Beginner Overclocking Question
Beginner Overclocking Question
I've finished gathering all my parts for the build and bought a 6700k. I've owned a laptop for about six years, mainly for gaming, and I'm not very familiar with overclocking. I chose a Hyper 212 EVO because I was planning to use an i5 6500 for affordability but ended up getting a good price on the 6700k. I understand that cooling is crucial for overclocking, so I'm curious about what performance I can achieve with the 6700k using a 212 EVO. Additionally, I'm thinking about whether water cooling would be beneficial or if it's better to start with a non-water cooled setup to get comfortable building a PC first.
Unless you have sufficient funds to spend, I wouldn't upgrade it to 6700k. It seems unlikely you could obtain a significantly lower price compared to the original cost. I believe achieving 6700k at a much reduced price is improbable. I previously overclocked a 6700k to 4.7 with an 212-evo cooler. Only custom water cooling offers substantial benefits over air cooling. Water AIO coolers are less efficient (1-3°C slower than air Noctua d15), they generate more noise, have shorter lifespans, and sometimes cheap water AIO models can leak. Most air coolers outperform inexpensive AIO water coolers in performance.
As @Makentox mentioned, unless you're using extreme water cooling, you won't see much improvement over a solid air cooler. The 6700k will outperform the 6500. You'll have an extra 2MB of cache, hyperthreading, and an 800Mhz higher base frequency (600Mhz boost). With Intel's binning, you should be able to achieve better results with the i7 compared to the i5.