I just built a new PC and wanted to show off the overclock I was able to pull with a non-binned i7-8700k that I pre-ordered from B&H about a month ago. Here are the reliant specs of the system:
i7-8700k
ASUS STRIX Z370-E
Fractal Celsius S36 AIO (using the pre-applied thermal paste on the unit)
2x8GB TridentZ RGB DDR4-3200MHz 16-18-18-38
SeaSonic Focus 850W Plus Gold
Here are the settings for the overclock:
Sync all cores 5.1GHz
No AVX offset
LLC Level 6
VCore Manual/1.3V
VRM Spectrum: Disabled
Speedstep: Disabled
Current limits maxed (as I really don't care how much power it uses)
The system is stable after 3 runs of Cinebench where I got an average score of ~1673 and the system remained stable after 3 hours of AIDA 64 where the temperature peaked at 82C. This is a little hot especially considering the low voltage and the air coming out of the case still felt very cool. I think this is due to me using the pre-applied thermal paste that came with the Celsius S36, and I have ordered some Arctic Silver 5 and will be applying it when it comes in.
Let me know about your overclocking success with Coffee Lake down below. I think I really won the silicon lottery with this one. Just as a little note, the system was also stable at 5GHz with 1.28v.
i7-8700k
ASUS STRIX Z370-E
Fractal Celsius S36 AIO (using the pre-applied thermal paste on the unit)
2x8GB TridentZ RGB DDR4-3200MHz 16-18-18-38
SeaSonic Focus 850W Plus Gold
Here are the settings for the overclock:
Sync all cores 5.1GHz
No AVX offset
LLC Level 6
VCore Manual/1.3V
VRM Spectrum: Disabled
Speedstep: Disabled
Current limits maxed (as I really don't care how much power it uses)
The system is stable after 3 runs of Cinebench where I got an average score of ~1673 and the system remained stable after 3 hours of AIDA 64 where the temperature peaked at 82C. This is a little hot especially considering the low voltage and the air coming out of the case still felt very cool. I think this is due to me using the pre-applied thermal paste that came with the Celsius S36, and I have ordered some Arctic Silver 5 and will be applying it when it comes in.
Let me know about your overclocking success with Coffee Lake down below. I think I really won the silicon lottery with this one. Just as a little note, the system was also stable at 5GHz with 1.28v.