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Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-21 22:05:17
August 21 2015 22:03 GMT
#10581
6700k at 4.6 vs 5775c at 4.3 feels like pretty accurate comparison to me as both would sit around 1.4v and similar temps from what I've heard

In a lot of ways these new benchmarks do conflict with the information garnered from the chips given out at broadwell's launch so it is entirely possible that intel's 14nm process has gotten better in the 3 months
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-21 22:10:56
August 21 2015 22:10 GMT
#10582
but I thought that in order to fairly judge CPU's you needed to go down to silly low settings in order to find out what wins when the GPU plays no part.


You do, sometimes. It's better to test the games that are CPU heavy enough for you not to have to do that, though. I gave a short list above :D

also 1.4v sounds too high for skylake @4.6 - they seem better than that
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
August 21 2015 22:18 GMT
#10583
On initial release; (may/june) - people were having difficulty getting broadwell past 4.2 on Air - one notable chinese site literally fried their chip trying to go up to 4.3 at 1.45v - but I'm perfectly willing to believe that after 3 months and experience on 14nm that 4.2/4.3 at 1.4 is a reasonable expectation for broadwell

skylake has gotten 4.6/4.7s generally at 1.4v as far as I can tell cyro unless you've seen different

(this is talking about air setups with high end coolers)
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
August 21 2015 22:27 GMT
#10584
i'd say about the same, but maybe at a bit lower voltage (like 1.35) hard to say for sure. No data from community sampling or people like the guy who runs siliconlottery.com yet (which gave us a much, much better picture of haswell and DC)
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-21 22:39:47
August 21 2015 22:39 GMT
#10585
I mean I haven't even seen any 6700Ks yet (will probably bring that and a 970 + SSD with me to China and buy the rest of a computer there) for sale in the states
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
Firkraag8
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1006 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-21 22:44:39
August 21 2015 22:41 GMT
#10586
@Cyro, not enough websites include StarCraft in their tests anymore.. I'm really interested in seeing how 6700k would perform versus the 5775c at regular overclocks or stock after this discussion.. but yeah, doubt it'll happen. That picture you posted with a heavily overclocked broadwell versus a mildly overclocked skylake isn't really that terribly exciting and 5775c wasn't even inclued
Too weird to live, too rare to die.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-21 23:46:09
August 21 2015 23:39 GMT
#10587
That picture you posted with a heavily overclocked broadwell versus a mildly overclocked skylake isn't really that terribly exciting


Broadwell doesn't clock as high as Skylake. The sc2 pic i posted was with broadwell @4.5ghz vs skylake @4.7, which is more than fair. Also HT on a core core CPU doesn't affect sc2 at all

there have definately been conflicting reviews for skylake/broadwell, especially when different RAM speeds are used - but i'd rather have a 6600k/6700k than broadwell equivelant on a new system

that's why it's better to test the CPU monsters like sc2, ksp, WoW, total war, ashes of the singularity and such which will be CPU bound hard without having to use a tiny resolution and reduced settings


It's not really that sites don't test sc2 - though they really should - it's more so a general lack of testing CPU bound games. There are a lot of reviews testing mostly or almost entirely gpu limited games, which means either you need low res/settings benchmarks to show a difference between CPU's (4k and MSAA on a 980 won't show shit, linustechtips) or you won't see a difference at all. I just gave a short list there but there are more
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
IceHism
Profile Joined February 2010
United States1903 Posts
August 22 2015 00:04 GMT
#10588
What is the most recommended CAS and frequency for DDR4 ram that we should buy?
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
August 22 2015 00:51 GMT
#10589
3000c15 / 3200c16 is worlds better than 2133c15 (well, relatively ) and usually somewhat similar price
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-22 08:14:09
August 22 2015 08:07 GMT
#10590
I got some Crucial ballistix sport 2400c16

But I'm betting on being able to overclock. http://www.legitreviews.com/crucial-ballistix-sport-ddr4-2400mhz-32gb-memory-kit-review_151873/3


I'm honestly a bit clueless about RAM so i just got a kit which was well priced and had >relatively< high frequency

we'll see, i guess


edit: either way, my jump from a stock i5 4670 on a B85 board to a 6600k with a Z170 board was just to get a feeling of overclocking and how all of that works. it was tempting to mess around with blck overclocking on the B85 but I wasn't in the mood to damage anything or risk doing so

that processor will go to my sibling who wanted to build a new computer; win / win :D
maru lover forever
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-22 09:15:24
August 22 2015 09:08 GMT
#10591
Most of the lower clocked RAM is actually at 1.2v, so if you want to OC RAM then you could probably do a lot with it. It's just that RAM overclocking is both more complex and less rewarding than CPU/GPU OCing, so it's easier to tell people to spend $15 more to get a kit that's guaranteed to do it with a few clicks instead of requiring a few hours of testing (if you know what you're doing)

