally need that 0,6 ghz overclock?

 

That's up to you.  That 600 MHz difference could actually be a 900 MHz difference depending on if the chip you have clocks high.  Each chip is different, but 5.3 GHz and greater is definitely possible depending on your willingness to upgrade cooling.

 

If you plan to continue using the cooler you have, then just keep your current motherboard.  A 7700k at 4.4 GHz is no slouch for sure.  

[Guest]

it turbo-ing to 4.5 is more than enough. 

 

exchanging the board to get a 5 GHz OC (needs a GREAT cooling solution, btw) is only going to net marginal gains. 

 

just rock it stock. 

[smokefest]

1 hour ago, Semars said:

Well... i talked to them but didnt work out.. they are nice guys but they cant help about it atm.. do ireally need that 0,6 ghz overclock?

your computer will be strong and run fine still.. no worries.. overclocking is like... getting extra performance for free. but stock cpu is good also no worries. its not worth to buy a new motherboard just to oc.

[typographie]

1 hour ago, Semars said:

Well... i talked to them but didnt work out.. they are nice guys but they cant help about it atm.. do ireally need that 0,6 ghz overclock?

A couple of things to clear up:

 

The i7-7700K comes stock at 4.2 GHz with up to 4.5 GHz boost clock depending on how the software you're running uses the available resources. You probably just caught a glimpse of it when it had boosted up to 4.4 GHz. An overclock to 5 GHz is not 600 MHz, it's actually 800 MHz and should be available on all cores, probably with boost functionality turned off completely.

 

No one can promise that your 7700K can actually reach 5 GHz even with the proper hardware and cooling. Every chip is different, and it's likely not every 7700K will tolerate 5 GHz with a safe voltage. The best overclocks I have heard of for 7700K's have been 5.0–5.1 GHz, meaning there are probably a lot of them that top out at 4.8 GHz or so.

 

My opinion is that no one ever "needs" to overclock. It's a thing that's fun for some of us to do who are really into this stuff. Your 7700K is already one of the fastest CPUs available… an overclock would improve it somewhat further but it's already going to perform very well in practically anything.

[done12many2]

18 minutes ago, typographie said:

A couple of things to clear up:

 

No one can promise that your 7700K can actually reach 5 GHz even with the proper hardware and cooling. Every chip is different, and it's likely not every 7700K will tolerate 5 GHz with a safe voltage. The best overclocks I have heard of for 7700K's have been 5.0–5.1 GHz, meaning there are probably a lot of them that top out at 4.8 GHz or so.

 

Just one thing to clear up:  

 

The best 7700k clockers are hitting 5.2 to 5.3 with a very exceptional few capable of just a bit more.

 

Silicon Lottery sells 5.2 chips, but they are $679.99 a pop.  OUCH!!

 

Anyways, here's my 5.1 to 5.2 chip after delidding.  This was run at 5.3 GHz CPU, 5 GHz cache, 3200 XMP with no AVX offset.  There's plenty of thermal headroom left, but no sense in pushing it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Semars]

Thank you guys very much..

I have one more question.. im using 2133mhz corsair value ram which has no xmp support.. should i get a 2400 mhz ram with xmp support (mobo supports to 2400 max) and i have m.2 960 evo ssd by the way is there something wrong with this setup 

 

Here is the picture of 4,4 ghz thingy

 

 

[done12many2]

55 minutes ago, Semars said:

Thank you guys very much..

I have one more question.. im using 2133mhz corsair value ram which has no xmp support.. should i get a 2400 mhz ram with xmp support (mobo supports to 2400 max) and i have m.2 960 evo ssd by the way is there something wrong with this setup 

 

Here is the picture of 4,4 ghz thingy

 

I wouldn't personally spend any additional money to replace 2133 RAM with 2400 RAM.  Also, you need to verify that you are hitting your peak 4.5 GHz during single-threaded tasks.