信仰值满满！华硕ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING主板深度体验
Intel的B360主板芯片无论从定价还是功能来讲都是不带K的第八代酷睿绝配。不过，对于选择不带K酷睿处理器（也就意味着不追求极致超频）的用户来讲，出色的使用体验和稳定性就是选主板的第一诉求，因此在买B360主板的时候就不能一味追求“能用就好”、“越便宜越好”。华硕的ROG STRIX系列主板一向以满满的信仰、出色的设计、优质的用料以及强大的功能而闻名，而新推出的B360系列主板则堪称平民法拉利，其中有一款ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING更是最近非常火的电竞爆款中板，一起来体验一下吧。
参考价格：799元
信仰加身+潮牌气质，力量与颜值兼得的B360电竞中板
电竞潮牌，个性犀利
主板正反面都喷涂了玩家国度电竞图腾
整体视觉效果非常统一，信仰值和档次感都很出色
ROG STRIX今年新推出的系列主板产品在外观方面有了新的变化，无论是配色、散热片外观设计还是电竞图腾的加入，都展现出强烈的电竞潮牌气质。
其实纵观市面上的主板产品，新版ROG STRIX主板在电竞美学方面的境界的确要略胜一筹。华硕的设计师对于主板视觉效果的整体性把握得非常好，能够把主板MOS散热片和MCH散热片、PCB、插槽等视觉主体的造型与配色都设计得浑然一体，相比有些品牌的主板采用大量看上去酷炫的元素来进行堆砌，各元素之间显得特别违和，整体视觉十分“土嗨”的做法要高明太多了。
MATX架构的ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING整体采用黑红配色，颇具特色的电竞图腾文字覆盖了主板PCB正反面和散热片的表面，主板I/O装甲、MOS和MCH散热片突出了ROG STRIX系列斜纹切割与曲面相结合的视觉元素，整体质感相当出色。此外，ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING也支持AURA SYNC神光同步，还提供了一个扩展RGB灯带的插座，打造灯效主机不在话下。
总而言之，ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING充分展现了全新ROG STRIX系列主板的潮牌气质，犀利的视觉设计让电竞玩家难以抗拒。
贴心设计，护航电竞
尺寸远超普通B360主板的MOS散热器，可以提供更出色的散热效果与稳定性
标配ROG豪华旗舰同款一体式I/O面板，不但方便安装，防护能力也更好
不要认为ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING时尚的外观设计只是为了好看，其实从细节来看，每一项设计都有它的设计意义。
全新的ROG STRIX系列主板全部采用了一体式I/O面板设计，ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING也不例外。这样设计的好处除了安装方便之外，也大大增强了主板抗静电的能力，而且仅从做工和质感来看，ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING采用的一体式I/O面板也远超很多普通金属I/O面板。
观察地比较仔细的玩家可能会发现，ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING的MOS散热片除了做工精致之外，体积也远超很多普通B360主板。其实这样的设计也是经过严谨考量的，目前针对酷睿i5 8400以上电竞级处理器的风冷散热器基本上没有直吹式的产品（水冷就更不用说了），也就意味着很难照顾到MOS管的散热，而ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING采用更大尺寸的MOS散热片，则可以保证玩家在使用高端处理器时，供电电路的工作温度更低，从而提供更好的稳定性和耐久度。普通B360主板就不会考虑这么多了，只要质保期内不挂可能就是它们的目标。
电竞神技，先发制人
既然定位电竞玩家，ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING当然有强悍的黑科技。首先，它支持Supreme FX电竞音效，支持Sonic StudioⅢ音效管理和声波雷达3代功能，其中声波雷达堪称FPS电竞神器，它可以在游戏中用雷达箭头的方式显示音源方向，不管是玩《绝地求生》还是《CS:GO》都可以实现看“声”辨位，先发制人。其次，ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING板载了Intel i219V千兆网卡，并支持GameFirstⅣ游戏低延迟技术，智能分配网络带宽，优先传输游戏数据包，大大降低网络对战延迟，在战斗中获得先机。
总而言之，选择ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING绝非只是买了一块B360主板，玩家实际上还获得了强大而实用的电竞功能，这也是廉价的B360主板无法相比的。
性能实测：实力强悍不输豪华Z370
ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING是一款采用MATX中板设计的B360主板，但它的做工完全可以与豪华大板Z370比肩，所以我们也想看看ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING和豪华版Z370在使用同样配件的情况下是否会因为定位不同带来性能差异。
处理器：Core i7 8700K
内存：金士顿DDR4 2666 8GB×2
主板：华硕ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING
豪华版Z370
显卡：GTX1080Ti
硬盘：金士顿HyperX 240GB
电源：航嘉MVP P850
操作系统：Windows 10 64bit专业版
SiSoftware Sandra
ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING
豪华版Z370
算数处理器
213.2 GOPS
213.8 GOPS
多媒体性能
623.99 MPixel/s
623.18 MPixel/s
Cinebench R15
ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING
豪华版Z370
视频格式转换（格式工厂）
ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING
豪华版Z370
MKV to MP4100MB/HEVC（H.265）（时间越短越好）
ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING
豪华版Z370
游戏性能测试（1080P/极高画质）
ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING
豪华版Z370
《影子武士2》
《古墓丽影：崛起》
178.03 fps
177.08 fps
《奇点灰烬》
CPU平均帧率
从实测情况来看，ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING可以完全发挥Core i7 8700K处理器的性能，在所有的测试中和豪华版的Z370并没有什么区别。也就是说，除了超频功能之外，使用ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING适配任何一款第八代酷睿处理器都和豪华版Z370没有区别，玩家如果想打造一套性能强劲、稳定耐用的电竞主机，那选择ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING也是一个省心的方案。
爆款B360电竞配置推荐
酷睿i5 8500
芝奇DDR4 2666 8GB×2
华硕ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING
华硕DUAL GeForce GTX1060-O6G
惠普EX900 250GB
航嘉 GX600P
航嘉HYPER 550
这是一套非常典型的爆款电竞主机配置，华硕ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING和酷睿i5 8500的组合很好地兼顾了性能和价格，配合华硕DUAL GeForce GTX1060-O6G显卡可以轻松应付1080P游戏大作需求，高画质60fps流畅吃鸡没有压力。此外，ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING提供的声波雷达也能大大增加吃鸡几率，GameFirst网络低延迟技术也让游戏更加流畅，这些都是普通B360主板无法提供的。
工程师总结：就算不超频，主板也得买好点
可能有很多玩家会认为，不玩超频，用不着买很好的主板，随便选块便宜的B360就好。其实，就算不玩超频，选主板也不能马虎，因为主板的做工用料、很多细节设计都会直接影响到你的使用体验。华硕ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING以主流的定价，提供了豪华信仰级主板的用料、设计、稳定性与电竞功能，不但可以让玩家用起来很省心，还能大大提升电竞对战的体验，这些都是普通B360主板无法提供的，这也是一线品牌好主板的价值所在。
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今日搜狐热点《赛博朋克2077》E3演示配置曝光：1080Ti显卡+32GB内存
作者：petermatt
发布于 19:43:41
CDPR全新原创大作《赛博朋克2077》根据桌游《赛博朋克2020》打造。本届E3正式公布全貌和游戏视频引发反响，随着确认E3演示的确为实机运行外，CDRP社区经理“Alicja”通过游戏官方论坛公布了该演示的配置信息。
E3演示配置：
CPU：Intel i7-Ghz
主板：ASOS ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING
内存：G.SKILL RIPJAWS V, 2X16GB, 3000Mhz, CL15
显卡: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX1080Ti
SSD硬盘: SAMSUNG 960 PRO 512GB M.2 PCIe
机箱电源: CORSAIR SF600 600W
不过Alicja并未公布所采用的画质选项，但分辨率按照当时发布的视频来看应该是4K分辨率，至于帧数、画面细节还不得而知，保守估计至少是30帧。
虽然E3演示配置比较高，但正如开发游戏所采用的开发机配置那样，最终正式版的PC版配置肯定会进行优化。《赛博朋克2077》目前已经积极开展本地化工作，其中中国版除了中文字幕，还会有中文配音。
游戏因为设定在人类可以随意装备机械的背景，玩家可以不限性别、属性设定自己的主角，更可以不限性取向与多角色展开调情恋爱，而且还有裸露元素。
“白狼”官方御用COSER、特技演员Ben的主角V摄影被官方列为收藏品
游戏除了PC平台，还将登陆Xbox One，PS4平台，敬请期待。
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So I've had this discussion with a couple people, and it has been said that the reason Intel hasn't released a 4C/8T processor with Coffee Lake is that it would make the 6C/6T i5 processors pointless, because the Hyperthreading on 4 cores would equal 2 extra real cores.
