CknSalad
Limp Gawd
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- May 27, 2014
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Thank you Blackreplica. I do not mind delidding the CPU, no problem.
I guess the only question I have left is if you guys think the upcoming 8700k would be a good match in the Dan case.
Most of my software synthesizers do benefit from multithreading. Dune 2 for example uses multithreading to great advantage, which is why I thought it might be useful to wait for the new hexacore Intel 8700k chip.
All this is still pretty new to me, so forgive me if my question is naive, but: Will the 8700k be that much more of a wattage guzzler than the 7700k that the thermals will be un-useable when overclocked even if delidded & well cooled in the Dan case?
I suppose we'll have to wait and find out, but I thought someone here might have some insight on that. If speed and multicore processing are both equally important, should I just build now with the 7700k or wait for the 8700k? I am hoping thermals between the two would be similar, which would mean waiting for Coffee Lake would be the best choice. I do not currently have a motherboard, so buying the one for the new 8th Gen socket when it becomes available would be a non-issue.
Thanks again for your time.
I would wait for the 8700K reviews to come out. Heck, if you need a pc now, you could just go with an 8-core Ryzen 1700 and pair it with 3000-3200mhz ram (get the G. Skill Trident-Z or Flare-X models). You do not have to worry about delidding your Ryzen as well since the cpu is soldered.
8700K will be based on an even more improved 14nm node process and will have wattage similar to the Ryzen 1600 and it is using ring-bus architecture (same as 7700K and better than mesh in gaming due to lower latency). Clockspeeds are unknown, but I am guessing all 6-core boost of probably 4.2-4.4 GHz realistically. As for the TIM, I am guessing that you will most likely have to delid.