Best CPU for overclocking

[cost2much]

Just curious, what's the best cpu for overclocking? Like if you were given the challenge of achieving the highest clockspeed with a CPU using a consumer water cooler, what CPU would you get?

[LamoidZombieDog]

9 minutes ago, hutechtips said:

Just curious, what's the best cpu for overclocking? Like if you were given the challenge of achieving the highest clockspeed with a CPU using a consumer water cooler, what CPU would you get?

realisticly if your just asking to know what cpu you can overclock to a really high mhz or what ever.. just get a higher end cpu, its not worth the unstableness of overclocking just for the slightly cheaper price.. 

[cost2much]

18 hours ago, LamoidZombieDog said:

realisticly if your just asking to know what cpu you can overclock to a really high mhz or what ever.. just get a higher end cpu, its not worth the unstableness of overclocking just for the slightly cheaper price.. 

I'm not looking for a cheaper cpu... I'm looking at overclocking because you're able to achieve clockspeeds that normal cpus won't go to... plus overclocking is relatively stable, especially when manufacturers are supporting it. The only thing you're sacrificing is the lifespan of the cpu, but if you're a person who's looking for high clockspeeds, you'll always want the newest technology, so that isn't even a concern.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

20 hours ago, hutechtips said:

 Like if you were given the challenge of achieving the highest clockspeed with a CPU using a consumer water cooler, what CPU would you get?

If what you are interested in is the highest you can go on a consumer water cooler, and nothing else, then probably an FX CPU, probably better if it's a low core-count part. Which, frankly, says something about your question.

 

1 hour ago, hutechtips said:

 I'm looking at overclocking because you're able to achieve clockspeeds that normal cpus won't go to

Well, by definition, yes.

1 hour ago, hutechtips said:

... plus overclocking is relatively stable, especially when manufacturers are supporting it.

Manufacturers may provide you with the option to change the settings of a product, but it doesn't mean the product will work with whatever combination of settings. Overclocking, especially if going for the highest clocks possible, will always put you at the edge of instability. Otherwise, it wouldn't be the "highest clock possible" for that CPU.

 

1 hour ago, hutechtips said:

but if you're a person who's looking for high clockspeeds, you'll always want the newest technology,

Not necessarily, those are two different things. As illustrated by this thread, and my initial reply to your question.

A Ryzen CPU is newer and better than an FX CPU, but it won't clock as high, it won't even overclock by the same percentage

 

[xg32]

20 hours ago, hutechtips said:

Just curious, what's the best cpu for overclocking? Like if you were given the challenge of achieving the highest clockspeed with a CPU using a consumer water cooler, what CPU would you get?

it depends whether you are trying to get the best single core cinebench score or multi-core, or is it just a pure record you can get in terms of ghz? anyway u can find the results by simply googling.

[cost2much]

12 hours ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

If what you are interested in is the highest you can go on a consumer water cooler, and nothing else, then probably an FX CPU, probably better if it's a low core-count part. Which, frankly, says something about your question.

 

Well, by definition, yes.

Manufacturers may provide you with the option to change the settings of a product, but it doesn't mean the product will work with whatever combination of settings. Overclocking, especially if going for the highest clocks possible, will always put you at the edge of instability. Otherwise, it wouldn't be the "highest clock possible" for that CPU.

 

Not necessarily, those are two different things. As illustrated by this thread, and my initial reply to your question.

A Ryzen CPU is newer and better than an FX CPU, but it won't clock as high, it won't even overclock by the same percentage

 

Is it the FX CPU? I've looked online, and it seems that FX CPU's can only achieve a clockspeed of around 4.8-5.0 ghz, which current high-end CPUs can achieve pretty easily with a water cooler. When I talk about the "highest clockspeed" I mean within reason; obviously if the pc crashes every time you open an application, it's not a working overclock. Also why are you only considering AMD CPUs? To my current knowledge, Intel CPUs can overclock the highest right now and the newest Intel CPUs are arguably the best at that. And its not about the percentage of overclock increase, its the highest ghz a stable clockspeed could achieve.

[cost2much]

11 hours ago, xg32 said:

it depends whether you are trying to get the best single core cinebench score or multi-core, or is it just a pure record you can get in terms of ghz? anyway u can find the results by simply googling.

Not to set a record, you would do exotic cooling if you wanted that, I mean in general; if you were wanting a PC with a high clockspeed, what CPU would you buy. And from googling, I can tell you that I can't find anything that gives a definitive answer for the CPU with the highest stable overclock, which is why I'm asking on the forum.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

48 minutes ago, hutechtips said:

Is it the FX CPU? I've looked online, and it seems that FX CPU's can only achieve a clockspeed of around 4.8-5.0 ghz, which current high-end CPUs can achieve pretty easily with a water cooler.

Not on consumer water cooler, but on custom loops.

 

48 minutes ago, hutechtips said:

Also why are you only considering AMD CPUs?

Where do you get I'm only considering AMD CPUs? My initial response was an AMD CPU, because that's the CPU that will clock the highest on consumer coolers, and the record-holder for clocks on exotic cooling.

Then I compared to current AMD CPUs because they are particularly limited in overclocking, hence that's the starkest contrast I could think of in terms of overclocking high vs actually performing better.

 

48 minutes ago, hutechtips said:

To my current knowledge, Intel CPUs can overclock the highest right now and the newest Intel CPUs are arguably the best at that.

So you already know the answer to your own question? Why start this thread then?

 

[cost2much]

45 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Not on consumer water cooler, but on custom loops.

 

Where do you get I'm only considering AMD CPUs? My initial response was an AMD CPU, because that's the CPU that will clock the highest on consumer coolers, and the record-holder for clocks on exotic cooling.

Then I compared to current AMD CPUs because they are particularly limited in overclocking, hence that's the starkest contrast I could think of in terms of overclocking high vs actually performing better.

 

So you already know the answer to your own question? Why start this thread then?

 

Yes on consumer water coolers, you can get a i7-8700k to 5.0 ghz relatively easily with a consumer water cooler. I didn't know the fx series were really good at overclocking, thank you for bringing that to my attention. I assumed Intel CPUs were the best at overclocking, but I didn't know for sure and didn't know which specific model.