quick help [URGENT] Is this motherboard good for overclocking?

[Morata]

I am not an expert, but it is cheap, and it claims to have an 11 phase power design which I believe is good.

 

I plan on running one of these delidded 8700k's, which is claimed to run stable at 5.1Ghz with 1.412V Vcore and -2 AVX Offset (https://siliconlottery.com/collections/coffeelake/products/8700k51g)

 

Here is the parts list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZxmTCb

Here is the specific motherboard: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z370-SLI-PLUS

[Orochimario]

Yeah should be good.

[Morata]

1 minute ago, Orochimario said:

Yeah should be good.

 

THANK YOU!

[WereCat]

There is no 11 phase design. It's either 3+3 or 4+4... anyway, make sure your VRMs will get a decent air flow.

[Jurrunio]

4 minutes ago, WereCat said:

There is no 11 phase design. It's either 3+3 or 4+4... anyway, make sure your VRMs will get a decent air flow.

actually, it's a 4+1. Doublers all over the place.

[Lord Vile]

Just why? You’re spending a boatload of money for very little performance gain.

[Streetguru]

1 hour ago, Morata said:

 

Naw, not the best board, there's also no real reason to buy from silicon lottery.

 

But I'd just suggest waiting for Ryzen 2 tomorrow and just buying a $329 8 core R7 2700X, and that Gigabyte motherboard with actual VRM heatsinks.
 

 

[TahoeDust]

Buy a board from Silicon Lottery's QVL list.

[Lord Vile]

1 hour ago, Streetguru said:

Naw, not the best board, there's also no real reason to buy from silicon lottery.

 

But I'd just suggest waiting for Ryzen 2 tomorrow and just buying a $329 8 core R7 2700X, and that Gigabyte motherboard with actual VRM heatsinks.
 

 

I doubt R2 is going to be that much better than R1. It’s only been a year and we know how AMD likes it’s identical refreshes (RX4xx, RX5xx, RX5xxX etc)

[Streetguru]

41 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

I doubt R2 is going to be that much better than R1. It’s only been a year and we know how AMD likes it’s identical refreshes (RX4xx, RX5xx, RX5xxX etc)

Ryzen 2 is going to be about 10% faster and have some better memory support. Also has a 4.35Ghz single thread boost out of the box I think

[MegaGoatLord]

It should be good to overclock with. Don't see any major issues.

[Morata]

14 hours ago, WereCat said:

There is no 11 phase design. It's either 3+3 or 4+4... anyway, make sure your VRMs will get a decent air flow.

Is this deceptive advertising then?

[Lord Vile]

22 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Ryzen 2 is going to be about 10% faster and have some better memory support. Also has a 4.35Ghz single thread boost out of the box I think

I was pretty much right then. If you're on an i7 or 8th gen i5+ there's no increased incentive to switch to Ryzen because 2 isn't much better than one. In fact R1 will probably get a bigger price drop so they might be the best thing to pick up.