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    My i7 7700k Has Arrived - Insights, Benchies & Overclocks Inside (Now With Delid!)

    So I got a 7700k on my Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI with F20. Good news... everything works. I can crank up the multiplier to 50 if I want to, and the XMP profile for my 2x16GB 3200Mhz DDR4 RAM works without a hitch. I haven't seriously looked at OCing yet but that's soon. Good to see that overclocking...
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    My i7 7700k Has Arrived - Insights, Benchies & Overclocks Inside (Now With Delid!)

    Did they change the look of your BIOS in F20? Apparently in the F20 update for the Z170XP-SLI BIOS they changed the UEFI interface. Is there any word from Gigabyte support if they will fix this? If it's something they will fix in the future then I can bear using the 7700k at stock speeds until...
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    My i7 7700k Has Arrived - Insights, Benchies & Overclocks Inside (Now With Delid!)

    Really?! Where did you find this out??? I have a Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI and I was about to get a 7700k. Do you know if this is the case with all Z170 Gigabyte motherboards? If I can't overclock a 7700k, I think getting a 6700k might be a better option.