Review on Intel I7 6700 FC LGA14C Processor BX80662I76700 by Jnis Avoti ᠌

Advice (for the z170 chipset): 1) Choose the cheapest stone and, on an outdated BIOS (in which overclocking is enabled, which Intel recently sawed out of greed again), drive up to 4.0-4.4 Hz to obtain the best price/quality ratio (if no specific applications requiring AVX instructions or integrated graphics are required). 2) Overclock the 6600K to the same frequencies as the 6700K. If you don't need 8 threads, the price is lower and the performance is nearly the same. 3) If 8 threads are required and apps like to consume 3lvl cache, take the 6700K and overclock it to 4.4–4.6 (in stock, for example, boost on 4 cores is only 4.0, while 4.2 mentioned everywhere is only for single-threaded loads per core). If you don't have any financial restrictions, I encourage applications for games in reverse order of recommendation. The stone itself isn't horrible, but compared to the previous generation, the rise is just from 5 to 15%, the temperature is somewhat lower, and this isn't much help when using an abhorrent normal paste. The cost is comparable to the previous generation or slightly cheaper, but it is the highest in the Skylake range, making the purchase less profitable. It takes 4.7 to 5.0 minutes for a typical under-the-scalp overclocking with oil and water. The safe voltage according to the Intel specification is -1.52, therefore in essence, the temperature will be your limiting factor. The stone doesn't produce much heat when it is in stock, and the cheapest air vent will do (temperature throttling begins at 100 degrees), but it is preferable to use the average choice for a little overclocking (you didn't spend $350 or more for nothing, after all).