I've even see people here on the forums say this.
But I don't believe Hyperthreading is that efficient, so I decided to test if a 4C/8T processor would match a 6C/6T.
Mainly to settle an argument between me and a coworker, but I figured I'd share the results here.
Test Bed Setup:
Intel i7-8700K @ 4.8GHz on all Cores
Hyprethreading disabled in the BIOS for 6C/6T tests
2 Cores disabled in the BIOS and Hyperthreading enabled in the BIOS for 4C/8T tests
2 Cores disabled in BIOS and Hyperthreading disabled in BIOS for 4C/4T tests
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The Tests I did:
Cinebench R15 ST: Pretty self explanatory.
For this test I ran the &Single Core& test, which only uses a single thread to render the image.
Ran 3 times on each configuration and averaged the scores from the 3 runs.
The result is the average score.
Cinebench R15 MT: Pretty self explanatory.
For this test I ran the test normally, which uses multiple threads to render the image, matching the number of threads use to the number of threads available on the CPU.
Also, ran 3 times on each configuration and averaged the scores from the 3 runs.
The result is the average score.
HWBOT X265 Benchmark: Another pretty self explanatory test.
Again, ran 3 times, and averaged the FPS of the 3 runs.
For this test I took 456 random MP3s with different bitrates and use dBPoweramp to batch convert them all using LAME Variable Bitrate Q-2.
The result is the encoding speed based on CD-ROM speeds.
So an encode speed of 1x would be the speed of a 1x CD-ROM(150KB/s), 2x would be the speed of a 2x CD-ROM(300KB/s), etc.
7zip Compress/Decompress:
I ran the benchmark in 7zip version 18.01.
I let it run until 10 passes had completed.
The results is the MIPS after the 10 runs.
Intel Burn Test: I did 3 runs of Intel Burn Test v2.54 using the standard settings. I averaged the results of the 3 runs.
The results are the average GFLOPS.
I should note that I didn't do any game tests because I don't believe the GTX1060 is a strong enough GPU to properly do game CPU tests, and I don't have a stronger GPU available right now.
Plus, except for a few rare titles, adding threads beyond 4 either by HT or real cores doesn't really boost performance anyway.
I also purposely picked tests that are definitely Multi-threaded.
Conclusion:
To me it is pretty clear that in multi-threaded work loads, the 6 real cores outperform the 4C/8T.
Hyperthreading just does not provide the performance boost needed to match a 50% increase in core count.
Edit: However, after doing the 4C/4T tests, I have to actually admit that Hyperthreading added more performance than I was expecting in some of the tests.
I expected HT to add about 25% performance, which we do see in the X265 test, but I was surprised to see over 40% increased in performance.
I also realize that this is a slightly flawed test due to the cache on the i7-8700k.
