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Yup, just got back from Microcenter with a 1700.
From what i see a way to go is 1700 because it overclocks as much as 1800x and saving almost $200.
Your thoughts?
What cooler came with the non-X 1700?
Some reach 3.9GHz with 1.35V while others struggle to get past 3.4...
Depends on your luck I guess.
I mean 3.4 across all cores. 3.7 boost speed is achieved by a couple of cores at stock while the other cores are idling.seems unlikely a processor with a 3.7ghz turbo clock would be unable to reach 3.4Ghz...
Some reach 3.9GHz with 1.35V while others struggle to get past 3.4
Would you share the links for those reviews that were not able to do 3.4GHz with 1.35V on a R7 1700?
Fake news! While there are definitely wide variations in 1700 overclocking abilities, and most will not overclock to 4.0 GHZ, I am sure all can reach 3.4 GHZ on all cores.
Fake news! While there are definitely wide variations in 1700 overclocking abilities, and most will not overclock to 4.0 GHZ, I am sure all can reach 3.4 GHZ on all cores.
Seems like if you are overclocking then the 1700 is the way to go. Once you overclock the XFR gets disabled. The chips from what I have seen are all very close in overclocked performance. Also, I don't like the voltage these chips seem to need to get to 4.0. 1.45v on a 14nm chip is frightening. Heck I'm only comfortable with 1.35v on my 2500K which is 32 nm.
I have a NH-D14 which is still a pretty darn good air cooler. I know it's a combination of temp and voltage that wears out the CPU, I'm just a bit skeptical of running that much through a 14 nm chip. Not saying you are wrong, just my gut says it's not a good idea if you want to run that chip for 5 years or so. I probably could get more out of my Sandy Bridge CPU, but I don't constantly want to be tinkering with things, I found a stable OC whit a 24 hour Prime test at lowish voltage and haven't had to touch it since then.1.45 Volt is still fine with a capable cooler if you don't mind shortening life span of the chip a bit.
I have a NH-D14 which is still a pretty darn good air cooler. I know it's a combination of temp and voltage that wears out the CPU, I'm just a bit skeptical of running that much through a 14 nm chip. Not saying you are wrong, just my gut says it's not a good idea if you want to run that chip for 5 years or so. I probably could get more out of my Sandy Bridge CPU, but I don't constantly want to be tinkering with things, I found a stable OC whit a 24 hour Prime test at lowish voltage and haven't had to touch it since then.