Yea,they noted only 2 pcs.

Why the majority 4790k reviews that i read all praise on the 'new' TIM but in fact it only cool down to 4-6'C when head to head comparison (same clock and voltage)? They self satisfy or what? In fact a delid 4770k can give 10-20'C improvement? They tends to forgot the solder is much better than that.

For some of us, every degree is still an improvement, better than nothing. Maybe at 4.5GHz previously they couldn't get the 4770K to run stable below Tjmax but now it is possible with the 4790K. So they were just satisfied at 4.5 OC. Somehow I must agree with you that soldered TIM is much better than the TIM found on Haswell and DC CPUs. Cost-cutting, time saving or whatever that we don't know. DC is not a perfect chip. For greedy me, I aim for 5.0GHz figure for 24/7. I feel bad with the number 4 lol. Looks like I am going to be disappointed by this DC OC. mem OC on DC is slightly better than Haswell by 100-200MHz.

This post has been edited by owikh84: Jun 17 2014, 12:08 PM

First retail appear.......batch L336D106......almost same as ES......(L336D081).....year 2013....

http://www.overclock.net/t/1490324/the-int...0#post_22445964

Edit:

I expected batch L42xx.....(year 2014).

This post has been edited by stasio: Jun 20 2014, 08:13 PM

Second retail 4790K spotted (Denmark)....L418C133 ( April/May 2014 )....

http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?p=316092#post316092

Edit:
Other retail 4790K spotted (Germany)....L418C134/L418C133

Nice chip ..from Germany also...(L336D106)



This post has been edited by stasio: Jun 22 2014, 01:31 AM

Nice chip indeed. I heard cstkl1 has it as well. Have been waiting for his results impatiently.

4790K delidded...:



http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthrea...8606730&page=11

Finally at home.......



My 4790K with latest LinX topped on 78C..... at stock voltage.

CPU Vcore is 1.200V and CPU VID is 1.183V.




Let's start to set manually........

4.7 GHz @ 1.230V SPI32



going for more.....

This post has been edited by stasio: Jun 27 2014, 10:45 PM

Fast shot.......=> 5GHz @ 1.41V....at least I know is booting.......

Seems like a good chip you got there stasio.

Haha, I already saw better then my.....
Btw,

CPU-Z validation...5GHz @ 1.350V........(in Windows)

CPU-Z Validator 4.0

unstable

So far stable on 4.9 @ 1.37V.....



http://valid.canardpc.com/dgbj8s

This post has been edited by stasio: Jun 29 2014, 10:13 AM

Ouch. No 5.0 stable not good. Sell it and buy another chip

Haha....waiting for L420 batch.......

Edit:
Where is your Devil?

This post has been edited by stasio: Jun 29 2014, 10:51 AM

Waiting for money
No worries I will be here until Intel stops releasing LGA lol

is there a beginner/cheap setup? never overclock before
want to get a hand at g3258
ideal tech says that they will get it next weeks

This post has been edited by roimekoi: Jun 29 2014, 08:45 PM

The G3258 is a good CPU for its price. It has an excellent overclocking ability.
However its dual cores will bottleneck multi-threaded apps and games.
It's aimed at those who want to build an affordable HTPC, document typing, torrenting, net surfing, etc.

ordered meself 4790K and giga gaming 7

never played with intel since P4 days..thats long ago

cant wait to play with it

Wow congrats mate. Don't forget to share your OC results here.

thanks

lets see how it goes

Yea.....congrats....
GB gaming 7 is so far most selling board.