The 6C/6T processors only have 9MB of L3(or 1.5MB per core) while my 8700K has 12MB and the 4C/4T processors currently have 8MB of L3, meaning the 4C/8T processor would also likely have 8MB(or 2MB per core).
The extra cache of the 8700K is going to boost the numbers for both 4C/8T and 6C/6T slightly, but it is probably boosting the 6C/6T just a little more.
However, I don't believe this actually makes a significant difference.
Edit: This is another area where I have to kind of rethink things.
While I still think that the cache likely didn't make a large difference.
I actually think that it may be helping the Hyperthreading more than I originally thought, to the point where it may actually be a wash.
Hyperthreading needs a lot of cache.
At the end of the day, the more threads you have the more cache you need.
So having 12MB will likely be more beneficial to a processor with 8 Threads than one with 6.
That is just what I'm thinking, I could be wrong, but in the end I don't believe the difference cache size made any significant difference.
Edit: This is hopefully the last edit unless I decide to run more tests and add more data.
I wanted to address the single threaded test.
I added that because in the past there has been talk about how Hyperthreading hurts single threaded performance, even recommendations to disabled it to boost performance, especially in games. So, really, I was just curious how it behaves on modern processors.
You can take away from it that, yes, it does slightly lower single threaded performance.
It can be said that less than 1.5% difference is probably within margin or error.
However, I will say that the scores were extremely consistent in this test.
As I pointed out, I ran Cinebench 3 times on each configuration.
For the 4C/4T test the score was 204-204-204.
All three times, it ran and gave the exact same score.
The 6C/6T test was the exact same story, 206-206-206, the same score all 3 runs.
The only test that wasn't perfectly consistent was the 4C/8T test, it gave scores of 200-202-201, still pretty darn consistent.
So I can say that I'm confident in saying that Hyperthreading does slightly reduce single threaded performance.
However, I would not recommend ever disabling it at this point.
The very minor performance impact is not going to be noticeable.
However, the loss in multi-threaded performance will definitely be noticed.
And it is just not worth the hassle to go into the BIOS regularly to disable and enable Hyperthreading.
Finally, if there is one thing these test do show, it is that on a 4 Core processor, Hyperthreading provides a definite noticeable performance boost in multi-threaded workloads.
To me, it seems foolish that Intel didn't release the 8th Gen i3 lineup without Hyperthreading and left no real spot in the product lineup to add 4C/8T processors.
Even if it was only the i3-8350K that had Hyperthreading, and the lower i3 processors didn't, that at least should have been done.
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Even though I knew this and it IS super obvious if you know a bit of how things work under the hood, its nice to see the numbers.
HT will always play second fiddle in performance, because it shares core resources and only works if those resources aren't saturated in any way. It also adds overhead that you don't get when threads run on a physical core.
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I think typically the 6/6 wins out but the real issue is few Intel 4/8 & 6/6 are apples to apples as often the 4/8 are higher clocked like the 7700k to current 6/6 coffee lake like the 8400 or soon to be released 8500.
Obviously that will changed down the road.
It really depends on the exact CPU options and their intended use but I love the tests you posted!
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I've always kind of looked at HT as a way to add an inch to your epeen.
However I would like to see compared with AMD as well even if just to see a 2% difference.
Thanks bro... Nice to see.
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Nice test, I would like to see the same methodology teste on a Ryzen, just to see the SMT scaling compared to HT.
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I think typically the 6/6 wins out but the real issue is few Intel 4/8 & 6/6 are apples to apples as often the 4/8 are higher clocked like the 7700k to current 6/6 coffee lake like the 8400 or soon to be released 8500.
Obviously that will changed down the road.
It really depends on the exact CPU options and their intended use but I love the tests you posted!
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Yeah, the clock speed is definitely a thing to consider, but I just wanted to show the affects of HT vs 2 extra cores.
Which is why I left the CPU clock the same.
Plus, the 7700k is clocked higher than the 8400 because they are two different product classes.
