was shown operating at 1.35V. That
is either one very special CPU or one
that was showing immense promise
which then had its IHS removed to
increase the overclocking headroom.
So no, the 5GHz CPU overclocking
days are not back unfortunately. It
doesn’t mean however that if you are
still on a Sandy-Bridge platform with a
5GHz CPU - that an upgrade is
pointless. Purely from a connectivity
point of view it is likely worth your
effort to look into the Z170
motherboards and the 6700K CPU.
Most high end motherboards, feature
two M.2 ports, some USB 3.1, newer
and better INTEL network controller
chips and better audio, NVMe support
and many more native USB 3.0 ports.
These are likely not available on your
present platform and even though you
have the 5GHz CPU clock, your
memory clock, is significantly lower
and so is the CPU IPC. Thus you’re
probably due for an upgrade and the
Core i7 6700K and Z170 motherboard
are perhaps the ideal time to make the
switch.
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For the ones that were using
Haswell systems, odds are you
already have a short upgrade cycle
and you’ll sooner, rather than
later upgrade in which case as
stated previously. Don’t expect a
fundamentally different experience
at all. Your performance will not
be rewarded in proportion to your
investment. This is perhaps what
leads us back to the 5820K and the
performance data.
As you can see, for the most part
in gaming, a standard 5820K is a
little behind what the 6700K delivers.
Mind you that the difference in
operating fre VV