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some benchmark scores would help

Why are you using K version CPU on a B-chipset mothetboard?

Has ARM finally caught up to Intel in terms of mobile performance?

Nope

The E5-26XX v2 in dual cpu config will score about 2000-2800 in cinebench R15. If video editing or VMing is your main purpose, then they will do better than a single 2700X or 8700K. They work with DDR3 ECC RAMs that you can buy pretty cheaply so you can run a config with 64GB-128GB ECC RAM. The...

the sabertooth series usually come with some sort of armor plate and vrm heatsink fan. i'd take off the plates and inspect the board to see if its clean & free of burn marks, etc. before I power it up. clean up the dusts as they tend to build up under the cover. if you're too lazy to do...

well, yeah, they've bumped up the prices quite a big since then, even the new releases are out of stock at the moment

are you getting BSOD'd or just restart? I would try a new PSU or atleast RMA it if I were you. If your pc is in a room full of electronics, make sure you are not overloading the house circuit that your pc plugged in

If I buy a brand new pc right now i'd go for 4k spec'd

If you can find one at MSRP then yes, I've seen these 9900k price jacked up to $900 tho I'd doubt if they'll sell at that price. For that kind of price you can get a decent Xeon v3 with X99 mobo, which I've found are great alternatives if you know how to unlock all-core turbo

that's a good overclock

Seems normal to me, chat overlays uses cpu video playback is usually offloaded to graphics card's video engine

Well, yea, ok I'm glad we all had a good laugh