The 7700K was the high end aimed at enthusiasts processor, the 8400 is a mid-range that isn't aimed at enthusiasts.
A more accurate comparison would be between the i7-7700(non-k) and i5-8400.
In that case, the clock speed difference is only 200MHz, and I believe that difference will be 0 with the i5-8500 and the i5-8600(non-k) will actually be clocked 200MHz faster than the i7-7700.
And while I'd normally say that in this forum most of us are overclockers, so the 4C/8T processor might actually be a better overclocker and that is worth considering.
However, with Coffee Lake, it seems the 4C processors just aren't hitting the clock speeds the 6C processors are.
And maybe that points to a yield issue with the first batch of 4C Coffee Lake processors?
I don't konw.
That could very well be why HT was disabled on those processors in the first place, to improve yields, especially on the first run.
Nice test, I would like to see the same methodology teste on a Ryzen, just to see the SMT scaling compared to HT.
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If I had a Ryzen system to test with, I'd totally do it.
And now that I think about it, I really wish I would have done the test with 4C/4T too, to see exactly how much HT really adds.
I might just go back tonight and do that and update the chart.
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My curiosity got the better from me and i've tried the cinebench, and the x265 test on a T and 6c/6T. (same method of three run).
Cinebench :
6c/6T : 793
4c/8T : 757
4c/8T : 20,08
my sample might be too small, but i wasn't expecting a gap so small in cinebench. Meanwhile the scaling of SMT on x265 seems similar to HT, only better by roughly 3%.
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I'm skeptical and think the Cache has something to do with it, but like you said, it shouldn't be that much!
Any way you can disable cache and test the same core configuration?
In any case... nice work
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I'm skeptical and think the Cache has something to do with it, but like you said, it shouldn't be that much!
Any way you can disable cache and test the same core configuration?
In any case... nice work
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Unfortunately, I don't know of any way to adjust the cache size.
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Hyperthreading on 4 cores would equal 2 extra real cores
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Well, you shut'em up for good.
HT performance is quite volatile, and really performs best where there are sufficieint memory or I/O stalls to take advantage of it.
I would never pick HT over real cores.
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Hyperthreading on 4 cores would equal 2 extra real cores. I've even see people here on the forums say this.
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I got to say , that is some flawless logic.
They found the secret formula.
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I updated the original post with 4C/4T results as well as adding in a single threaded test to the mix just to satisfy my curiosity.
I also added a second chart that show the actual percentage difference.
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Thanks for the update.
Hard numbers to sell support anecdotal knowledge most of us “knew” about single thread and HT is great!!
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You're spot on. 6c/6t & 4c/8t, though not by much. HT works really well on 4c CPUs.
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If i may make a suggestion to OP: have you considered doing these tests while there's something else running in the background? What exactly, i leave to you, but suggest you choose something that is a bit CPU / cache &heavy& while doing the tests mentioned in OP.
The purpose is to figure out how much, if any, is the performance hit. I'd expect the biggest hit will obviously go for the 4c/8t but, how much? That's the question!
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If i may make a suggestion to OP: have you considered doing these tests while there's something else running in the background? What exactly, i leave to you, but suggest you choose something that is a bit CPU / cache &heavy& while doing the tests mentioned in OP.
The purpose is to figure out how much, if any, is the performance hit. I'd expect the biggest hit will obviously go for the 4c/8t but, how much? That's the question!
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I actually thought about this.
The problem was I couldn't come up with something that would run in the background that didn't just try to eat up all the CPU.
I thought about having a video encode running in the background, but that just loads the CPU to 100% by itself.
I couldn't really find anything that could consistently load down the CPU, but also was happy to share the CPU and didn't use the CPU to 100%.
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I'd be very interested in 6c/6t on DDR4 3000 vs 6c/12t on DDR4 2133.
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Fast slower than the hare.
It's always going to come down to the application.
If the application can saturate 12 logical processors, a 6c/12t processor is going to finish it faster than 6c/6t and any number of reduced cores.
