Confusions About Turbo Boost!

[Mr. Question Asker]

I have some questions about Turbo Boost Technology!

 

- Is it a permanent boost? I mean will it be turned on always?

- Do I need to Install custom cooler for locked turbo boost CPUs?

 

I'm using Intel 8400 coffee lake CPU

[NelizMastr]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Question Asker said:

- Is it a permanent boost? I mean will it be turned on always?

- Do I need to Install custom cooler for locked turbo boost CPUs?

1. No, it's on-demand. When 1 core is needed, it'll turbo higher than when 2,3 or 4 cores are needed. It'll also clock down to 800MHz when nothing is going on.

2. Only when the stock cooler isn't sufficient, like with the Core i7-8700. The i5-8400 is fine.

[Mr. Question Asker]

5 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

1. No, it's on-demand. When 1 core is needed, it'll turbo higher than when 2,3 or 4 cores are needed. It'll also clock down to 800MHz when nothing is going on.

2. Only when the stock cooler isn't sufficient, like with the Core i7-8700. The i5-8400 is fine.

Thank you so very much for answering

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[Majestic]

@NelizMastr No the stock cooler is not sufficient for the 8400 to hit it's highest boost. Hardware Unboxed demonstrated this.

For the 8700 it also exceeds it's 95W TDP, meaning there's another reason it might throttle on some boards.

[Mr. Question Asker]

Just now, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

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Okay, I will watch it!

[Mr. Question Asker]

2 minutes ago, Majestic said:

@NelizMastr No the stock cooler is not sufficient for the 8400 to hit it's highest boost. Hardware Unboxed demonstrated this.

For the 8700 it also exceeds it's 95W TDP, meaning there's another reason it might throttle on some boards.

Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming

Is this motherboard good for this CPU?

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, Mr. Question Asker said:

Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming

Is this motherboard good for this CPU?

Z370 is the overclocking chipset pretty much. If you don't intend to upgrade to a K CPU like the 8700K you'll be fine with a B360 or H370 motherboard.

[Himommies]

Just now, Mr. Question Asker said:

Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming

Is this motherboard good for this CPU?

since our running a locked chip a z370 board might be a tad bit overkill

[Mr. Question Asker]

Just now, NelizMastr said:

Z370 is the overclocking chipset pretty much. If you don't intend to upgrade to a K CPU like the 8700K you'll be fine with a B360 or H370 motherboard.

I was just asking BTW I'm using B360!! 

[Majestic]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Question Asker said:

Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming

Is this motherboard good for this CPU?

From what I recall it's VRM's are absolutely horrendous. But for a stock 8400 it should be ...ok

 

Just don't ever swap it out for a 8700K and start OC'ing on it.

 

EDIT: oh you don't own it. AVOID LIKE PLAGUE.

[Mr. Question Asker]

2 minutes ago, Majestic said:

From what I recall it's VRM's are absolutely horrendous. But for a stock 8400 it should be ...ok

 

Just don't ever swap it out for a 8700K and start OC'ing on it.

 

EDIT: oh you don't own it. AVOID LIKE PLAGUE.

I was just asking bro, by asking that I have gained some knowledge that I should not go with Z series chipset unless I don't buy K series or unlocked CPU!