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I'm glad I started off not overclocking my 6700k with the intent of cranking up the clock over time in order to maintain the same performance with regard to sof
by soulofmischief 7y ago
I'm glad I started off not overclocking my 6700k with the intent of cranking up the clock over time in order to maintain the same performance with regard to software bloat and mitigations like these. I got lucky and can hit 5Ghz safely, with a base of 4Ghz.
Definitely jumping to AMD next time around though. My next upgrade was originally going to be dual Xeons but those Ryzen Pro 3000s are looking nice.
- Grangar 7y agoYeah I'm looking into upgrading my 6500 to a Ryzen 3 3600. It's a shame there's no B550 boards yet.
- ben-schaaf 7y agoFrom what we've seen so far B550 is pretty much just x470 (no PCIE4). And B450, B350 boards will do fine running a 3600. I don't really see a point waiting for B550.
- Grangar 7y agoIt's mostly just that I'm afraid I'll order a board that isn't on the latest bios, which will be a headache. And an excuse to postpone.
- wormslayer666 7y agoSome MSI motherboards (and maybe others?) have a "Flashback" feature to flash BIOS from a USB storage device without needing a CPU.
- frio 7y agoI was completely unaware of this feature, and blissfully saved by it when building a computer for a family member. It's a killer feature.
- soulofmischief 7y agoCan confirm, mine supports this.
- Grangar 7y agoOh nice, I had no idea. I might pull the trigger on black friday then.