5820k OC Potential

[Lepton87]

Today I received a package with the following items:

1.5820K
2.G.Skill 2666 DDR4 (very bad decision as it later turned but only after I made an order the e-tailer listed DDR 2400MHz for a whooping 40% less than what I payed for mine and they still can only much the best DDR3 if that.) They better OC well but I doubt it.
3.ASUS ROG RAMPAGE V Extreme. Yes I know I overpaid 80% for a board but I just fell in love with ROGs boards. I wanted Asus X99-WS but I figured it would only make sense for 4 graphics cards and I will limit myself to 3 cards.


What is the average OC potential for a 5820K? I've never returned an item because it was a bad clocker but if it can't get to at least 4.4GHz I'm going to return it. It's too expensive to keep a dud.
Do you think there's going to be a non-extreme 8C/16T version of broadwell-E? I bought such an expensive mobo thinking it's going to last me 2 generations of CPUs, but I won't pay 1000$ for an EE CPU.
ps. I know it is an off-topic question but can I transfer my RAID 0 Array of 2x3GB disks?

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Of course you know there's a "chip lottery" which may improve with later steppings and production runs. That being said . . .

I had seen a review of all three E processors compared, but can't find it at the moment. That review also gave the caveat about the lottery.

According to HardOCP's tests, you might be able to reach 4.7Ghz. It should be easier to cool as the review says, but I would opt for something a bit better than an AiO cooler. Even so, I'd seen these tests being run on a Corsair H110i.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014...5820k_overclocking_performance/1#.VEgbpcJ0yUk

The 5820K seems to have more potential than the 5930K, for which HardOCP was only able to reach 4.4 to 4.5. Of course, the prospects in sheer Mhz/Ghz are less for the octo-core 5960X.

I was SURE that there had been a similar Anandtech comparison, but it doesn't seem to be here. Instead, the tests were run on the octo-core model providing voltage and thermal details, but I can't find them for the 5820 and 5930K cores:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8426/...review-core-i7-5960x-i7-5930k-i7-5820k-tested

What's missing in the forums? Enough people who are buying Haswell-E components to post a "Post your i7-5820K [etc] overclock and settings" thread. There were plenty of such threads here when I built my 2600K system, and it was a rich source of information-sharing and advice.

Maybe it just takes a while. Unashamed -- I'm watching . . . for experienced guinea-pigs who post results.

Nothing wrong with rocking an ROG board, and I only remember once in 2007 when ASUS released a "flagship" board that fell short. Very likely you'll eliminate uncertainties with the Rampage.

No reason Intel wouldn't come out with a whole model-line for Broadwell-E, and I would expect it would run in the same socket -- maybe with BIOS upgrades. But there is no absolute guarantee. I just don't see them releasing only a Broadwell X.

On the RAID array(s). If they were created under Intel chipsets and SATA controllers, I'd think you can do that. Look for more detailed guidance from someone with more recent experience, but I'm pretty sure of it -- basically.

Even so, you might clone your arrays to single disks or back up the really big array(s). If the OS-system-disk can be cloned to a run-of-the-mill 1TB drive, you would have a backup and you'd be able to clone it back to large array.