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[darqsyde]

Looks like it might be.

http://www.anandtech...ors-coming-soon

This could be a boon to those with limited budgets, and a willingness to OC.

It could very much bring the i3 into a very competitive position for MWO use.

Also...Intel...Y U NO i3K?

[Peter2k]

While I certainly like
It's also only on Skylake CPU's (as far as I read about it)

[darqsyde]

It may only be on Skylake CPUs, but it's a start.

If a Skylake i3 could get up to @4GHz, it would almost certainly be enough to run MWO in decent fashion. And a @4Ghz clock could be had from a 6100 with a 9-10Mhz speed bump, which should be quite easy to achieve, and simple to cool.

I just like that this is possible(again).

[Goose]

darqsyde, on 14 December 2015 - 01:39 PM, said:

If a Skylake i3 could get up to @4GHz, it would almost certainly be enough to run MWO in decent fashion.

"Almost certainly" isn't the phrase I'd use, but I could get behind the idea.

[darqsyde]

Goose, on 14 December 2015 - 03:06 PM, said:

"Almost certainly" isn't the phrase I'd use, but I could get behind the idea.

I said "decent", not great, not excellent. But reasonably good.

[Flapdrol]

The i3 6100 is the cheaper variant and it already runs at 3.7 stock, 4 isn't much of an overclock.

It should run mwo very well.

[Vxheous]

I would say if you are on a limited budget, do not overclock, period. Simply put, if you overclock and burn out your processor/motherboard/etc, you will be out of a computer since you were functioning on a limited budget to begin with. This is coming from someone that has overclocked his last 4 computers (currently running a i5 3570K @ 4.6Ghz). If my components get wrecked due to my overclocking, I have the means to go to the computer store the next day and pick up new parts.

[Flapdrol]

Last 3 times I had a broken pc it had nothing to do with overclocking, the extra risk of a modest overclock is near 0.

[GweNTLeR]

Why would any1 actually prefer i3+ OC motherboard over i5+ simple motherboard in the first place?

[Flapdrol]

It's very likely you'll also have simple motherboards with overclocking.