i7 6700k overclock

DrJohnZoidberg said:
I think the actual question is why wouldn't you? If you own an unlocked processor it's stupid not to overclock as you're getting extra performance for nothing. A 600MHz gain in my case is also nothing to sneeze at.

This means I shave a few seconds off each build when I'm compiling projects and a few extra FPS in games and as they say, every little bit counts.
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Yup, as a gamer primarily this is basically the reason I haven't upgraded my i5-2500K from 2011. Been running mine at 4.5ghz on air-cooled for years and never once had an overheating issue. There are definitely some performance gains to be had in terms of a more stable average FPS, but nothing that warrants an upgrade yet until games start utilizing more cores. Such a great chip
 
Rickster said:
Pfff, something wrong with your CPU, mine is 85-95% load in GTAV
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I think you should take yours back if you're hitting 95% on 6700k on GTAV :P

RogerWilcoZA said:
Yup, as a gamer primarily this is basically the reason I haven't upgraded my i5-2500K from 2011. Been running mine at 4.5ghz on air-cooled for years and never once had an overheating issue. There are definitely some performance gains to be had in terms of a more stable average FPS, but nothing that warrants an upgrade yet until games start utilizing more cores. Such a great chip
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That's an older gen chip, so overclocking that would make sense as there is FPS to squeeze from it. But if you take an already overpowered chip and overclock that for games, you'll barely notice any difference. In your case, that makes sense.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Examples?

A stable overclock is a stable overclock, I'm not talking about extreme overclocking here.
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No you always burn Silicon. the rate is determined by the extremity of the of the overclock
 
Magnum said:
No you always burn Silicon. the rate is determined by the extremity of the of the overclock
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The lifespan of a CPU however will generally always exceed it's usefulness. By the time it dies you'll have upgraded a long time ago, CPUs don't generally just die unless you really put them under excessive heat and/or voltage.
 
Magnum said:
No you always burn Silicon. the rate is determined by the extremity of the of the overclock
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Do you honestly keep CPUs for 10+ years? Regardless, in 1998 I got a Celeron 300A which runs to this day at 504 MHz - that's 18 years later with a 68 % overclock. Ironically this is an exception where a CPU WAS kept for more than 10 years, it's a retro gaming rig running Voodoo SLI for some old times sake. I've never run a CPU at stock speed, I've never seen the point. Even my dual Xeons have a hefty overclock.
 
[XC] Oj101;17558196 said:
Do you honestly keep CPUs for 10+ years? Regardless, in 1998 I got a Celeron 300A which runs to this day at 504 MHz - that's 18 years later with a 68 % overclock. Ironically this is an exception where a CPU WAS kept for more than 10 years, it's a retro gaming rig running Voodoo SLI for some old times sake. I've never run a CPU at stock speed, I've never seen the point. Even my dual Xeons have a hefty overclock.
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If you don't mind me asking: What do you use dual Xeon's for?
 
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