If the application cannot then fewer, higher clocked logical processors will be faster.
Encoding falls gaming usually falls in the latter group.
I actually thought about this.
The problem was I couldn't come up with something that would run in the background that didn't just try to eat up all the CPU.
I thought about having a video encode running in the background, but that just loads the CPU to 100% by itself.
I couldn't really find anything that could consistently load down the CPU, but also was happy to share the CPU and didn't use the CPU to 100%.
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When you set it to &use at most 60%,& it pulses the CPU so it only uses 60% of the available clocks by rapidly swapping between thread run and wait states.
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It's always going to come down to the application. If the application can saturate 12 logical processors, a 6c/12t processor is going to finish it faster than 6c/6t and any number of reduced cores. If the application cannot then fewer, higher clocked logical processors will be faster. Encoding falls gaming usually falls in the latter group.
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Even then, with encoding it can come down to what you are encoding.
When I do encoding on my main rig, 720p and higher will use 100% of the CPU when doing x265 encoding.
But if I do DVD rip encodes at 480p it only uses between 60 and 80% of the CPU, it jumps around.
BOINC. When you set it to &use at most 60%,& it pulses the CPU so it only uses 60% of the available clocks by rapidly swapping between thread run and wait states.
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Yeah, that might work.
I was also thinking of F@H set to use half the available threds to keep the usage at 50%.
I might have to consider this later when I have more time to re-do all the tests.
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Even then, with encoding it can come down to what you are encoding.
When I do encoding on my main rig, 720p and higher will use 100% of the CPU when doing x265 encoding.
But if I do DVD rip encodes at 480p it only uses between 60 and 80% of the CPU, it jumps around.
Yeah, that might work.
I was also thinking of F@H set to use half the available threds to keep the usage at 50%.
I might have to consider this later when I have more time to re-do all the tests.
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Suggest you pick one of the tests. Then, if the difference justifies it VS no program in the background, do the rest.
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Very nice to see the numbers behind something like this.
My initial hunch was that the hyperthreading wouldn't help so much, but turns out that it does and that's why a 4c8t cpu is such a threat for a 6c6t in terms of marketshare.
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Very nice to see the numbers behind something like this.
My initial hunch was that the hyperthreading wouldn't help so much, but turns out that it does and that's why a 4c8t cpu is such a threat for a 6c6t in terms of marketshare.
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I really don't think the 4c/8t is close enough to the 6c/6t results to threaten it's marketshare.
There is still a pretty significant gap between the two.
If we assume the 4c/8t part was a little more expensive than the 8350k and cost about $200, the 8600k is $250 and I think the extra $50 is worth it if you do a lot of multi-threaded work.
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For the typical gamer type the 6 core 6 thread 8600K is perfectly adequate and should be for several years.
It also can clock very high.
Plenty of people on Overclock.net are in the 5.0Ghz+ range with it.
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For the typical gamer type the 6 core 6 thread 8600K is perfectly adequate and should be for several years. It also can clock very high. Plenty of people on Overclock.net are in the 5.0Ghz+ range with it.
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Pretty much all of those have delidded. 5.0 is easy with delid and proper paste - It can be archieved with very cheap air cooling. It's much harder and impossible on some without delid - This is why many settles with 4.7-4.8 GHz.
I've seen several 8700K's and 8600K's hit TJ MAX using 240-280mm AIO (H110's + H115i with PERFORMANCE preset + a few Noctua NH-D14/D15) ... Same CPU's did 5.2 and 5.3 after, with much much lower temps (around 75-85C avg load during burn in vs 100C+ aka throttling before)
This is how bad Intel's TIM is (the GAP does not help). USELESS for serious OC.
Delidding is a must if you want decent overclocks with good temps. Sad but true. Some people on this forum does not agree tho (LOL) ... Ask if Intel's TIM is good on overclock.net and see what people will say. 90% or more have delidded. And for good reason.
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