HF Incog :D

i'l probably join with skylake around the first half of next month. Considering doing siliconlottery pre-binned and even pre-delidded chip because 2.5 - 5% performance and better temps would be significant with the small margins coming from a 4.5ghz 4770k
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
ExChill
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany179 Posts
August 22 2015 12:35 GMT
#10592
Incognoto which motherboard did you choose? It's one of the things I'm not really sure about in my new build.

On August 21 2015 19:15 ExChill wrote:
New build with the i7-6700k.
Just want to make sure I didn't do any rookie mistakes / overlooked something.
The only thing I'm not really sure about is the motherboard, because there are so many different versions.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler (€69.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€164.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card
Case: Lian-Li PC-7HX ATX Mid Tower Case (€131.52 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer
Monitor: Eizo FG2421-BK 240Hz 23.5" Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)
Other: BenQ GL2450 (Purchased)
Total: €366.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-21 12:13 CEST+0200

As for the prices, I'm going to by everything at mindfactory (german vendor) where I'm at ~1300€ for the parts I don't already have.


Also, I saw Cyro's post about RAM, so I guess I should get something better there? Can you suggest something specific?
https://twitter.com/ExChill_
mantequilla
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Turkey781 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-22 12:54:47
August 22 2015 12:53 GMT
#10593
I saw many times here that samsung 840 is no no. What's the main difference between regular mobos and gaming editions?
Age of Mythology forever!
ExChill
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany179 Posts
August 22 2015 12:57 GMT
#10594
I got the 840 from my current system, I don't think I need a new one.
https://twitter.com/ExChill_
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
August 22 2015 13:14 GMT
#10595
840 and 840 evo have big issue, 840 pro does not so it's fine

@exchill just whatever has small heatspreaders (they're mostly dumb asthetic things that perform little to no function especially with ddr4, but can block CPU coolers from being installed if they're too big) and is at a decent clock speed out of the box unless you're a more advanced tweaker, 3000c15 is usually good. Not high end, but something that's actually solid to buy unlike 2133 c15
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
mantequilla
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Turkey781 Posts
August 22 2015 13:24 GMT
#10596
where does socket 2011's stand between haswell, broadwell and skylake? what are they good for?
Age of Mythology forever!
ExChill
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany179 Posts
August 22 2015 13:40 GMT
#10597
On August 22 2015 22:14 Cyro wrote:
840 and 840 evo have big issue, 840 pro does not so it's fine

@exchill just whatever has small heatspreaders (they're mostly dumb asthetic things that perform little to no function especially with ddr4, but can block CPU coolers from being installed if they're too big) and is at a decent clock speed out of the box unless you're a more advanced tweaker, 3000c15 is usually good. Not high end, but something that's actually solid to buy unlike 2133 c15


Thanks. I think I'm going with these (german link) then. Or are they too big?
https://twitter.com/ExChill_
ExChill
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany179 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-22 15:29:52
August 22 2015 15:03 GMT
#10598
I just check an Noctua's website (I'm getting the Noctua NH U14S) and it might block the first RAM slot.

Since I only need 2 RAM slots, can I also use the second and the fourth? Does it make any difference in comparison to using the first and the third slot, for example?

EDIT: I keep finding solutions for the questions I ask here. Should search better before I post the questions.

According to the motherboard guide it's even recommended to use the second and fourth slot.
https://twitter.com/ExChill_
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
August 22 2015 18:31 GMT
#10599
@Exchill

well I talked about it a bit on oc.net and sin from sin's hardware himself told me that vrm count isn't that super important anymore compared to before.

so i ended up going with a Z170M-D3H

just because gigabyte have a good reputation for bang for buck and i had no idea what else to get.
maru lover forever
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20323 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-22 18:54:16
August 22 2015 18:53 GMT
#10600
I just check an Noctua's website (I'm getting the Noctua NH U14S) and it might block the first RAM slot.


They should only block the RAM that have too tall things sticking out the top AFAIK. The exact measurement depends on the heatsink and RAM

something like this is just silly
[image loading]

think yours are fine, but not sure
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
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